p53 restoration can overcome cisplatin resistance through inhibition of Akt as well as induction of Bax

  • Authors:
    • Chae Won Kim
    • Jing Nan Lu
    • Se-Il Go
    • Ji Hyun Jung
    • Sang Mi Yi
    • Jae-Hoon Jeong
    • Young-Sool Hah
    • Myung Shin Han
    • Jeong Woo Park
    • Won Sup Lee
    • Young Joo Min
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  • Published online on: August 21, 2013     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2013.2070
  • Pages: 1495-1502
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Abstract

Cisplatin (CDDP) is a chemotherapeutic agent that is widely used to treat many cancers. However, initial resistance to CDDP is a serious problem in treating cancers. In this study, in order to develop an approach to overcome resistance to CDDP, we investigated the difference in apoptotic processes between CDDP-sensitive cells and CDDP-resistant cells. By screening with CDDP sensitivity tests, we chose SNU-16 cells which are relatively resistant to CDDP, and SNU-1 cells which are sensitive to CDDP. We compared the difference between the two cell lines focusing on apoptosis. CDDP-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation significantly induced loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP, ∆Ψm) in SNU-1 cells, but not in SNU-16 cells. In addition, the ratio of Bax to Bcl-2 was increased by CDDP treatment in SNU-1 cells, but not in SNU-16 cells. To augment the loss of MMP, ∆Ψm in SNU-16, we inhibited Akt activity of SNU-16 cells to suppress their anti-apoptotic activity. The inhibition of Akt activity led to suppression of the anti-apoptotic protein XIAP. Akt inhibition slightly enhanced CDDP-induced apoptosis in SNU-16 cells. In addition, we enhanced pro-apoptotic activity by transfecting the cells with the wild-type p53 gene. The induction of wild-type p53 can enhance CDDP-induced apoptosis not only by inducing Bax protein but also by suppressing anti-apoptotic proteins through inhibition of Akt. In conclusion, this study suggests that the primary contributor to resistance to CDDP in SNU-16 cells may well be a failure of induction of apoptosis due to a lack of induction of pro-apoptotic proteins rather than suppression of anti-apoptotic proteins, and that restoration of p53 function can overcome the resistance to CDDP not only by augmenting the pro-apoptotic drive through p53-mediated transcriptional activation but also by inhibiting the anti-apoptotic drive through inhibition of Akt activity.
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Kim CW, Lu JN, Go S, Jung JH, Yi SM, Jeong J, Hah Y, Han MS, Park JW, Lee WS, Lee WS, et al: p53 restoration can overcome cisplatin resistance through inhibition of Akt as well as induction of Bax. Int J Oncol 43: 1495-1502, 2013.
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Kim, C.W., Lu, J.N., Go, S., Jung, J.H., Yi, S.M., Jeong, J. ... Min, Y.J. (2013). p53 restoration can overcome cisplatin resistance through inhibition of Akt as well as induction of Bax. International Journal of Oncology, 43, 1495-1502. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2013.2070
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Kim, C. W., Lu, J. N., Go, S., Jung, J. H., Yi, S. M., Jeong, J., Hah, Y., Han, M. S., Park, J. W., Lee, W. S., Min, Y. J."p53 restoration can overcome cisplatin resistance through inhibition of Akt as well as induction of Bax". International Journal of Oncology 43.5 (2013): 1495-1502.
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Kim, C. W., Lu, J. N., Go, S., Jung, J. H., Yi, S. M., Jeong, J., Hah, Y., Han, M. S., Park, J. W., Lee, W. S., Min, Y. J."p53 restoration can overcome cisplatin resistance through inhibition of Akt as well as induction of Bax". International Journal of Oncology 43, no. 5 (2013): 1495-1502. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2013.2070