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http://dx.doi.org/10.4014/jmb.1209.09076

Potentiation of Apoptin-Induced Apoptosis by Cecropin B-Like Antibacterial Peptide ABPs1 in Human HeLa Cervical Cancer Cell Lines is Associated with Membrane Pore Formation and Caspase-3 Activation  

Birame, Basse Mame (State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University)
Wang, Jigui (State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University)
Yu, Fuxian (State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University)
Sun, Jiazeng (State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University)
Li, Zhili (State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University)
Liu, Weiquan (State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University)
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Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology / v.24, no.6, 2014 , pp. 756-764 More about this Journal
Abstract
Apoptin, a chicken anemia virus-encoded protein, induces apoptosis in chicken or human tumor cells, localizing in their nuclei as opposed to the cytoplasm of non-transformed cells. The present study was undertaken to investigate whether ABPs1 could potentiate apoptin-induced apoptosis in HeLa cells. ABPs1 and the apoptin genes were successfully cloned into pIRES2-EGFP expression vector and expressed in HeLa cells. We report that ABPs1 augments apoptin cell growth inhibition in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. The DAPI staining and scanning electron microscopy observations revealed apoptotic bodies and plasma membrane pores, which were attributed to apoptin and ABPs1, respectively. Further, ABPs1 in combination with apoptin was found to increase the expression of Bax and to decrease the expression of survivin compared with either agent alone or the control. The apoptotic rate of HeLa cells treated with ABPs1 and apoptin in combination for 48 h was 53.95%. The two-gene combination increased the caspase-3 activity of HeLa cells. Taken together, our study suggests that ABPs1 combined with apoptin significantly inhibits HeLa cell proliferation, and induces cell apoptosis through membrane defects, up-regulation of Bax expression, down-regulation of survivin expression, and activation of the caspase-3 pathway. Thus, the combination of ABPs1 and apoptin could serve as a means to develop novel gene therapeutic agents against human cervical cancer.
Keywords
ABPs1; apoptin; apoptosis; caspase-3; pore formation; HeLa;
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