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Mechanism Underlying a Proteasome Inhibitor, Lactacystin-Induced Apoptosis on SCC25 Human Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells  

Baek, Chul-Jung (Dept. of Oral Anatomy, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University)
Kim, Gyoo-Cheon (Dept. of Oral Anatomy, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University)
Kim, In-Ryoung (Dept. of Oral Anatomy, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University)
Lee, Seung-Eun (Dept. of Oral Anatomy, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University)
Kwak, Hyun-Ho (Dept. of Oral Anatomy, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University)
Park, Bong-Soo (Dept. of Oral Anatomy, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University)
Tae, Il-Ho (Dept. of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University)
Ko, Myung-Yun (Dept. of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University)
Ahn, Yong-Woo (Dept. of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University)
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Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain / v.34, no.3, 2009 , pp. 261-276 More about this Journal
Abstract
Lactacystin, a microbial natural product synthesized by Streptomyces, has been commonly used as a selective proteasome inhibitor in many studies. Proteasome inhibitors is known to be preventing the proliferation of cancer cells in vivo as well as in vitro. Furthermore, proteasome inhibitors, as single or combined with other anticancer agents, are suggested as a new class of potential anticancer agents. This study was undertaken to examine in vitro effects of cytotoxicity and growth inhibition, and the molecular mechanism underlying induction of apoptosis in SCC25 human tongue sqaumous cell carcinoma cell line treated with lactacystin. The viability of SCC25 cells, human normal keratinocytes (HaCaT cells) and human gingiva fibroblasts (HGF-1 cells), and the growth inhibition of SCC25 cells were assessed by MTT assay and clonogenic assay respectively. The hoechst staining, hemacolor staining and TUNEL staining were conducted to observe SCC25 cells undergoing apoptosis. SCC25 cells were treated with lactacystin, and Western blotting, immunocytochemistry, confocal microscopy, FAScan flow cytometry, MMP activity, and proteasome activity were performed. Lactacystin treatment of SCC25 cells resulted in a time- and does-dependent decrease of cell viability and a does-dependent inhibition of cell growth, and induced apoptotic cell death. Interestingly, lactacytin remarkably revealed cytotoxicity in SCC25 cells but not normal cells. And tested SCC25 cells showed several lines of apoptotic manifestation such as nuclear condensation, DNA fragmentation, the reduction of MMP and proteasome activity, the decrease of DNA contents, the release of cytochrome c into cytosol, the translocation of AIF and DFF40 (CAD) onto nuclei, the up-regulation of Bax, and the activation of caspase-7, caspase-3, PARP, lamin A/C and DFF45 (ICAD). Flow cytometric analysis revealed that lactacystin resulted in G1 arrest in cell cycle progression which was associated with up-regulation in the protein expression of CDK inhibitors, $p21^{WAF1/CIP1}$ and $p27^{KIP1}$. We presented data indicating that lactacystin induces G1 cell cycle arrest and apoptois via proteasome, mitochondria and caspase pathway in SCC25 cells. Therefore our data provide the possibility that lactacystin could be as a novel therapeutic strategy for human tongue squamous cell carcinoma.
Keywords
Apoptosis; Proteasome inhibitor; Lactacystin; Human tongue squamous carcinoma;
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