Tuberc Respir Dis.
2001 Aug;51(2):122-134. 10.4046/trd.2001.51.2.122.
The Effect of IkappaBalpha-SR Gene Transfer on the Sensitivity of Human Lung Cancer Cell Lines to Cisplation and Paclitaxel
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- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2001.51.2.122
Abstract
- BACKGROUND
Some chemotherapeutic drugs induce NF-κB activation by degrading the IκBα protein in cancer cells which contributes to anticancer drug resistance. We hypothesized that inhibiting IκBα degradation would block NF-κB activation and result in increased tumor cell mortality in response to chemotherapy.
METHODS
The "superrepressor" form of the NF-κB inhibitor was transferred by an adenoviral vector (Ad-IκBα-SR) to the human lung cancer cell lines (NCI H157 and NCI H460). With a MTT assay, the level of sensitization to cisplatin and paclitaxel were measured. To confirm the mechanism, an EMSA and Annexin V assay were performed.
RESULTS
EMSA showed that IκBα-SR effectively blocked the NF-κB activation induced by cisplatin. Transduction with Ad-IκBα-SR resulted in an increased sensitivity of the lung cancer cell lines to cisplatin and paclitaxel by a factor of 2~3 in terms of IC50. Annexin-V analysis suggests that this increment in chemosensitivity to cisplatin probably occurs through the induction of apoptosis.
CONCLUSION
The blockade of chemotherapeutics induced NF-κB activation by inducing Ad-IκBα-SR, increased apoptosis and increasing the chemosensitivity of the lung cancer cell lines tested, subsequently. Gene transfer of IκBα-SR appears to be a new therapeutic strategy of chemosensitization in lung cancer.
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