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- Title
Overexpression of splicing factor poly(rC)-binding protein 1 elicits cycle arrest, apoptosis induction, and p73 splicing in human cervical carcinoma cells.
- Authors
Chen, Yuhong; Dou, Zhihui; Chen, Xiaohua; Zhao, Dapeng; Che, Tuanjie; Su, Wei; Qu, Tao; Zhang, Taotao; Xu, Caipeng; Lei, Huiweng; Li, Qiang; Zhang, Hong; Di, Cuixia
- Abstract
Purpose: Splicing factor poly(rC)-binding protein 1 (PCBP1) is a novel tumor suppressor that is downregulated in several cancers thereby regulating tumor formation and metastasis. However, the involvement of PCBP1 in apoptosis of cancer cells and the molecular mechanism remains elusive. On this basis, we sought to investigate the role of splicing factor PCBP1 in the apoptosis in human cervical cancer cells. Methods: To investigate PCBP1 functions in vitro, we overexpressed PCBP1 in human cervical cancer cells. A series of cytological function assays were employed to study to the role of PCBP1 in cell proliferation, cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Results: Overexpression of PCBP1 was found to greatly repress proliferation of HeLa cells in a time-dependent manner. It also induced a significant increase in G2/M phase arrest and apoptosis. Furthermore, overexpressed PCBP1 favored the production of long isoforms of p73, thereby inducing upregulated ratio of Bax/Bcl-2, the release of cytochrome c and the expression of caspase-3. Conclusion: Our results revealed that PCBP1 played a vital role in p73 splicing, cycle arrest and apoptosis induction in human cervical carcinoma cells. Targeting PCBP1 may be a potential therapeutic strategy for cervical cancer therapy.
- Subjects
APOPTOSIS; CELL cycle; CYTOCHROME c; HELA cells; CANCER cells
- Publication
Journal of Cancer Research & Clinical Oncology, 2022, Vol 148, Issue 12, p3475
- ISSN
0171-5216
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00432-022-04170-3