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- Title
Doxorubicin-mediated apoptosis in glioma cells requires NFAT3.
- Authors
Gopinath, Sreelatha; Vanamala, Sravan K.; Gujrati, Meena; Klopfenstein, Jeffrey D.; Dinh, Dzung H.; Rao, Jasti S.
- Abstract
Nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT), a family of transcription factors, has been implicated in many cellular processes, including some cancers. Here, we characterize, for the first time, the role of NFAT3 in doxorubicin (DOX)-mediated apoptosis, migration, and invasion in SNB19 and U87 glioma cells. This study demonstrates that the specific knockdown of NFAT3 results in a dramatic inhibition of the apoptotic effect induced by DOX and favors cell survival. Inhibition of NFAT3 activation by shNFAT3 (shNF3) significantly downregulated tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α induction, its receptor TNFR1, caspase 10, caspase 3, and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase, abrogating DOX-mediated apoptosis in glioma cells. DOX treatment resulted in NFAT3 translocation to the nucleus. Similarly, shNF3 treatment in SNB19 and U87 cells reversed DOX-induced inhibition of cell migration and invasion, as determined by wound healing and matrigel invasion assays. Taken together, these results indicate that NFAT3 is a prerequisite for the induction of DOX-mediated apoptosis in glioma cells.
- Subjects
APOPTOSIS; CELL death; DOXORUBICIN; GLIOMAS; TUMOR necrosis factors
- Publication
Cellular & Molecular Life Sciences, 2009, Vol 66, Issue 24, p3967
- ISSN
1420-682X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00018-009-0157-5