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Conference Paper: Id-1-induced Raf/MEK pathway activation is essential for its protective role against apoptosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells
Title | Id-1-induced Raf/MEK pathway activation is essential for its protective role against apoptosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells |
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Issue Date | 2004 |
Publisher | American Association for Cancer Research |
Citation | AACR 95th Annual Meeting, Orlando FL, 27–31 March 2004. In Cancer Research, 2004, v. 64 n. 7S, p. 20 Abstract no. 87 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Increasingly, evidence supports the function of the helix-loop-helix protein Id-1 (inhibitor of differentiation/DNA binding-1) as an oncogene. Overexpression of Id-1 is not only observed in many types of human cancer but its expression levels have been correlated with cancer progression. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms responsible for the function of Id-1. Recently, we and others reported that Id-1 induced cell proliferation was mediated through a Raf/MEK signalling pathway. In this study, we investigated if ectopic Id-1 expression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cells had any protective effect on taxol-induced apoptosis, which is also regulated through Raf/MEK pathway. Using four stable Id-1 transfectant clones, we found that exogenous Id-1 expression led to phosphorylation of Raf-1 and MEK1/2 kinases, which was associated with resistance to taxol. Treatment of the Id-1 expressing cells with a MEK inhibitor, PD098059, resulted in an increased taxol-induced apoptosis rate in Id-1 transfectants compared to the vector control. In addition, the fact that the taxol-induced apoptosis rate, downregulation of Bcl-2 and upregulation of Bax were suppressed by PD098059 treatment in Id-1 expressing cells indicates that the Id-1 induced cellular protection against apoptosis is mediated through Raf/MEK signalling pathways. Our results suggest that Id-1 may be an upstream regulator of these Raf/MEK signalling pathway which plays an essential role in protection against taxol-induced apoptosis. Our evidence also indicates a novel treatment strategy to increase anticancer drug induced apoptosis through inactivation of the Id-1 protein. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/94934 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 12.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 3.468 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Ling, MT | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, X | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, YC | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-25T15:46:28Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-09-25T15:46:28Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | AACR 95th Annual Meeting, Orlando FL, 27–31 March 2004. In Cancer Research, 2004, v. 64 n. 7S, p. 20 Abstract no. 87 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0008-5472 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/94934 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Increasingly, evidence supports the function of the helix-loop-helix protein Id-1 (inhibitor of differentiation/DNA binding-1) as an oncogene. Overexpression of Id-1 is not only observed in many types of human cancer but its expression levels have been correlated with cancer progression. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms responsible for the function of Id-1. Recently, we and others reported that Id-1 induced cell proliferation was mediated through a Raf/MEK signalling pathway. In this study, we investigated if ectopic Id-1 expression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cells had any protective effect on taxol-induced apoptosis, which is also regulated through Raf/MEK pathway. Using four stable Id-1 transfectant clones, we found that exogenous Id-1 expression led to phosphorylation of Raf-1 and MEK1/2 kinases, which was associated with resistance to taxol. Treatment of the Id-1 expressing cells with a MEK inhibitor, PD098059, resulted in an increased taxol-induced apoptosis rate in Id-1 transfectants compared to the vector control. In addition, the fact that the taxol-induced apoptosis rate, downregulation of Bcl-2 and upregulation of Bax were suppressed by PD098059 treatment in Id-1 expressing cells indicates that the Id-1 induced cellular protection against apoptosis is mediated through Raf/MEK signalling pathways. Our results suggest that Id-1 may be an upstream regulator of these Raf/MEK signalling pathway which plays an essential role in protection against taxol-induced apoptosis. Our evidence also indicates a novel treatment strategy to increase anticancer drug induced apoptosis through inactivation of the Id-1 protein. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | American Association for Cancer Research | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Cancer Research | en_HK |
dc.title | Id-1-induced Raf/MEK pathway activation is essential for its protective role against apoptosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells | en_HK |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Ling, MT: patling@HKUCC.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, YC: ycwong@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Ling, MT=rp00449 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, YC=rp00316 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 95440 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 64 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 20 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0008-5472 | - |