NDLI: Apoptin selectively induces the apoptosis of tumor cells by suppressing the transcription of HSP70

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Yuan, Lijie Zhang, Liqiu Dong, Xingli Zhao, Hengyu Li, Shuyan Han, Dong Liu, Xinghan
Description	Country affiliation: China Author Affiliation: Yuan L ( Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harbin Medical University, Daqing Campus, Daqing, 163319, China.)
Abstract	Apoptin is a nonstructural viral protein encoded by VP3 gene of chicken anemia virus, which could specially induce apoptosis of tumor cells. However, the mechanism of apoptin-induced apoptosis in tumor cells without any side effects in normal cells has not yet been well characterized. This study aimed to investigate the molecular mechanism underlying the selective antitumor effects of apoptin. HepG2 cells were treated with apoptin or transfected with apoptin expression vector. Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) expression was examined by Western blot. The binding of apoptin to HSP70 promoter was detected by electrophoretic mobility shift assay, chromatin immunoprecipitation, and luciferase assay. The results showed that apoptin inhibited HSP70 expression in HepG2 cells and apoptin-induced apoptosis of HepG2 cells was dependent on the expression level of HSP70. Furthermore, apoptin promoted HSF1 trimer depolymerization and inhibited HSF1-mediated HSP70 transcription. In addition, apoptin competed with HSF1 to bind heat shock element in HSP70 promoter, leading to reduced HSP70 transcription. Both these mechanisms contribute to the suppression of HSP70 transcription and expression. Our findings provide the first evidence that apoptin induces tumor cell apoptosis by specifically downregulating the expression of HSP70, which helps explain the specific antitumor effects of apoptin.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	10104283
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	34
e-ISSN	14230380
Journal	Tumor Biology
Language	English
Publisher	Springer
Publisher Date	2013-02-01
Publisher Place	Netherlands
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Discipline Medicine__semicolon__oncology Apoptosis Capsid Proteins Metabolism Pharmacology Dna-binding Proteins Hsp70 Heat-shock Proteins Genetics Transcription Factors Drug Effects Cell Line, Tumor Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Down-regulation Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay Biosynthesis Hep G2 Cells Humans Liver Neoplasms Promoter Regions, Genetic Protein Multimerization Transcription, Genetic Journal Article Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Cancer Research

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