前列腺癌细胞凋亡通路基因表达与凋亡反应性的关系

目的　探讨凋亡通路基因表达改变与前列腺癌细胞凋亡反应性的关系。　方法　凋亡诱导剂鬼臼乙叉甙分别作用前列腺癌激素敏感与不敏感细胞LNCaP和PC 3,Hoechst 332 5 8染色检测凋亡发生率。收集LNCaP和PC 3细胞后提取总RNA ,合成cDNA探针并以生物素标记 ,在凋亡通路特异基因寡核苷酸片段cDNA膜上进行杂交反应 ,检测基因mRNA表达。　结果　鬼臼乙叉甙能诱导两种细胞凋亡 ,但PC 3细胞的凋亡反应性小于LNCaP细胞。与LNCaP细胞比较 ,PC 3细胞显著下调的基因为Bcl1 0、CIDE A、GADD4 5a和RIP2 ,以及Caspase 4、5和 6 ,显著上调的基因为TRAF4。两种细胞均强烈表达Caspase 1 4和TNFR2。　结论　凋亡通路基因表达改变与前列腺癌细胞凋亡反应性不同有关 ,在前列腺癌激素敏感性转化中可能有重要作用

Expression profile of apoptosis pathway-specific genes of prostate cancer cells and different apoptosis susceptibility

Objective To determine whether altered expression of apoptosis pathway genes is related to different apoptosis susceptibility of prostate cancer cells. Methods Androgen sensitive and insensitive prostate cancer cell lines LNCaP and PC 3 were cultured and treated by etoposide,and apoptosis were determined using Hoechst 33258 staining.The cells were harvested and the total RNA was extracted.cDNA probes were prepared and labeled with biotin 16 dUTP,then hybridized to commercially available cDNA arrays including apoptosis pathway specific genes. Results Apoptosis were induced in both PC 3 and LNCaP cells by etoposide,however,PC 3 was more resistant than LNCaP.Compared with LNCaP cells,the 4 fold down regulated genes in PC 3 cells were Bcl10,CIDE A,GADD45a,RIP2,caspase 4,5 and 6,while the 4 fold up regulated gene in PC 3 cells was TRAF4.Caspase 14 and TNFR2 were most strongly expressed genes in the 2 cell lines. Conclusions The altered expressions of apoptosis pathway specific genes are related to the different apoptosis susceptibility,and this may make an important contribution to androgen insensitive state of prostate cancer cells.