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Sensitization of breast cancer cells to doxorubicin via stable cell line generation and overexpression of DFF40

Authors :
Fatemeh Bagheri
Mohamadreza Baghaban Eslaminejad
Nader Sheibani
Shahrokh Safarian
Source :
Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 93:604-610
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Canadian Science Publishing, 2015.

Abstract

There are a number of reports demonstrating a relationship between the alterations in DFF40 expression and development of some cancers. Here, increased DFF40 expression in T-47D cells in the presence of doxorubicin was envisaged for therapeutic usage. The T-47D cells were transfected with an eukaryotic expression vector encoding the DFF40 cDNA. Following incubation with doxorubicin, propidium iodide (PI) staining was used for cell cycle distribution analysis. The rates of apoptosis were determined by annexin V/PI staining. Apoptosis was also evaluated using the DNA laddering analysis. The viability of DFF40-transfected cells incubated with doxorubicin was significantly decreased compared with control cells. However, there were no substantial changes in the cell cycle distribution of pIRES2-DFF40 cells incubated with doxorubicin compared to control cells. The expression of DFF40, without doxorubicin incubation, had also no significant effect on the cell cycle distribution. There was no DNA laddering in cells transfected with the empty pIRES2 vector when incubated with doxorubicin. In contrast, DNA laddering was observed in DFF40 transfected cells in the presence of doxorubicin after 48 h. Also, the expression of DFF40 and DFF45 was increased in DFF40 transfected cells in the presence of doxorubicin enhancing cell death. Collectively our results indicated that co-treatment of DFF40-transfected cells with doxorubicin can enhance the killing of these tumor cells via apoptosis. Thus, modulation of DFF40 level may be a beneficial strategy for treatment of chemo-resistant cancers.

Details

ISSN :
12086002 and 08298211
Volume :
93
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....7fac1287630bbecf8e1b1b54b1e31df4
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1139/bcb-2015-0007