BLCAP induces apoptosis in human Ewing's sarcoma cells

Author:

Fan De-Gang1,Zhao Feng2,Ding Yong1,Wu Ming-Mei3,Fan Qing-Yu1,Shimizu Katsuji4,Dohjima Taikoh4,Nozawa Satoshi4,Wakahara Kazuhiko4,Ohno Takatoshi4,Guo Yun-Shan5,Ma Bao-An1,Jiang Jian-Li5

Affiliation:

1. Orthopaedic Oncology Institute of Chinese PLA, Tangdu Hospital

2. Department of Respiratory Disease, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038

3. Institute of Neuroscience, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China

4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gifu University School of Medicine, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu 501-1194, Japan

5. Cell Engineering Research Centre and Department of Cell Biology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China

Abstract

Bladder cancer-associated protein (BLCAP) is a novel candidate tumor suppressor gene identified from human bladder carcinoma and highly associated with the invasion of bladder cancer. We previously reported that it also plays a key role in the tumorigenesis and metastasis of human osteosarcoma. In the present study, we constructed a recombinant encoding BLCAP cDNA. Overexpression of BLCAP resulted in growth inhibition and induced apoptosis of human TC-135 Ewing's sarcoma cells in vitro. We further investigated the caspase-3/7 activity and expressions of the fusion transcription factor Ewing's sarcoma protein-friend leukemia virus integration 1 (EWS-FLI1) and the apoptosis regulator B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL-2). Cell apoptosis was accompanied by the down-regulated expression of EWS-FLI1 and BCL-2. Our present results suggest that BLCAP may play a role not only in regulating cell proliferation but also in coordinating apoptosis through the down-regulation of BCL-2 and EWS-FLI1 in human Ewing's sarcoma cells.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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