TRAIL-induced apoptosis of ovarian cancer cell lines with selective drug resistance
TRAIL-induced apoptosis of ovarian cancer cell lines with selective drug resistance
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DOI:
10.1055/s-2005-872998
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发表时间:
2005-11-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Bauknecht, T
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作者:
Meinhold-Heerlein, I;Borges-Engeby, K;Bauknecht, T
Chemotherapy resistance remains a key problem in the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer. Usage of various drug combinations has been successful to improve therapy response and relapse-free survival. Nonetheless, the majority of ovarian cancers relapse, consecutively developing drug resistance. The combination of TRAIL (TNF-Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand) and various cytostatic drugs such as platin derivates and taxanes has shown synergistic effects in tissue culture models when cancer cell lines of different origins were treated. Our study was performed to evaluate whether TRAIL can cause apoptosis and/or growth inhibition of chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer cell lines. To develop ovarian cancer cell lines with selective drug resistance, the parental cell line HEY was treated with increasing drug concentrations of cisplatin, etoposide, docetaxel, and paclitaxel, respectively. Growth inhibition was evaluated with the formazan-based WST-1 assay (Roche); apoptosis induction was evaluated with the Cell Death Detection ELISA (Roche). All resistant cell lines showed growth inhibition and apoptosis when treated with TRAIL. Apart from the cisplatin-resistant cell line, which responded almost similarly compared to the parental cell line, the TRAIL response of all other resistant cell lines was significantly weaker than of the parental cell line. Cisplatin-resistant cells showed the most, docetaxel-resistant cells the least response. TRAIL-resistant cells showed less growth inhibition as well as less apoptosis than parental cells when treated with different cytostatic drugs. The synergistic effects of cytostatic drugs and TRAIL and the response of chemoresistant ovarian cancer cells to TRAIL suggest TRAIL can be a therapeutic option for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer.