Expression pattern of the apoptosis-stimulating protein of p53 family in p53+ human breast cancer cell lines

Cancer Cell International

Xuexia Lv¹  Ping Wang¹  Jian Yin¹  Yanping Chen¹  Chunfang Gao¹  Changsong Wang¹ 

[1] Department of Pathology, 150th Hospital of PLA, Luoyang, Henan Province, China

关键词: p53;    Apoptosis;    Breast cancer cell line;    ASPP family member;   

Others  :  792583
DOI  :  10.1186/1475-2867-13-116

 received in 2013-08-07, accepted in 2013-11-13,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

The apoptosis-stimulating protein of p53 (ASPP) family comprises three members, namely, ASPP1, ASPP2, and iASPP. They regulate the promotive effect of p53 on apoptosis. Breast cancer (BC) remains as one of the leading causes of cancer or cancer-related mortality among women. However, the relationship between the ASPP family members and p53, as well as the dissemination and expression pattern of ASPP family members in p53⁺ BC, has not been elucidated. Our objectives are to detect the expression of ASPP family members in p53⁺ BC cell lines and determine its significance in tumor cell apoptosis.

Methods

The mRNA expression of ASPP family members in five p53⁺ BC cell lines was detected through RT-PCR and assayed using Quality-one software. The p53 protein expression was detected by immunohistochemistry. Afterward, the apoptosis indices of the five BC cell lines were detected by flow cytometry.

Results

The iASPP mRNA was expressed in Bcap-37, MCF-7, and HBL-100. Compared with the human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, significant differences were found in the ASPP1 mRNA in Bcap-37, MDA-MB-231, MCF-7, and HBL-100 (p < 0.05), except that in ZR-75-30 (p > 0.05). The ASPP2 mRNA was expressed in MDA-MB-231, Bcap-37, and MCF-7, but not in HBL-100 and ZR-75-30. The p53 protein was expressed in five breast cancer cell lines. ZR-75-30 and MDA-MB-231 apoptosis indices were higher than those of other breast cancer cell line and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (p < 0.01).

Conclusions

The mRNA expression of ASPP family members varied in the five p53⁺ BC cell lines. The results also verified that the family members have an important function in apoptosis, which was promoted by p53 protein. ZR-75-30 BC showed high apoptosis index, without expression of any ASPP family members, indicating that the pathway of apoptosis in this cell line may be related to other cell transduction pathway. MDA-MB-231, Bcap37, and MCF-7 cell lines all expressed ASPP1/2. However, the apoptosis pathway in MDA-MB-231 is different from those of the other two cell lines. The status of the different cell lines should also be considered when the functions of the ASPP family members are examined.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Wang et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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