Mitotic cell death caused by follistatin-like 1 inhibition is associated with up-regulated Bim by inactivated Erk1/2 in human lung cancer cells

Follistatin-like 1 (FSTL1) was identified as a novel pro-inflammatory protein showing high-level expression in rheumatoid arthritis. The protective effect of FSTL1 via the inhibition of apoptosis was reported in myocardial injury. However, the functional mechanism of FSTL1 in cancer is poorly characterized, and its proliferative effects are ambiguous. Here, we examined the effects of FSTL1 on cellular proliferation and cell cycle checkpoints in lung cancer cells. FSTL1 inhibition induced the cellular portion of G2/M phase in human lung cancer cells via the accumulation of regulators of the transition through the G2/M phase, including the cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (Cdk1)-cyclin B1 complex. An increase in histone H3 phosphorylation (at Ser10), another hallmark of mitosis, indicated that the knockdown of FSTL1 in lung cancer cells stimulated a mitotic arrest. After that, apoptosis was promoted by the activation of caspase-3 and -9. Protein level of Bim, a BH3 domain-only, pro-apoptotic member and its isoforms, BimL, BimS, and BimEL were up-regulated by FSTL1 inhibition. Degradation of Bim was blocked in FSTL1-knockdown cells by decreased phosphorylation of Bim. Increased BimEL as well as decreased phosphorylated Erk1/2 is essential for cell death by FSTL1 inhibition in NCI-H460 cells. Taken together, our results suggest that the knockdown of FSTL1 induces apoptosis through a mitotic arrest and caspase-dependent cell death. FSTL1 plays the important roles in cellular proliferation and apoptosis in lung cancer cells, and thus can be a new target for lung cancer treatment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Oncotarget - 7(2016), 14 vom: 05. Apr., Seite 18076-84

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bae, Kieun [VerfasserIn]
Park, Kyoung Eun [VerfasserIn]
Han, Jihye [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Jongkwang [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Kyungtae [VerfasserIn]
Yoon, Kyong-Ah [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

158709-61-6
Apoptosis
Bcl-2-Like Protein 11
Bim
CCNB1 protein, human
CDC2 Protein Kinase
CDK1 protein, human
Caspase 3
Caspase 9
Cyclin B1
Cyclin-Dependent Kinases
EC 2.7.11.22
EC 2.7.11.24
EC 3.4.22.-
Erk1/2
Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases
FSTL1
FSTL1 protein, human
Follistatin-Related Proteins
Histones
Journal Article
Lung cancer
RNA, Small Interfering
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 06.01.2017

Date Revised 21.03.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.18632/oncotarget.6729

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM25601244X