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Apoptosis ; 22(10): 1225-1234, 2017 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28733865

ABSTRACT

Hyperthermia induced by heat stress (HS) is known to inhibit proliferation and induce cell death in cancer. We previously demonstrated that checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1) contributes to G2/M arrest and cell survival under HS; however, the role of Chk2, a functional analog of Chk1, in regulation of the cell cycle and cell death under HS is still unknown. Here, we addressed the role of Chk2 using Molt-4 cells with p53-targeted shRNA (Molt-4/shp53) and parental control cells (Molt-4/V). Chk2 inhibition suppressed C-terminal acetylation of p53 and delayed the induction of p53-target genes in Molt-4/V cells under HS; however, Chk2 inhibition failed to inhibit apoptosis induced by HS, indicating that Chk2 was dispensable for p53-dependent apoptosis under HS. In contrast, Chk2 inhibition abrogated G2/M arrest and promoted cell death induced by HS in HeLa cells and Molt-4/shp53 cells. Thus, we demonstrated for the first time that Chk2 was required for cell cycle arrest and cell survival, particularly in cells with p53 defects under HS. These findings indicated that Chk2 may be a selective target for p53-mutated or -deficient cancer treated with hyperthermia.


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Cell Cycle Checkpoints/genetics , Checkpoint Kinase 2/physiology , Hot Temperature , Stress, Physiological/genetics , Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism , Apoptosis/physiology , Cell Line, Tumor , Cell Survival/genetics , Checkpoint Kinase 2/antagonists & inhibitors , Checkpoint Kinase 2/genetics , DNA Damage , Flow Cytometry , G2 Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints/genetics , Gene Knockdown Techniques , HeLa Cells , Humans , Mutation , Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction , Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/deficiency , Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics
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