ROS is involved in oxaliplatin-induced PUMA expression and apoptosis in colon cancer cells / 中国药理学通报

ABSTRACT

Aim To investigate roles of ROS in oxaliplatin-induced PUMA expression and apoptosis in colon cancer cells.Methods ROS was used as an oxidative stress in vitro and PUMA expression was determined by Western blot analysis,the apoptosis induced by ROS was assessed by Hoechst 33258 dye staining,the proliferation of the colon cancer cells treated with oxaliplatin and antioxidant was determined by MTT assay.Results ROS induced apoptosis and PUMA expression in colon cancer cells;suppression of PUMA expression by stable transfecting PUMA anti-sense vector decreased apoptosis induced by ROS;oxaliplatin-induced PUMA expression was abrogated by antioxidant and the proliferation of colon cancer cells treated with oxalipla-tin was increased by antioxidant.Conclusions Our data suggests that PUMA and ROS play important roles in oxaliplatin-induced apoptosis.Oxaliplatin induces PUMA expression and apoptosis partly through ROS in colon cancer cells.