CYR61 controls p53 and NF-κB expression through PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathways in carboplatin-induced ovarian cancer cells

Cancer Lett. 2012 Feb 1;315(1):86-95. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2011.10.016. Epub 2011 Oct 21.

Abstract

CYR61 over-expression promotes cell proliferation by inhibiting carboplatin-induced apoptosis, decreasing Bax expression, and increasing Bcl-xL, Mcl-1, and Bcl-2. At the same time, down-regulating p53 expression, while up-regulated NF-κB expression. Additionally, p21 and p53 promoter activities were reduced, while NF-κB and Bcl-2 activities increased. In parallel, CYR61-expressing cells, during carboplatin-induced apoptosis, resulted in an increase of Akt phosphorylation, while rapamycin-treated cells were not affected. Carboplatin effectively inhibited the activation of mTOR signaling cascade, which includes mTOR, 4E-BP1, p70S6K, HIF-1α, and VEGF. These results provide evidence that CYR61 promotes cell proliferation and inhibits apoptosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Carboplatin / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Carboplatin / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cysteine-Rich Protein 61 / biosynthesis
  • Cysteine-Rich Protein 61 / genetics
  • Cysteine-Rich Protein 61 / metabolism*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • NF-kappa B / biosynthesis*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / genetics
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / metabolism
  • Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors
  • Phosphorylation / drug effects
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism
  • Transfection
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / biosynthesis*

Substances

  • CCN1 protein, human
  • Cysteine-Rich Protein 61
  • NF-kappa B
  • Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors
  • TP53 protein, human
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
  • Carboplatin
  • MTOR protein, human
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases