Role of DJ-1 siRNA in reverse sensitivity of breast cancer cells to chemotherapy and its possible mechanism

Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2015 Jun 1;8(6):6944-51. eCollection 2015.

Abstract

Breast cancer which has a high incidence rate is the 2(nd) lethal diseases only followed by lung cancer in women. How to improve the recovery rate is the principal problem should be solved in clinical. Previous studies demonstrated the importance of DJ-1 in the existence of breast cancer for the secreted of protein into serum by breast cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo. So the DJ-1 probably could be selected as the target in breast cancer treatment. Adriamycin resistance breast cancer cells MCF-7 and DJ-1 siRNA plasmid were employed to explore the potential clinical application of DJ-1 in this study. Our results showed that the sensitivity of cancer cells to chemotherapeutics was significantly improved with the transfection of DJ-1 siRNA. Further mechanism studies indicated the role of PI3K/AKT/MTOR pathway in the improvement of apoptosis after treatment with adriamycin in DJ-1 silence group.

Keywords: DJ-1; PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway; breast cancer; chemotherapeutics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / pharmacology*
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Breast Neoplasms / genetics
  • Breast Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Doxorubicin / pharmacology*
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm* / genetics
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
  • Humans
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / genetics*
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / metabolism
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Oncogene Proteins / genetics*
  • Oncogene Proteins / metabolism
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase / metabolism
  • Protein Deglycase DJ-1
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / metabolism
  • RNA Interference
  • RNA, Small Interfering / genetics*
  • RNA, Small Interfering / metabolism
  • RNAi Therapeutics*
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism
  • Transfection

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Oncogene Proteins
  • RNA, Small Interfering
  • Doxorubicin
  • MTOR protein, human
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • PARK7 protein, human
  • Protein Deglycase DJ-1