Abstract
Aim:
Mig-2 (also known as Kindlin-2 and FERMT2) is an important regulator of integrin activation and cell-extracellular matrix adhesion, and involved in carcinogenesis and tumor progression. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of mig-2 in cisplatin-induced apoptosis of human glioma cells in vitro.
Methods:
The expression of mig-2 was modulated in human glioma H4, HS 683 and U-87 MG cells by transfection with a plasmid carrying mig-2 or mig-2 siRNA. Cisplatin-induced apoptosis was detected using Annexin V/PI staining and flow cytometry, as well as MTS analyses. The expression of apoptosis-related or signaling proteins was examined using Western blotting analysis. H4 cells were transfected with plasmids carrying mig-2 mutants to determine the functional domain of mig-2.
Results:
In the 3 glioma cell lines tested, overexpression of mig-2 significantly attenuated cisplatin-induced apoptosis, whereas knock-down of mig-2 potentiated the apoptosis. The mechanisms of action of mig-2 were further addressed in H4 cells: overexpression of mig-2 markedly reduced cleaved caspase-9, caspase-8, caspase-3 and PARP, as well as p-JNK and p-p38, and increased p-AKT in cisplatin-treated H4 cells, whereas mig-2 siRNA reversely changed these apoptosis-related and signaling proteins. Furthermore, pretreatment with JNK inhibitor SP600125 and p38 inhibitor SB203580, or with AKT inhibitor LY294002 abolished the effects of mig-2 on cisplaxtin-induced apoptosis. In H4 cells, GFP-mig-2 F3 plasmid that contained only the F3 subdomain showed the same efficiency in attenuating cisplatin-induced apoptosis, as the mig-2 wild-type vector did, whereas GFP-mig-2 (1-541) plasmid that lacked the F3 subdomain was inactive.
Conclusion:
Mig-2 significantly attenuates the antitumor action of cisplatin against human glioma cells in vitro through AKT/JNK and AKT/p38 signaling pathways. The F3 subdomain of mig-2 is necessary and sufficient for this effect.
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This work is supported by funding from the 973 National Key Fundamental Research Program of China (2012CB967003 and 2011CB910801) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81071633).
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Ou, Yw., Zhao, Zt., Wu, Cy. et al. Mig-2 attenuates cisplatin-induced apoptosis of human glioma cells in vitro through AKT/JNK and AKT/p38 signaling pathways. Acta Pharmacol Sin 35, 1199–1206 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/aps.2014.60
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