title: Expression of Bcl-2 inhibited Fas-mediated apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma BEL-7404 cells.
abstract: Apoptosis plays an important role in embryonic development, tissue remodeling, immune regulation and tumor regression. Two groups of molecules (Bcl-2 family and "Death factor" family) are involved in regulating apoptosis. In order to know about the effect of Bcl-2 on apoptosis induced by Fas, a typical member of "Death factor" family, the transfection experiments with expression vectors pcDNA3-fl and pcDNA3-bcl-2 were performed in BEL-7404 cells, a human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line which expresses endogenous Fas, but not FasL and Bcl-2. The data showed that the expression of FasL in pcDNA3-fl transfected hepatoma cells obviously induced the apoptosis of the cells. However, the overexpression of Bcl-2 in pcDNA3-bcl-2 transfected 7404/b-16 cells counteracted pcDNA3-fl transient transfection mediated apoptosis. Further study by co-transfection experiments indicated that Bid but not Bax (both were pro-apoptotic proteins of Bcl-2 family) blocked the inhibitory effect of Bcl-2 on Fas-mediated apoptosis. These results suggested that Fas-mediated apoptosis in human hepatoma cells is possibly regulated by Bcl-2 family proteins via mitochondria pathway.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D051023:BH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist Protein; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection / Q000379:methods; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein; D019014:fas Receptor / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C494826:BAX protein, human; D051023:BH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist Protein; C494814:BID protein, human; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein; D019014:fas Receptor; D004247:DNA