title: Trail activity in human ovarian cancer cells: potentiation of the action of cytotoxic drugs.
abstract: The ability of the TRAIL ligand to induce cell killing in three ovarian cancer cell lines was investigated using a glutathione-S-transferase (GST)-TRAIL fusion protein. One of the three lines was sensitive to TRAIL, which induced cell killing in a range of concentrations similar to those necessary to kill the TRAIL-sensitive leukaemic cell line Jurkat. The relative mRNA expression of the four TRAIL receptors did not explain the different sensitivities of the three ovarian cancer cell lines to TRAIL treatment. The TRAIL-sensitive IGROV-1 cell line expressed slightly lower levels of the anti-apoptotic protein FLIP than the two TRAIL-insensitive cell lines (A2780 and SKOV-3). Nevertheless, although TRAIL did not significantly reduce cell growth in the A2780 and SKOV-3 cells it did enhance the activity of paclitaxel and cisplatin (DDP), the two most widely used drugs for the treatment of ovarian cancer, increasing their ability to induce apoptosis. The use of TRAIL in combination with classical anticancer agents might thus boost the apoptotic response, improving the activity of DDP and paclitaxel in ovarian cancer.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Oncology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vignati
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Codegoni
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Polato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Broggini
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; C505653:TNFSF10 protein, human; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D017239:Paclitaxel; D002945:Cisplatin