title: Overexpression of PTEN suppresses growth and induces apoptosis by inhibiting the expression of survivin in bladder cancer cells.
abstract: The tumor suppressor gene PTEN, which encodes a multifunctional phosphatase protein, is mutated in a variety of human cancers. Several reports have indicated that it has growth-suppressive and proapoptosis properties and displayed an altered expression pattern during human oncogenesis. Overexpression of PTEN leads to decreasing cell growth and tumorigenicity in vitro and in vivo. In the present study, we further demonstrated that overexpression of PTEN mediated by adenovirus suppressed bladder cancer cell growth and significantly induced apoptosis, through downregulating of survivin and activating of caspase cascades. Our results indicate that Ad-PTEN exerts its tumor suppressive effect on bladder cancer cells through inhibiting survivin and upregulating caspase-related proteins. Thus Ad-PTEN may be potentially therapeutic for the treatment of bladder cancers.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases for the Ministry of Education, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Xin
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Tian-Bao
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Dong-Min
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao-Tian
authors.initials: XT
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiao-Lin
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D020169:Caspases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000502:physiology; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000502:physiology; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D015316:Genetic Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051059:PTEN Phosphohydrolase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000077022:Survivin; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: C107489:BIRC5 protein, human; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D000077022:Survivin; D051059:PTEN Phosphohydrolase; C494929:PTEN protein, human; D020169:Caspases