title: Effects of Wnt proteins on cell proliferation and apoptosis in HEK293 cells.
abstract: Wnt proteins and Wnt signalings have been implicated in a variety of development and cell processes, while aberrant activation of Wnt signaling is linked to a range of cancers in many tissues. In this study, we used the HEK293 cell line to investigate the effects of Wnt3a and Wnt5a on proliferation and apoptosis in a serum starvation culture. After Wnt3a and Wnt5a proteins were expressed, they both promoted the proliferation of HEK293 cells under serum starvation. After 48h of serum starvation, both Wnt3a and Wnt5a inhibited serum starvation-induced apoptosis of HEK293 cells and continued up to 96h. We demonstrated that Wnt3a and Wnt5a can promote proliferation of HEK293 cells and inhibit serum starvation-induced apoptosis, which implies that Wnt3a and Wnt5a can maintain the survival of HEK293 cells under stress, and also provide a novel insight into the role of Wnt3a and Wnt5a and their related signalings in carcinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, PR China.
authors.forename: Liwei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Chenglin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.forename: Yujing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: En Kui
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Duan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D002460:Cell Line; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D014162:Transfection; D051153:Wnt Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000071818:Wnt-5a Protein; D060508:Wnt3 Protein; D060509:Wnt3A Protein
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; C555510:WNT3A protein, human; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D000071818:Wnt-5a Protein; D060508:Wnt3 Protein; D060509:Wnt3A Protein; C555511:Wnt3a protein, mouse; C438615:Wnt5a protein, mouse