title: [HeLa apoptosis induced by co-immobilized cytokines].
abstract: IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha were co-coupled to the polystyrene cell culture plate by the photo-immobilization method. To investigate the synergistic effect of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha on the HeLa cells, HeLa cells were treated with co-coupled cytokine or non-coupled cytokine in a time course in this study. The morphology detection, cell cycle analysis by flow cytometry, phosphatidyl serine analysis and capase-3 activity detection demonstrated that the two kinds of treatments both induce HeLa cells apoptosis. Non-coupled cytokine worked more quickly while co-coupled cytokine kept more permanent effect. The caspase-3 activity assay indicated that the caspase-3 activity of HeLa cells treated with non-coupled cytokine is higher than that of HeLa cells treated with co-coupled cytokine. This may imply that co-coupled cytokine not only induces the caspase-dependent pathway, but also induces the caspase-independent pathway.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China. gyq69@163.com
authors.forename: Yanqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Wenwen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Haoran
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Ruixue
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qiu
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D053148:Caspase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D004357:Drug Synergism; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D055767:Immobilized Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D055767:Immobilized Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D053148:Caspase 3