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Down-regulation of mitochondrial F1F0-ATP synthase in human colon cancer cells with induced 5-fluorouracil resistance
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- Issue Date
- 2005-04-19
- Publisher
- American Association for Cancer Research
- Citation
- Cancer Res. 2005 Apr 15;65(8):3162-70
- Keywords
- Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/*pharmacology ; Aurovertins/pharmacology ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Cell Proliferation/drug effects ; Colonic Neoplasms/*drug therapy/*enzymology/genetics ; Down-Regulation ; Drug Resistance, Neoplasm ; Energy Metabolism ; Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology ; Fluorouracil/*pharmacology ; Humans ; Mitochondria/*enzymology ; Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases/*antagonists & ; inhibitors/biosynthesis/genetics ; Oligomycins/pharmacology ; RNA, Small Interfering/genetics ; Transfection
- Abstract
- 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is widely used for treatment of advanced colorectal cancer. However, it is common for such patients to develop resistance to 5-FU, and this drug resistance becomes a critical problem for chemotherapy. The mechanisms underlying this resistance are largely unknown. To screen for proteins possibly responsible for 5-FU resistance, cells resistant to 5-FU were derived from human colon cancer cell lines and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis-based comparative proteomics was done. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis data showed there was lower expression of the alpha subunit of mitochondrial F(1)F(0)-ATP synthase (ATP synthase) in 5-FU-resistant cells compared with parent cells. Western blotting showed that expression of other ATP synthase complex subunits was also lower in 5-FU-resistant cell lines and that these resistant cells also showed decreased ATP synthase activity and reduced intracellular ATP content. The ATP synthase inhibitor, oligomycin A, strongly antagonized 5-FU-induced suppression of cell proliferation. When 5-FU sensitivity was compared with ATP synthase activity in six different human colon cancer cell lines, a positive correlation has been found. Furthermore, suppressed ATP synthase d-subunit expression by siRNA transfection increased cell viability in the presence of 5-FU. Bioenergetic dysfunction of mitochondria has been reported as a hallmark of many types of cancers (i.e., down-regulation of ATP synthase beta-subunit expression in liver, kidney, colon, squamous oesophageal, and lung carcinomas, as well as in breast and gastric adenocarcinomas). Our findings show that ATP synthase down-regulation may not only be a bioenergetic signature of colorectal carcinomas but may also lead to cellular events responsible for 5-FU resistance.
- ISSN
- 0008-5472 (Print)
- Language
- English
- URI
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=15833846
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/11585
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