Survivin expressions in human hepatoma HepG2 cells exposed to ionizing radiation of different LET

Biophysik - Tập 47 - Trang 399-404 - 2008
Xiao-dong Jin1, Li Gong2, Chuan-ling Guo2,1, Ji-fang Hao2, Wei Wei1, Zhong-ying Dai2, Qiang Li2
1Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
2Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China

Tóm tắt

Survivin is a member of the inhibitors of apoptosis (IAP) protein family that interferes with post-mitochondrial events including activation of caspases. To examine the regulation of survivin expression in response to irradiation with different linear energy transfer (LET), human hepatoma HepG2 cells were irradiated in vitro with X-rays and carbon ions. Cellular sensitivities to low- and high-LET radiation were determined by colony formation. Survivin expression at mRNA and protein level were measured with RT-PCR and Western blot analyses, respectively. Radiation-induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis were investigated with flow cytometry. We found that low-LET X-rays induced dose-dependent increases in survivin expression. After exposure to high-LET carbon ions, survivin expression gradually increased from 0 to 4 Gy, and then declined at 6 Gy. More pronounced survivin expression, stronger G2/M phase arrest was observed after exposure to carbon ions in comparison with X-rays at doses from 0 to 4 Gy. These observations indicate that there is a differential survivin expression in response to different LET radiations and the cycle arrest mechanism may be associated with it. In addition, our data on induction of apoptosis are compatible with the assumption that survivin expression induced by low-LET X-rays radiation may play a critical role in inhibiting apoptosis. However, after irradiation with ions, an anti-apoptotic function of survivin is not evident, possibly because of the serious damage produced by densely ionizing radiation.

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