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IUBMB LIFE
Volume 60, Issue 10, Pages 693-699Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/iub.104
Keywords
caveolin-1; hepatoma; transformation; apoptosis
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30470400, 30670466]
- front Educational Department of Liaoning Province [2006T039]
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Caveolin-1 is a major structural protein of caveolae and plays important roles in signal transduction, cellular transformation and tumor metastasis. Our previous study demonstrated that caveolin-1 expression level was positively correlated with the invasive ability of mouse hepatoma Hepal-6 and Hca-F cells. However, the role of caveolin-1 in cellular transformation and apoptosis remains undetermined. We found that exogenous expression of caveolin-1 in Hepal-6 cells enhanced cell transformation capability both in vitro and in vivo and prevented actinomycin D-induced apoptosis via the activation of survivin-mediated survival pathway. Conversely, downregulation of caveolin-1 in Hca-F cells significantly attenuated cell transformation ability in vitro and in vivo and increased cell sensitivity to actinomycin D by inhibiting survivin-mediated survival pathway. These results indicate that caveolin-1 could play an active role in mediating the transformation and survival of mouse hepatoma cells and might be a potential target for gene and antitumor drugs therapy. (C) 2008 IUBMB.
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