Abstract
ZBP-89 inhibits the some tumor cells but its role in HCC is unknown. We investigated effect of ZBP-89 on cell death of 5 HCC cell lines with different status of p53. We found that ZBP-89 significantly induced cell death of all HCC cells particularly those with wild-type p53. The inhibition was well correlated with the induction of caspase-6 activity. The inhibition of caspase-6 abolished the effect of ZBP-89. ZBP-89 reduced the cells in G2-M but increased them in S phase. With the changes in caspase-6 and cell cycle, ZBP-89 greatly enhanced the killing effectiveness of 5-fluorouracil or staurosporine in HCC cells.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 52-58 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Cancer Letters |
| Volume | 283 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 28 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Caspase-6
- Cell cycle
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Proliferation
- ZBP-89
- p53
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Cancer Research