Pedersen Kjetil Boye, Andersen Kristin, Fodstad Øystein, Maelandsmo Gunhild Mari
Department of Tumor Biology, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway.
BMC Cancer. 2004 Aug 19;4:52. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-4-52.
S100A4 is a small Ca2+-binding protein of the S100 family with metastasis-promoting properties. Recently, secreted S100A4 protein has been shown to possess a number of functions, including induction of angiogenesis, stimulation of cell motility and neurite extension.
Cell cultures from two human osteosarcoma cell lines, OHS and its anti-S100A4 ribozyme transfected counterpart II-11b, was treated with IFN-gamma and recombinant S100A4 in order to study the sensitizing effects of extracellular S100A4 on IFN-gamma mediated apoptosis. Induction of apoptosis was demonstrated by DNA fragmentation, cleavage of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase and Lamin B.
In the present work, we found that the S100A4-expressing human osteosarcoma cell line OHS was more sensitive to IFN-gamma-mediated apoptosis than the II-11b cells. S100A4 protein was detected in conditioned medium from OHS cells, but not from II-11b cells, and addition of recombinant S100A4 to the cell medium sensitized II-11b cells to apoptosis induced by IFN-gamma. The S100A4/IFN-gamma-mediated induction of apoptosis was shown to be independent of caspase activation, but dependent on the formation of reactive oxygen species. Furthermore, addition of extracellular S100A4 was demonstrated to activate nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B).
In conclusion, we have shown that S100A4 sensitizes osteosarcoma cells to IFN-gamma-mediated induction of apoptosis. Additionally, extracellular S100A4 activates NF-kappa B, but whether these events are causally related remains unknown.
S100A4是S100家族中一种具有促进转移特性的小钙结合蛋白。最近研究表明,分泌型S100A4蛋白具有多种功能,包括诱导血管生成、刺激细胞运动和神经突延伸。
用IFN-γ和重组S100A4处理两种人骨肉瘤细胞系(OHS及其转染了抗S100A4核酶的对应细胞II-11b)的细胞培养物,以研究细胞外S100A4对IFN-γ介导的细胞凋亡的致敏作用。通过DNA片段化、聚(ADP-核糖)聚合酶和核纤层蛋白B的裂解来证明细胞凋亡的诱导。
在本研究中,我们发现表达S100A4的人骨肉瘤细胞系OHS比II-11b细胞对IFN-γ介导的细胞凋亡更敏感。在OHS细胞的条件培养基中检测到S100A4蛋白,而在II-11b细胞的条件培养基中未检测到,并且向细胞培养基中添加重组S100A4可使II-11b细胞对IFN-γ诱导的细胞凋亡敏感。结果表明,S100A4/IFN-γ介导的细胞凋亡诱导与半胱天冬酶激活无关,但依赖于活性氧的形成。此外,已证明添加细胞外S100A4可激活核因子-κB(NF-κB)。
总之,我们已证明S100A4使骨肉瘤细胞对IFN-γ介导的细胞凋亡诱导敏感。此外,细胞外S100A4激活NF-κB,但这些事件是否存在因果关系尚不清楚。