Axl promotes cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma survival through negative regulation of pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family members
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Papadakis, E., Cichoń, M., Vyas, J., Patel, N., Ghali, L., Cerio, R., Storey, A. and O'Toole, E. 2011. Axl promotes cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma survival through negative regulation of pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family members. Journal of investigative dermatology. 131 (2), pp. 509-517. https://doi.org/10.1038/jid.2010.326
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Title | Axl promotes cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma survival through negative regulation of pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family members |
Authors | Papadakis, E., Cichoń, M., Vyas, J., Patel, N., Ghali, L., Cerio, R., Storey, A. and O'Toole, E. |
Abstract | Expression of Axl, a receptor tyrosine kinase, is increased in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Examination of a series of cutaneous SCC tumors revealed positive phospho-Akt (P-Akt) staining accompanied by weak TUNEL staining in Axl-positive tumors, suggesting an anti-apoptotic role for Axl in SCC survival. The role of Axl in UV-induced apoptosis was investigated in a cutaneous SCC cell line using retroviral short hairpin RNA sequences enabling stable Axl knock-down. We show that, although Axl knock-down has no effect on cell proliferation, it sensitizes cells to UV-induced apoptosis through increased activation of the pro-apoptotic protein Bad, a change in the conformation of Bax and Bak, release of cytochrome c into the cytosol, and activation of caspases. These events are accompanied by faster Akt dephosphorylation in UV-treated Axl knock-down cells and correlate with the degree of Axl knock-down. Treatment with the pan-caspase inhibitor zVAD-fmk partially rescued cells from UV-induced apoptosis but did not affect Bid cleavage or cytochrome c release, suggesting that cells die via the mitochondrial-mediated pathway. Thus, Axl confers resistance of SCC cells to apoptosis and displays potential as a target for therapeutic intervention in cutaneous SCC. |
Research Group | Biomarkers for Cancer group |
Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
Journal | Journal of investigative dermatology |
ISSN | 0022-202X |
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Feb 2011 | |
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Deposited | 02 Jul 2013 |
Output status | Published |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1038/jid.2010.326 |
Language | English |
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