BLCAP induces apoptosis in human Ewing's sarcoma cells

Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2011 Sep;236(9):1030-5. doi: 10.1258/ebm.2011.010315. Epub 2011 Aug 15.

Abstract

Bladder cancer-associated protein (BLCAP) is a novel candidate tumor suppressor gene identified from human bladder carcinoma and highly associated with the invasion of bladder cancer. We previously reported that it also plays a key role in the tumorigenesis and metastasis of human osteosarcoma. In the present study, we constructed a recombinant encoding BLCAP cDNA. Overexpression of BLCAP resulted in growth inhibition and induced apoptosis of human TC-135 Ewing's sarcoma cells in vitro. We further investigated the caspase-3/7 activity and expressions of the fusion transcription factor Ewing's sarcoma protein-friend leukemia virus integration 1 (EWS-FLI1) and the apoptosis regulator B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL-2). Cell apoptosis was accompanied by the down-regulated expression of EWS-FLI1 and BCL-2. Our present results suggest that BLCAP may play a role not only in regulating cell proliferation but also in coordinating apoptosis through the down-regulation of BCL-2 and EWS-FLI1 in human Ewing's sarcoma cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Apoptosis / drug effects*
  • Blotting, Western
  • Caspase 3 / metabolism
  • Caspase 7 / metabolism
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Down-Regulation
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Proteins / pharmacology*
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / biosynthesis
  • Proto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1 / biosynthesis
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / biosynthesis
  • RNA-Binding Protein EWS / biosynthesis
  • Recombinant Proteins / pharmacology
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / metabolism*

Substances

  • BLCAP protein, human
  • EWS-FLI fusion protein
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion
  • Proto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
  • RNA-Binding Protein EWS
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Caspase 3
  • Caspase 7