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  • Title: Interferon-alpha sensitizes human hepatoma cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis through DR5 upregulation and NF-kappa B inactivation.
    Author: Shigeno M, Nakao K, Ichikawa T, Suzuki K, Kawakami A, Abiru S, Miyazoe S, Nakagawa Y, Ishikawa H, Hamasaki K, Nakata K, Ishii N, Eguchi K.
    Journal: Oncogene; 2003 Mar 20; 22(11):1653-62. PubMed ID: 12642868.
    Abstract:
    Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), a member of the TNF superfamily, induces apoptosis in a variety of cancer cells with little or no effect on normal cells. Human hepatoma cells, however, are resistant to TRAIL-induced apoptosis. Since interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) is capable of enhancing TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis in certain cancer cells, we evaluated the effect of IFN-alpha on TRAIL-induced apoptosis of human hepatoma cells. IFN-alpha pretreatment enhanced TRAIL-induced apoptosis of HuH-7 and Hep3B cells, in which IFN-alpha upregulated the expression of DR5, a death receptor of TRAIL, and downregulated the expression of survivin, which has an antiapoptotic function. In contrast, IFN-alpha did not enhance TRAIL-induced apoptosis of HepG2 cells, in which expression of DR5 and survivin was not affected by IFN-alpha. On the other hand, TRAIL activated NF-kappa B composed of RelA-p50 heterodimer, a key transcription factor regulating cell survival, in HuH-7 and HepG2 cells. However, IFN-alpha pretreatment repressed the TRAIL-mediated activation of NF-kappaB and decreased its transcriptional activity in HuH-7 but not in HepG2 cells. Moreover, IFN-alpha pretreatment clearly augmented TRAIL-mediated caspase-8 activation in HuH-7 cells. Our results suggest that IFN-alpha could sensitize certain human hepatoma cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis by stimulating its death signaling and by repressing the survival function in these cells.
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