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Inhibition of CLIC4 enhances autophagy and triggers mitochondrial and ER stress-induced apoptosis in human glioma U251 cells under starvation.

ABSTRACT: CLIC4/mtCLIC, a chloride intracellular channel protein, localizes to mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum (ER), nucleus and cytoplasm, and participates in the apoptotic response to stress. Apoptosis and autophagy, the main types of the programmed cell death, seem interconnected under certain stress conditions. However, the role of CLIC4 in autophagy regulation has yet to be determined. In this study, we demonstrate upregulation and nuclear translocation of the CLIC4 protein following starvation in U251 cells. CLIC4 siRNA transfection enhanced autophagy with increased LC3-II protein and puncta accumulation in U251 cells under starvation conditions. In that condition, the interaction of the 14-3-3 epsilon isoform with CLIC4 was abolished and resulted in Beclin 1 overactivation, which further activated autophagy. Moreover, inhibiting the expression of CLIC4 triggered both mitochondrial apoptosis involved in Bax/Bcl-2 and cytochrome c release under starvation and endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced apoptosis with CHOP and caspase-4 upregulation. These results demonstrate that CLIC4 nuclear translocation is an integral part of the cellular response to starvation. Inhibiting the expression of CLIC4 enhances autophagy and contributes to mitochondrial and ER stress-induced apoptosis under starvation.

SUBMITTER: Zhong J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3382619 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Inhibition of CLIC4 enhances autophagy and triggers mitochondrial and ER stress-induced apoptosis in human glioma U251 cells under starvation.

Zhong Jiateng J Kong Xiaoxia X Zhang Hongyu H Yu Chunyan C Xu Ye Y Kang Jinsong J Yu Huimei H Yi Haowei H Yang Xiaochun X Sun Liankun L

PloS one 20120625 6

CLIC4/mtCLIC, a chloride intracellular channel protein, localizes to mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum (ER), nucleus and cytoplasm, and participates in the apoptotic response to stress. Apoptosis and autophagy, the main types of the programmed cell death, seem interconnected under certain stress conditions. However, the role of CLIC4 in autophagy regulation has yet to be determined. In this study, we demonstrate upregulation and nuclear translocation of the CLIC4 protein following starvation i ...[more]

PMID: 22761775

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Project description:BackgroundHuman head and neck squamous carcinoma is the 6th most prevalent carcinoma worldwide. Although many novel therapies have been developed, the clinical treatment for patients remains non-ideal. Chloride intracellular channel 4 (CLIC4), one of the seven members of the CLIC family, is a newly found Cl(-) channel that participates in various biological processes, including cellular apoptosis and differentiation. Accumulating evidence has revealed the significant role of CLIC4 in regulating the apoptosis of different cancer cells. Here, we investigated the functional role of CLIC4 in the apoptosis of HN4 cells, a human head and neck squamous carcinoma cell line.ResultsIn the present study, we used immunohistochemical staining to demonstrate that the expression level of CLIC4 is elevated in the tissue of human oral squamous carcinoma compared with healthy human gingival tissue. Specific CLIC4 small interfering RNA was used to knockdown the expression of CLIC4. The results showed that knockdown of CLIC4 with or without 100 μM adenosine triphosphate (ATP) treatment significantly increased the expression of Bax, active caspase 3, active caspase 4 and CHOP but suppressed Bcl-2 expression in HN4 cells. Moreover, the results from the TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labeling assay indicated that CLIC4 knockdown induced a higher apoptotic rate in HN4 cells under the induction of ATP. In addition, knockdown of CLIC4 dramatically enhanced ATP-induced mitochondrial membrane depolarization in HN4 cells. Moreover, intracellular Ca(2+) measurement revealed that Ca(2+) release induced by ATP and thapsigargin, a Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitor of the endoplasmic reticulum, was significantly enhanced by the suppression of CLIC4 in HN4 cells.ConclusionsKnockdown of CLIC4 enhanced ATP-induced apoptosis in HN4 cells. Both the pathways of mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum stress were involved in CLIC4-mediated cell apoptosis. Based on our finding, CLIC4 may be a potential and valuable target for the clinical treatment of head and neck squamous carcinoma.

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Inhibition of CLIC4 enhances autophagy and triggers mitochondrial and ER stress-induced apoptosis in human glioma U251 cells under starvation.

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Inhibition of CLIC4 enhances autophagy and triggers mitochondrial and ER stress-induced apoptosis in human glioma U251 cells under starvation.

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