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Knockdown of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1 alpha increased apoptosis of human endometrial cancer HEC-1A cells.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1 alpha (PGC-1?) coactivates multiple transcription factors and regulates several metabolic processes. In this study, we focused on the roles of PGC-1? in the apoptosis of endometrial cancer HEC-1A cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS:PGC-1a expression in the HEC-1A cells was detected with real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blot. Small interfering RNA directed against PGC-1? was designed and synthesized, and RNA interference technology was used to knock down PGC-1? mRNA and protein expression. Cell apoptosis, cell cycle, and mitochondrial membrane potential were then analyzed using flow cytometry. The expression of apoptotic proteins, Bcl-2 and Bax, was detected with Western blot. RESULTS:The specific downregulation of PGC-1? expression in the HEC-1A cells increased their apoptosis through the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway by reducing the expression of Bcl-2 and increasing the expression of Bax. CONCLUSION:These results suggest that PGC-1? influences the apoptosis of HEC-1A cells and also provides a molecular basis for further investigation of the apoptotic mechanism in human endometrial cancer.

SUBMITTER: Yang H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5005004 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Knockdown of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1 alpha increased apoptosis of human endometrial cancer HEC-1A cells.

Yang Hui H Yang Rui R Liu Hao H Ren Zhongqian Z Wang Cuicui C Li Da D Ma Xiaoxin X

OncoTargets and therapy 20160824

<h4>Background</h4>Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1 alpha (PGC-1α) coactivates multiple transcription factors and regulates several metabolic processes. In this study, we focused on the roles of PGC-1α in the apoptosis of endometrial cancer HEC-1A cells.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>PGC-1a expression in the HEC-1A cells was detected with real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blot. Small interfering RNA directed against PGC-1α was designed and synthesized, ...[more]

PMID: 27601924

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Project description:ObjectiveThe etiology of chondrocyte mitochondrial dysfunction in osteoarthritis (OA) is not completely understood. OA chondrocytes are deficient in the metabolic biosensors active AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and sirtuin 1 (SIRT-1), which modulate the mitochondrial biogenesis "master regulator" peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator 1α (PGC-1α). Moreover, PGC-1α critically mediates AMPK anticatabolic activity in chondrocytes. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that mitochondrial biogenesis is deficient in human OA chondrocytes and that this deficiency functionally increases chondrocyte procatabolic responses, which are reversed by activation of the AMPK/SIRT-1/PGC-1α pathway.MethodsWe assessed the expression and activity (phosphorylation) of AMPKα, SIRT-1, and PGC-1α in human knee chondrocytes and human and mouse knee cartilage, and we defined and compared the content and function of mitochondria, including oxidative phosphorylation and expression of mitochondrial biogenesis factors (mitochondrial transcriptional factor A [TFAM] and nuclear respiratory factors [NRFs]).ResultsHuman knee OA chondrocytes had a decreased mitochondrial biogenesis capacity, which was linked to reduced AMPKα activity and decreased expression of SIRT-1, PGC-1α, TFAM, NRF-1, and NRF-2. Human knee OA and aging mouse knee cartilage had decreased expression of TFAM and ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase core protein, a subunit of mitochondrial complex III, in situ. Chondrocyte TFAM knockdown inhibited mitochondrial biogenesis and enhanced procatabolic responses to interleukin-1β. Finally, activation of AMPK by A-769662 increased PGC-1α expression via SIRT-1 and reversed impairments in mitochondrial biogenesis, oxidative phosphorylation, and intracellular ATP in human knee OA chondrocytes.ConclusionMitochondrial biogenesis is deficient in human OA chondrocytes, and this deficiency promotes chondrocyte procatabolic responses. TFAM-mediated activation of the AMPK/SIRT-1/PGC-1α pathway reverses these effects, suggesting translational potential of pharmacologic AMPK activators to limit OA progression.

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Knockdown of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1 alpha increased apoptosis of human endometrial cancer HEC-1A cells.

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Knockdown of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1 alpha increased apoptosis of human endometrial cancer HEC-1A cells.

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