Dioscin sensitizes cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis through downregulation of c-FLIP and Bcl-2.

Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) has received attention as a potential anticancer drug, because it induces apoptosis in a wide variety of cancer cells but not in most normal human cell types. Here, we showed that co-treatment with subtoxic doses of dioscin and TRAIL-induced apoptosis in Caki human renal cancer cells. Treatment of Caki cells with dioscin downregulated c-FLIPL and Bcl-2 proteins in a dose-dependent manner. Dioscin-induced decrease in c-FLIPL protein levels may be caused by the increased protein instability. We also found that dioscin induced downregulation of Bcl-2 at the transcriptional level. Pretreatment with NAC slightly inhibited the expression levels of c-FLIPL downregulated by the treatment of dioscin, suggesting that dioscin is partially dependent on the generation of ROS for downregulation of c-FLIPL. Taken together, the present study demonstrates that dioscin enhances TRAIL-induced apoptosis in human renal cancer cells by downregulation of c-FLIPL and Bcl-2.

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Yong-Sik Kim, Eun-Ae Kim, Kyu-Gun Park, Sung-Jun Lee, Mi-Sun Kim, Ho-Yong Sohn, Tae-Jin Lee. Dioscin sensitizes cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis through downregulation of c-FLIP and Bcl-2. Oncology reports. 2012 Nov;28(5):1910-6

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