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Tamoxifen Induces Mitochondrial-dependent Apoptosis via Intracellular Ca2+ Modulation

탐옥시펜에 의해 유도된 세포 내 칼슘농도 변화와 미토콘드리아 의존적 세포사멸

  • Jang, Eun-Seong (Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Ji-Young (Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Byeong-Gee (Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Pusan National University)
  • 장은성 (부산대학교 자연과학대학 생물학과) ;
  • 김지영 (부산대학교 자연과학대학 생물학과) ;
  • 김병기 (부산대학교 자연과학대학 생물학과)
  • Published : 2007.08.30

Abstract

In the present work, we show that tamoxifen(Tam)-induced cytotoxicity is due to the mitochondrial-dependent pathway triggered by the intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ increase in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. Tam induced the intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ increase. According to the experimental results with $Ca^{2+}$ channel blockers, Tam-induced $Ca^{2+}$ uptake seemed to depend on the voltage-sensitive $Ca^{2+}$ channel at the early stage, but at later stages the intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ increases are more likely due partly to the release of stored $Ca^{2+}$ and partly to the capacitative $Ca^{2+}$ or other entry pathways. Tam-induced $Ca^{2+}$ increase led to the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria into the cytosol and the change of mitochondrial membrane potential. In MCF-7 cells, caspase-7 plays a key role in the downstream of apoptosis because caspase-3 is absent. In the cells treated with Tam, caspase-7 cleavage was increased almost two-fold. There was no marked alteration in the level of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein; however, the cells showed increased expression of pro-apoptotic Bax protein more than two-fold in response to Tam. These results imply that the apoptotic signaling pathway activated by Tam is likely to be mediated via the mitochondrial-dependent pathway.

유방암 치료제로 사용되는 탐옥시펜 (Tam)은 MCF-7 세포주에서 세포증식을 억제하며 세포사멸을 유도한다. 본 연구에서는 Tam의 세포독성 효과가 세포 내 칼슘이온 농도 증가에 따른 미토콘드리아-의존 기작에 의하여 일어난다는 것을 보여준다. Tam에 의해 유도된 세포 내 칼슘이온 농도 증가는 주로 외부로부터의 칼슘 유입에 의한 것으로 생각된다. 칼슘 채널 억제제를 이용한 실험 결과에 의하며, 칼슘 증가 초기 단계는 주로 전압의존 칼슘채널에 의한 것이며 후기에는 세포 내 저장된 칼슘의 유출, 혹은 다른 방법에 의한 칼슘 유입으로 생각된다. Tam에 의한 세포 내 칼슘 증가는 미토콘드리아로부터의 cytochrome c 방출과 미토콘드리아막의 탈분극에 의한 membrane potential 변화를 초래하였다. 세포사멸에 주도적인 역할을 하는 caspase의 확인에 있어서는, MCF-7 세포는 caspase-3이 결핍되어서 caspase-7이 중심적인 역할을 하는 것으로 이미 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서 확인한 결과 Tam 처리시 caspase-7이 활성화되었으며, 또한 세포사멸 조절 단백질인 Bcl-2 종류 단백질들의 발현을 조사 한 결과 세포사멸 억제 단백질인 Bcl-2의 발현에는 변화가 없었으나 촉진단백질인 Bax는 Tam 처리시 단백질 양이 2배로 증가되었다. 이상의 결과에 의하면, Tam에 의해 유도되는 세포사멸과정은 세포질 내 칼슘이온 농도증가에 의한 미토콘드리아의 변화가 주도적인 역할을 하는 것으로 생각된다.

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