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PMID:25561282

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Citation

'Wang, W, Li, X, Han, XZ, Meng, FB, Wang, ZX, Zhai, YQ and Zhou, DS (2015) Transglutaminase-2 is Involved in Cell Apoptosis of Osteosarcoma Cell Line U2OS Under Hypoxia Condition. Cell Biochem. Biophys. '

Abstract

Osteosarcoma is the most common type of solid bone cancer, which is the second leading cause of cancer-related death. Hypoxia is an ordinary phenomenon in solid tumor tissues and can induce cell apoptosis but the specific molecular mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we explored the effect and the molecular mechanism of Transglutaminase 2 (TG2) on cell apoptosis in osteosarcoma U2OS cells under hypoxia. We found the enzymatic activity of TG2 is significantly increased and the expression of TG2 is remarkably up-regulated under hypoxia condition. Cell apoptotic rate is markedly increased upon knockdown of TG2 by siRNA under hypoxia. We further investigated the mechanism of cell apoptosis and found Bax protein is significantly increased after depletion of TG2 under hypoxia. Moreover, our data also show that cytochrome C (Cyt C) is significantly increased in cytoplasm and markedly decreased in mitochondria of U2OS cells after depletion of TG2 under hypoxia. Our results suggest that TG2 can inhibit tumor cell apoptosis through down-regulation of Bax and prevention of release Cyt C from mitochondria into cytoplasm.

Links

PubMed Online version:10.1007/s12013-014-0451-1

Keywords


Significance

Annotations

Gene product Qualifier GO Term Evidence Code with/from Aspect Extension Notes Status

HUMAN:TGM2

Contributes to

GO:0071078: fibronectin-tissue transglutaminase complex

ECO:0000314:

C

Decreases cell apoptotic rate

complete
CACAO 10570

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