PMID- 19352384 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090514 LR - 20211020 IS - 1532-1827 (Electronic) IS - 0007-0920 (Print) IS - 0007-0920 (Linking) VI - 100 IP - 9 DP - 2009 May 5 TI - Differential activation of JNK1 isoforms by TRAIL receptors modulate apoptosis of colon cancer cell lines. PG - 1415-24 LID - 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605021 [doi] AB - Tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) induces apoptosis on binding to its receptors, death receptor 4 and 5 (DR4, DR5). TRAIL can also activate c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) through the adaptor molecules, TNF receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2) and receptor-interacting protein (RIP). The role of JNK in TRAIL-induced tumour cell apoptosis is unclear. In this study, we demonstrate that JNK is activated by TRAIL in colon cancer cells. Inhibition of JNK with L-JNKI reduced rhTRAIL-induced cell death but enhanced cell death induced by selective activation of DR4 or DR5. This difference was unrelated to receptor internalisation or differential activation of c-Jun, but activation of different JNK isoforms. Our data demonstrate that JNK1, but not JNK2 is activated by rhTRAIL in the examined colon cancer cell lines. Although rhTRAIL activated both the long and short isoforms of JNK1, selective activation of DR4 or DR5 led to predominant activation of the short JNK1 isoforms (JNK1alpha1 and/or JNK1beta1). Knockdown of JNK1alpha1 by shRNA enhanced apoptosis induced by TRAIL, agonistic DR4 or DR5 antibodies. On the other hand, knockdown of the long JNK1 isoforms (JNK1alpha2 and JNK1beta2) had the opposite effect; it reduced TRAIL-induced cell death. These data indicate that the short JNK1 isoforms transmit an antiapoptotic signal, whereas the long isoforms (JNK1alpha2 or JNK1beta2) act in a proapoptotic manner. FAU - Mahalingam, D AU - Mahalingam D AD - Cell Stress and Apoptosis Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and National Centre of Biomedical Engineering Science, National University of Ireland, University Road, Galway, Ireland. FAU - Keane, M AU - Keane M FAU - Pirianov, G AU - Pirianov G FAU - Mehmet, H AU - Mehmet H FAU - Samali, A AU - Samali A FAU - Szegezdi, E AU - Szegezdi E LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20090407 PL - England TA - Br J Cancer JT - British journal of cancer JID - 0370635 RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (Isoenzymes) RN - 0 (RNA, Neoplasm) RN - 0 (Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 8) SB - IM MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Cell Death/drug effects MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Colonic Neoplasms/enzymology/genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - DNA Primers MH - Enzyme Activation/drug effects MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Humans MH - Isoenzymes/drug effects/metabolism MH - Kinetics MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 8/drug effects/genetics/*metabolism MH - Plasmids MH - RNA, Neoplasm/genetics/isolation & purification MH - Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand/*metabolism/*therapeutic use MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Transfection PMC - PMC2694422 EDAT- 2009/04/09 09:00 MHDA- 2009/05/15 09:00 PMCR- 2010/05/05 CRDT- 2009/04/09 09:00 PHST- 2009/04/09 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/04/09 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/05/15 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/05/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 6605021 [pii] AID - 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605021 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Br J Cancer. 2009 May 5;100(9):1415-24. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605021. Epub 2009 Apr 7.