PMID- 29959561 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190917 LR - 20200306 IS - 1573-675X (Electronic) IS - 1360-8185 (Print) IS - 1360-8185 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 7-8 DP - 2018 Aug TI - P53/PUMA are potential targets that mediate the protection of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)/TrkB from etoposide-induced cell death in neuroblastoma (NB). PG - 408-419 LID - 10.1007/s10495-018-1467-6 [doi] AB - The over-expressions of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its tyrosine kinase receptor TrkB have been reported to induce chemo-resistance in neuroblastoma (NB) cells. In this study, we investigated the roles of P53 and BCL2 family members in the protection of BDNF/TrkB from etoposide-induced NB cell death. TB3 and TB8, two tetracycline (TET)-regulated TrkB-expressing NB cell lines, were utilized. The expressions of P53 and BCL2 family members were detected by Western blot or RT-PCR. Transfection of siRNAs was used to knockdown P53 or PUMA. Activated lentiviral was used to over-express PUMA. Cell survival was performed by MTS assay, and the percentage of cell confluence was measured by IncuCyte ZOOM. Our results showed that etoposide treatment induced significant and time-dependent increase of P53, which could be blocked by pre-treatment with BDNF, and knockdown P53 by transfecting siRNA attenuated etoposide-induced TrkB-expressing NB cell death. PUMA was the most significantly changed BCL2 family member after treatment with etoposide, and pre-treatment with BDNF blocked the increased expression of PUMA. Transfection with siRNA inhibited etoposide-induced increased expression of PUMA, and attenuated etoposide-induced NB cell death. We also found that over-expression of PUMA by infection of activated lentiviral induced TrkB-expressing NB cell death in the absence of etoposide, and treatment of BDNF protected NB cells from PUMA-induced cell death. Our results suggested that P53 and PUMA may be potential targets that mediated the protection of BDNF/TrkB from etoposide-induced NB cell death. FAU - Hua, Zhongyan AU - Hua Z AD - Medical Research Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, #36 Sanhao Street, Heping District, Shenyang, 110004, China. FAU - Zhan, Yue AU - Zhan Y AD - Medical Research Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, #36 Sanhao Street, Heping District, Shenyang, 110004, China. FAU - Zhang, Simeng AU - Zhang S AD - Medical Research Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, #36 Sanhao Street, Heping District, Shenyang, 110004, China. FAU - Dong, Yudi AU - Dong Y AD - Medical Research Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, #36 Sanhao Street, Heping District, Shenyang, 110004, China. FAU - Jiang, Min AU - Jiang M AD - Medical Research Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, #36 Sanhao Street, Heping District, Shenyang, 110004, China. FAU - Tan, Fei AU - Tan F AD - Department of Neurology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Liu, Zhihui AU - Liu Z AD - Cellular & Molecular Biology Section, Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. FAU - Thiele, Carol J AU - Thiele CJ AD - Cellular & Molecular Biology Section, Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. FAU - Li, Zhijie AU - Li Z AD - Medical Research Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, #36 Sanhao Street, Heping District, Shenyang, 110004, China. lizhijie68@hotmail.com. LA - eng GR - Z01 BC010789-01/Intramural NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Apoptosis JT - Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death JID - 9712129 RN - 0 (Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Protein p53) RN - 6PLQ3CP4P3 (Etoposide) RN - Q20Q21Q62J (Cisplatin) SB - IM MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects MH - Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/metabolism MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Cell Death/*drug effects MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Cisplatin/pharmacology MH - Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/genetics MH - Etoposide/*pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Neuroblastoma/genetics/*pathology MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/drug effects/metabolism PMC - PMC6294298 MID - NIHMS999488 OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDNF OT - Etoposide OT - Neuroblastoma OT - P53 OT - PUMA OT - TrkB COIS- Compliance with ethical standards Conflict of interest The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2018/07/01 06:00 MHDA- 2019/09/19 06:00 PMCR- 2019/08/01 CRDT- 2018/07/01 06:00 PHST- 2018/07/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/09/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/07/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s10495-018-1467-6 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10495-018-1467-6 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Apoptosis. 2018 Aug;23(7-8):408-419. doi: 10.1007/s10495-018-1467-6.