PMID- 30292832 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190426 LR - 20190426 IS - 1096-0333 (Electronic) IS - 0041-008X (Linking) VI - 360 DP - 2018 Dec 1 TI - FAK alleviates radiation-induced rectal injury by decreasing apoptosis. PG - 131-140 LID - S0041-008X(18)30465-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.taap.2018.10.007 [doi] AB - Radiation-induced rectal injury is closely related with radiotherapy efficiency. Here, we investigated the effect of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) in radiation-induced rectal injury. Peripheral blood samples of patients with rectal cancer were collected prior to radiotherapy. Differentially expressed genes and copy number variations (CNVs) were analyzed by microarray analysis. The CTCAE v3.0 toxicity grades were used to assess acute rectal injury. The radiosensitivity of human intestinal epithelial crypt (HIEC) cells were assayed by colony formation, mitochondrial membrane potential, flow cytometry and western blotting. The rectums of C57BL/6 mice were X-irradiated locally with a single dose of 15 Gy. The effect of FAK on radiation-induced injury was investigated by hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) staining, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL), immunohistochemistry (IHC) and quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). FAK mRNA level was inversely correlated with rectal injury severity in patient samples. A CNV amplification located on chromosome 8 was closely related with FAK. Further functional assays revealed increased levels of gammaH2AX expression and apoptosis-related proteins in FAK-silenced HIEC cells. The ratio of TUNEL, cl-caspase-3, cyto-c and bax/bcl-2 expression in the rectum mucosa treated with a FAK inhibitor increased significantly. These results demonstrated that FAK reduced radiation-induced rectal injury by decreasing apoptosis. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Li, Jun-Jun AU - Li JJ AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201620, China. FAU - Tu, Wen-Zhi AU - Tu WZ AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201620, China. FAU - Chen, Xu-Ming AU - Chen XM AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201620, China. FAU - Ying, Hou-Yu AU - Ying HY AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201620, China. FAU - Chen, Ying AU - Chen Y AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201620, China. FAU - Ge, Yu-Long AU - Ge YL AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201620, China. FAU - Wang, Jing AU - Wang J AD - Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital of Handan, Handan 056001, China. FAU - Xu, Yi AU - Xu Y AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201620, China. FAU - Chen, Ting-Feng AU - Chen TF AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201620, China. FAU - Zhang, Xiao-Wei AU - Zhang XW AD - Department of Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China. FAU - Ye, Jin-Jun AU - Ye JJ AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210009, China. Electronic address: jjye2004@163.com. FAU - Liu, Yong AU - Liu Y AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201620, China. Electronic address: liuyongrt@126.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20181004 PL - United States TA - Toxicol Appl Pharmacol JT - Toxicology and applied pharmacology JID - 0416575 RN - 0 (Histones) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2) RN - 0 (bcl-2-Associated X Protein) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (Focal Adhesion Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (PTK2 protein, human) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/*physiology MH - Caspase 3/metabolism MH - Cell Line MH - DNA Copy Number Variations/physiology MH - Female MH - Focal Adhesion Kinase 1/*metabolism MH - Histones/metabolism MH - Humans MH - In Situ Nick-End Labeling/methods MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism MH - Radiation Injuries/*metabolism MH - Radiation Tolerance/physiology MH - Rectum/*metabolism MH - bcl-2-Associated X Protein/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Apoptosis OT - FAK OT - Radiosensitivity OT - Radiotherapy OT - Rectal injury EDAT- 2018/10/08 06:00 MHDA- 2019/04/27 06:00 CRDT- 2018/10/08 06:00 PHST- 2018/07/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/10/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/10/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/10/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/04/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/10/08 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0041-008X(18)30465-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.taap.2018.10.007 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2018 Dec 1;360:131-140. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2018.10.007. Epub 2018 Oct 4.