Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects and mechanisms of trichothecenes on reversing the cisplatin resistance of lung cancer drug-resistant cell line A549/DDP. METHODS MTS assay was employed to determine the effect of trichothecenes on A549/DDP sensitivity. The distribution of P-Glycoprotein (P-pg) and intracellular concentration of rhodamine-123 (Rh-123) were determined by flow cytometry. Intracellular level of SOD and GSH was determined by biochemistry assay. The expression of multi-drugs resistant proteins MDR1, MRP1 and Survivin were determined by Western blot and Real time PCR. The phosphorylation of Akt was analyzed by Western blot. Secretion of TGF-b, IL-6 and IL-8 were assayed by liquidchip. The transcriptional activities of NF-κB and AP-1 were detected by dual-luciferase reporter gene systems. RESULTS Trichothecenes was able to increase the cisplatin sensitivity of A549/DDP. After treatment with 5 and 10 μg·mL
-1 trichothecenes for 72 h, the reverse folds (RF) to adriamycin were 1.84 and 3.95 respectively. After treatment with 5 and 10 μg·mL
-1 trichothecenes for 24 h, the expression of P-gp was decreased 62.6% and 19.8%, the intracellular level of Rh-123 was elevated 183.3% and 308.3%, the intracellular level of SOD was decreased 65.2% and 50.1%, GSH was decreased 71.6% and 46.3%. The protein expressions of MDR1, MRP1 and Survivin were downregulated significantly, the mRNA expressions of MDR1 was decreased 72.7% and 52.3%, MRP1 decreased 64.0% and 22.5%, Survivin was decreased 45.8% and 14.7%. In addition, the phosphorylation of Akt decreased. The secretion of TGF-β was decreased 80.2% and 51.5%, IL-6 was decreased 73.4% and 37.2%, IL-8 was decreased 71.2% and 43.2%. Finally, transcriptional activity of NF-kB was decreased 42.3% and 22.7% and AP-1 was decreased 57.4% and 32.5%, significantly. CONCLUSION Trichothecenes is able to reverse the cisplatin resistance of A549/DDP. Trichothecenes processes this kind of effect by inhibiting the drug efflux, downregulating the expression of drug-resistant related proteins.