Interferon-gamma downregulates Hsp27 expression and suppresses the negative regulation of cell death in oral squamous cell carcinoma lines - PubMed

Interferon-gamma downregulates Hsp27 expression and suppresses the negative regulation of cell death in oral squamous cell carcinoma lines

N Yonekura et al. Cell Death Differ. 2003 Mar.

Abstract

Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) induced cell death in five oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) lines. Cell death was specific to IFN-gamma treatment and did not occur with either IFN-alpha or TNF-alpha. IFN-gamma did not induce typical apoptotic phenotype in cells, such as morphological changes and DNA ladder formation. Caspase-3 was partially activated by IFN-gamma. Protein levels of molecular chaperones were examined in cells treated with IFN-gamma. Among these, levels of heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) were specifically reduced upon IFN-gamma treatment of oral SCC cells. Recombinant clones overexpressing Hsp27 were more resistant to IFN-gamma-induced cell death than parent cells. Conversely, cells expressing a dominant-negative mutant of Hsp27, in which three serine residues (15, 78 and 82) were replaced by glycine, were hypersensitive to the effects of IFN-gamma and exhibited a typical apoptotic phenotype. Pretreatment of cells with IFN-gamma enhanced apoptotic cell death induced by cisplatin. Our data suggest that IFN-gamma suppresses Hsp27 expression in oral SCC cells and blocks the inhibitory effects of this molecular chaperone on apoptotic cell death. Moreover, IFN-gamma initiates the transition of oral SCC cells to the proapoptotic and/or aborted apoptotic state. Hsp27 plays a crucial role in the inhibition of apoptosis of oral SCC cells. Our findings highlight the importance of employing IFN-gamma in combination with certain anticancer drugs as treatments for oral cancer. We suggest that Hsp27 plays a significant role in the IFN-gamma-induced sensitization of oral SCC cells to anticancer drugs.

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