Docetaxel induced human uterine cervical carcinoma cell apoptosis and it's enhancement effect on radiosensitization / 中国医师杂志

Objective To investigate therapeutic mechanism of radiation therapy associated with Doeetaxel on human uterine cervi-cal carcinoma. Method Hela cells were incubated with 0. 5 μmol/L, 1.01 μmol/Docetaxel for 24 hours, and were radiated with 0, 2, 4, 6, 8Gy X ray. The proliferation activity was detected with MTT method. Apoptosis was evaluated with TUNEL method. Expression of caspase-3 protein and the degradation fragment was measured with Western blot. Result Inhibitory effect of radiation therapy associated Docetaxel on Hela cells was significantly stronger than that of radiation group. Treated with 2 Gy and 6MV X ray radiation, inhibitory rate of Hela cells increased with the increment of associated Docetaxel doses (P<0.05). Inhibitory rate of Hela cells in radiation associated Docetaxel group was significantly increased compared with radiation group. Apoptosis index in radiation associated Docetaxel group 48 hours after treatment was significantly increased compared with radiation group or Docetaxel group with TUNEL method (P<0.05). Western blot results indies-ted that caspase-3 protein was degraded and small active fragments were produced. Conclusion The reason that Docetaxel enhanced Hela cell radiation sensitivity may probably he correlated to easpase-3 protein activation.

Combination therapy of Docetaxel with radiation increases apoptosis of human Hela cell line and expressions of TRAIL and its receptors / 医学研究生学报

Objective: Docetaxel as a newly semi-synthesized anti-tumor drug,exhibits significant cyrotoxic activity and enhanced sensitivity for radiotherapy.The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation of the apoptosis of human Hela cell line with the expressions of TRAIL and its receptors induced by the combination therapy of Docetaxel with radiation.Methods: We treated the Hela line by Docetaxel,radiation,and combination therapy of Docetaxel with radiation,respectively,detected the apoptosis of the Hela cells using Hoechst 33342 staining and the TUNEL method,and observed the changes in the mRNA expressions of TRAIL and its receptors TRAIL-R in the three groups by RT-PCR.Results: Compared with the Docetaxel and the radiation groups,the apoptosis of the Hela cells was increased significantly in the combination therapy group,and so were the mRNA expressions of TRAIL and its receptors TRIAL-R1 and TRAIL-R2.Conclusion: The combination therapy of Docetaxel with radiation increased the apoptosis of the Hela cell line,which might be mediated by the up-regulation of mRNA expressions of TRAIL and its receptors TRAIL-R1 and TRAIL-R2.