Abstract
In general, oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cells are relatively resistant to Fas-mediated apoptosis during in vitro culture. Here, we studied the role of survival/apoptosis associated phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-K)/Akt in this process. We found that both PI 3-K inhibitors, wortmannin and LY294002, markedly suppressed the phosphorylation of Akt and accelerated Fas-mediated apoptosis in OSCC cells. It was found that caspase-3 and -8 inhibitors reduced the accelerative effect of PI 3-K inhibitor on Fas-mediated apoptosis in OSCC cells, but not caspase-9 inhibitor. Although PI 3-K inhibitors did not affect the Fas expression of OSCC cells, cellular FLICE-inhibitory protein (c-FLIP) levels were markedly reduced by PI 3-K inhibitor treatment. Moreover, antisense oligonucleotide to c-FLIP confirmed that the down-regulation of c-FLIP enhanced the sensitization to Fas-mediated apoptosis in OSCC cells. These results suggest that PI 3-K/Akt signaling pathway may, in part, regulate Fas-mediated apoptosis in OSCC cells through c-FLIP expression.
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