Nitrogen permease regulator‑like 2 enhances sensitivity to oxaliplatin in colon cancer cells

  • Authors:
    • Ming‑Na Liu
    • Ai‑Yun Liu
    • Ya‑Ju Du
    • Feng‑Hua Pei
    • Xin‑Hong Wang
    • Jing Chen
    • Dan Liu
    • Bing‑Rong Liu
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  • Published online on: March 13, 2015     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.3495
  • Pages: 1189-1196
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Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide. Chemotherapeutic compounds used for the treatment of CRC include oxaliplatin (L‑OHP). While L‑OHP improves CRC survival, certain patients are resistant. The nitrogen permease regulator like‑2 (NPRL2) gene is a candidate tumor suppressor gene that resides in a 120‑kb homozygous deletion region on chromosome 3p21.3. In the present study, it was demonstrated that NPRL2 overexpression increases the sensitivity of HCT116 cells to L‑OHP. The IC50 of L‑OHP was decreased in cells transduced with NPRL2 compared with negative control (NC) cells and the effect of NPRL2 on L‑OHP sensitivity was time dependent. Following NPRL2 transduction in HCT116 cells, the cell cycle was arrested in the G1 phase and a partial decrease in the S phase population was observed. Flow cytometric analysis revealed that NPRL2 transduction and L‑OHP treatment increased apoptosis compared with NC cells. The mechanism through which NPRL2 overexpression enhances L‑OHP sensitivity involves downregulation of the functions of the phosphatidylinositol 3‑kinase/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin network. Furthermore, L‑OHP upregulated caspase‑3 and caspase‑9 to promote apoptosis in NPRL2‑overexpressing cells compared with cells that were transduced with NPRL2 or treated with L‑OHP and NC cells (P<0.01). NPRL2 overexpression led to the downregulation of CD24, which could significantly reduce tumor invasiveness and decrease the metastatic capacity of HCT116 cells. These mechanisms are likely active in other types of cancer and may be exploited for the development of novel cancer therapies.
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Liu MN, Liu AY, Du YJ, Pei FH, Wang XH, Chen J, Liu D and Liu BR: Nitrogen permease regulator‑like 2 enhances sensitivity to oxaliplatin in colon cancer cells. Mol Med Rep 12: 1189-1196, 2015.
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Liu, M., Liu, A., Du, Y., Pei, F., Wang, X., Chen, J. ... Liu, B. (2015). Nitrogen permease regulator‑like 2 enhances sensitivity to oxaliplatin in colon cancer cells. Molecular Medicine Reports, 12, 1189-1196. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.3495
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Liu, M., Liu, A., Du, Y., Pei, F., Wang, X., Chen, J., Liu, D., Liu, B."Nitrogen permease regulator‑like 2 enhances sensitivity to oxaliplatin in colon cancer cells". Molecular Medicine Reports 12.1 (2015): 1189-1196.
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Liu, M., Liu, A., Du, Y., Pei, F., Wang, X., Chen, J., Liu, D., Liu, B."Nitrogen permease regulator‑like 2 enhances sensitivity to oxaliplatin in colon cancer cells". Molecular Medicine Reports 12, no. 1 (2015): 1189-1196. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.3495