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STAT-1-independent upregulation of FADD and procaspase-3 and -8 in cancer cells treated with cytotoxic drugs.

We have previously shown that treatment by anticancer drugs sensitized tumor cells to Fas (APO-1/CD95)-mediated cell death. The present study demonstrates that the cytotoxic drugs cisplatin, doxorubicin and mitomycin C induce the accumulation of the Fas receptor, the FADD adaptor molecule, the procaspases-8, -3 and -2L and the proapoptotic molecule Bax in several human colon cancer cells. This upregulation is also observed in U3A myeloblastoma cells that do not express STAT-1, a transcription factor involved in the constitutive expression of procaspases. We conclude that anticancer drugs sensitize tumor cells to Fas-mediated cell death by a STAT-1-independent upregulation of molecules involved in this apoptotic pathway.[1]

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  1. STAT-1-independent upregulation of FADD and procaspase-3 and -8 in cancer cells treated with cytotoxic drugs. Micheau, O., Hammann, A., Solary, E., Dimanche-Boitrel, M.T. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (1999) [Pubmed]
 
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