Atorvastatin enhances radiosensitivity in hypoxia-induced prostate cancer cells related with HIF-1α inhibition.
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| Abstract |
Hypoxia could enhance radioresistance in prostate cancer cells through up-regulating HIF-1α, which could be inhibited by statins in several cancer cells. However, this effect of statins in prostate cancer remains unclear. In the present study, we aim to investigate the effect of atorvastatin on HIF-1α expression and radiosensitivity in prostate cancer cells. The hypoxia-induced human prostate cancer PC3 cells were generated by incubating with 5% O2 for 24 h. The cell viability and apoptosis were respectively analyzed by cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assay and flow cytometry. The HIF-1α protein expression was assessed by Western blotting. HIF-1α expression in PC3 cells was significantly increased after incubating with 5% O2 for 24 h. The viability of hypoxia-induced PC3 cells was inhibited by a higher dose of irradiation than control cells. The viability of hypoxia-induced PC3 cells were inhibited by astorvastatin with a higher concentration than control cells. Astorvastatin reduced the HIF-1α protein expression in hypoxia-induced PC3 cells, and induced apoptosis of both control and hypoxia-induced cells with and without irradiation. Atorvastatin could enhance radiosensitivity in hypoxia-induced prostate cancer cells, which may be related with inhibition of HIF-1α protein.
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| Authors | Bin Chen, Minguang Zhang, Dongwei Xing, Yu Feng |
| Journal | Bioscience reports (Biosci Rep) Vol. 37 Issue 4 (Aug 31 2017) ISSN: 1573-4935 [Electronic] England |
| PMID | 28760843 (Publication Type: Journal Article) |
| Copyright | © 2017 The Author(s). |
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