Relationship between subcellular localisation of Foscan® and caspase activation in photosensitised MCF-7 cells
Open Access
- 27 February 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in British Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 96 (6), 944-951
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6603631
Abstract
The present study investigates the relationship between the subcellular localisation of Foscan® and intrinsic apoptotic pathway post Foscan®-based photodynamic therapy (PDT). With this purpose, mammary carcinoma MCF-7 cells were incubated with Foscan® for 3 or 24 h and then subjected to equitoxic light doses. Fluorescence microscopy revealed very good Foscan® co-localization to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi apparatus after 3 h incubation with MCF-7 cells. Progressive increase in incubation time shows leakage of Foscan® from Golgi apparatus. Twenty-four hours incubation yielded a fluence-dependent enhanced induction of the ER-resident glucose-regulated protein 78 (Bip/GRP78), along with a weak mitochondrial damage, thus underscoring the ER as the main site of photodamage after prolonged incubation. Analysis of events implicated in apoptotic pathway after 24 h incubation demonstrated photodamage to Bcl-2 protein in total cellular extract, but not in the mitochondrial fraction. We further determined an increase in caspases-7 and -6 activation, which was strongly related to the expression of GRP78. The above findings demonstrate that Foscan® localisation in ER improves the photoactivation of the caspase-7 apoptotic pathway, which is poorly related to mitochondrial damage.Keywords
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