Basic & Clinical Medicine ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (10): 1522-1529.doi: 10.16352/j.issn.1001-6325.2023.10.1522

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Knockdown of prohibitin 2 promotes apoptosis in non-small cell lung cancer cell line A549

ZHANG Jing1, YANG Zigeng2, WEI Hongmei1, NING Haihong3, XUE Xixi1, JIN Ling4, WU Bin4*   

  1. 1. Department of Nutrition;
    2. Department of Nuclear Medicine;
    3. Training Center of Health Service;
    4. Department of Geriatrics,General Hospital of Xinjiang Military Command, Urumqi 830000, China
  • Received:2023-03-01 Revised:2023-06-01 Online:2023-10-05 Published:2023-10-05
  • Contact: *wubin0917@163.com

Abstract: Objective To explore mechanism of prohibitin 2(PHB2) inhibition on the apoptosis of non-small cell lung cancer cell line A549. Methods For stable knockdown of PHB2, A549 strain was infected with lentiviruses. A549 cells with PHB2 depletion were incubated with Mdivi-1(DRP1 inhibitor). Apoptotic index of A549 cells was evaluated by TUNEL and annexin V-FITC/PI. Mitochondrial morphology was visualized by MitoTracker. ATP content, citrate synthase activity and the level of cytochrome c in cytosolic and mitochondrial fractions were analyzed by commercially available kits. Western blot was used to measure the levels of PHB2, DRP1 and p-DRP1 protein expression. Results Compared with the shCtrl group, the apoptosis of A549 cells increased significantly (P<0.05) with up-regulated DRP1-dependent mitochondrial fission (P<0.05), down-regulated ATP content (P<0.05) and citrate synthase activity (P<0.05). The level of cytochrome C was decreased in mitochondrial fractions (P<0.05). Compared with the shPHB2 group, the apoptosis of A549 cells decreased significantly (P<0.05) with alleviated DRP1-dependent mitochondrial fission (P<0.05), increase of ATP content (P<0.05) and citrate synthase activity(P<0.05). The level of cytochrome C was increased in mitochondrial fractions (P<0.05) in the shPHB2+Mdivi-1 group. Conclusions PHB2 inhibition can significantly enhance the apoptosis rate of A549 cells, potentially through promoting DRP1-dependent mitochondrial fission.

Key words: prohibitin 2(PHB2), mitochondrial fission, non-small cell lung cancer, dynamin-related protein 1(DRP1), apoptosis

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