RADIORESISTANCE INDUCED BY THE HIGH-MOLECULAR FORMS OF THE BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH-FACTOR IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED G(2) DELAY AND A HYPERPHOSPHORYLATION OF P34(CDC2) IN HELA-CELLS
E. Cohenjonathan et al., RADIORESISTANCE INDUCED BY THE HIGH-MOLECULAR FORMS OF THE BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH-FACTOR IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED G(2) DELAY AND A HYPERPHOSPHORYLATION OF P34(CDC2) IN HELA-CELLS, Cancer research, 57(7), 1997, pp. 1364-1370
The basic fibroblast growth factor-(bFGF) mediated signal transduction
pathway has been implicated in cellular resistance to ionizing radiat
ion, bFGF is synthesized from the same mRNA in four isoforms resulting
from alternative initiations of translation at three CUG start codons
(24, 21.5, and 21 kDa) and one AUG start codon (18 kDa), We analyzed
the implication of high- and low-molecular forms of bFGF in radioresis
tance acquisition, For this, we transfected HeLa cells with retroviral
vector containing either the CUG-initiated 24-kDa molecular form (HeL
a 3A cells), the AUG-initiated 18-kDa molecular bFGF form (HeLa 5A cel
ls), or the vector alone (HeLa PINA cells), A significantly increased
radioresistance was obtained only in HeLa 3A cells (Dq = 810 +/- 24 cG
y) compared with wild-type cells (Dq = 253 +/- 49 cGy) or HeLa PINA ce
lls (Dq = 256 +/- 29 cGy; P < 0.001), This radioprotective effect was
independent of an inhibition of radiation-induced apoptosis but relate
d to an increased G(2) duration after irradiation and to an hyperphosp
horylation of p34(cdc2) kinase, Knowledge of the high-molecular bFGF f
orm-induced radioresistance pathway could offer novel targets for decr
easing the radioresistance phenotype of tumors expressing high amounts
of bFGF, such as glioblastoma.