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Chapter 3<br />

effect on TRAIL‐induced cell <strong>death</strong> in these cells.<br />

TRAIL‐induced phosphorylation of p38 and JNK was also studied in these cell lines. Cells<br />

were treated with 50 ng/ml TRAIL <strong>for</strong> 3 h and expressions of p38 and JNK and their<br />

phosphorylated <strong>for</strong>ms were evaluated by Western blotting (Fig. 6b). Pleiotropic responses<br />

were observed, with clear p38 phosphorylation only in resistant H1299 cells. In these cells<br />

inhibition of p38 did not affect apoptosis (Fig. 6a) indicating that in the absence of TRAIL‐<br />

dependent apoptotic signaling modulation of p38 activity alone has no apparent effect on<br />

apoptosis. JNK phosphorylation was detected in H1975, H322, and SW1573 cells following<br />

TRAIL treatment. In these three cell lines RIP1 cleavage by TRAIL could be seen. Taken<br />

together, inhibition of JNK has a TRAIL apoptosis stimulatory effect in NSCLC displaying<br />

already sensitivity to TRAIL‐dependent apoptosis.<br />

Figure 6. Effect of p38 and JNK inhibition on TRAIL‐induced apoptosis in a panel of NSCLC<br />

cells. (a)<br />

H1299, H1975, H322, and SW1573 cells were exposed to TRAIL (50 ng/ml) ± SP600125 (10 µM) or ±<br />

SB203580 (10 µM) <strong>for</strong> 24h. Cell <strong>death</strong> was determined as percentage of sub‐G1 cells. *p

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