Role of DJ-1 siRNA in reverse sensitivity of breast cancer cells to chemotherapy and its possible mechanism

Breast cancer which has a high incidence rate is the 2nd lethal diseases only followed by lung cancer in women. How to improve the recovery rate is the principal problem should be solved in clinical. Previous studies demonstrated the importance of DJ-1 in the existence of breast cancer for the secreted of protein into serum by breast cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo. So the DJ-1 probably could be selected as the target in breast cancer treatment. Adriamycin resistance breast cancer cells MCF-7 and DJ-1 siRNA plasmid were employed to explore the potential clinical application of DJ-1 in this study. Our results showed that the sensitivity of cancer cells to chemotherapeutics was significantly improved with the transfection of DJ-1 siRNA. Further mechanism studies indicated the role of PI3K/AKT/MTOR pathway in the improvement of apoptosis after treatment with adriamycin in DJ-1 silence group.