糖基因在髓性白血病耐药性中特征性改变

目的通过研究糖基因在髓性白血病中的差异表达,明确这些糖基因与白血病耐药的相关性,从而为预测和诊断髓性白血病耐药性,寻求逆转药物提供新策略和靶点。方法采用real-time PCR技术筛选髓性白血病细胞及其耐药细胞株中差异表达的糖基因,筛选出两组细胞差异表达3倍以上的糖基因,初步探索糖基因在髓性白血病耐药性中的特征性改变;采用流式细胞仪分析髓性白血病耐药细胞株与多种FITC标记植物凝集素的结合能力,表征比较细胞膜表面糖链的特征。结果 12个糖基因在NB4和NB4/ADR细胞株中表达具有显著的差异;高表达的糖基因与FITC标记植物凝集素的结合能力增强。结论髓性白血病细胞及其耐药细胞株中糖基因、细胞膜表面糖链特征均有显著差异,这些特征性改变与白血病多药耐药具有相关性。     

唾液酸糖基转移酶ST8SIA4对NB4/ADR细胞耐药性的影响

目的通过研究在人急性髓性白血病(AML)中NB4和耐药细胞株NB4/ADR的唾液酸糖基转移酶ST8SIA4的表达差异,探讨ST8SIA4基因的差异表达在AML细胞体内外药敏性的影响,为AML多药耐药的检测提供新的标志物,同时为逆转其耐药提供新策略和靶点。方法采用Real-time PCR、Western blot技术检测人AML细胞株ST8SIA4的表达情况。通过对ST8SIA4特异性调控,检测NB4/ADR细胞在体内和体外干扰前后对化疗药物的敏感性变化、信号通路PI3K/Akt的激活情况和P-gp的表达情况。结果在人AML和耐药细胞株中ST8SIA4的表达具有明显差异;特异性下调ST8SIA4在NB4/ADR细胞中的表达,药敏性在该细胞中增强;PI3K/Akt信号通路主要分子p110α、p-Akt308、p-Akt473在NB4/ADR-ST8SIA4sh RNA细胞中表达较少,同时P-gp的表达量减少。结论 ST8SIA4在人AML和耐药细胞株中表达具有明显的差异,AML多药耐药与ST8SIA4的特征性改变具有相关性;AML的多药耐药性可能是通过介导ST8SIA4的信号通路PI3K/Akt来调控P-gp表达改变的。     

冬凌草活性部位逆转SGC7901/ADR细胞多药耐药性的体外研究北大核心CSCD

以SGC7901和SGC7901/ADR为细胞模型,检测了冬凌草活性部位与化疗药物联用后,对SGC7901/ADR耐药性的逆转效应;冬凌草活性部位处理细胞后,检测耐药细胞内阿霉素的蓄积变化、耐药细胞P-糖蛋白(P-gp)的表达水平以及mdr1基因的表达变化。结果显示,冬凌草氯仿部位和乙酸乙酯部位可以有效提高化疗药物阿霉素在SGC7901/ADR细胞内的蓄积,降低P-gp的表达,降低mdr1基因的转录。冬凌草逆转胃癌耐药细胞SGC7901/ADR多药耐药性的活性部位是冬凌草氯仿部位和乙酸乙酯部位,其逆转作用与抑制P-gp的表达相关。     

冬凌草活性部位逆转SGC7901/ADR细胞多药耐药性的体外研究

以SGC7901和SGC7901/ADR为细胞模型,检测了冬凌草活性部位与化疗药物联用后,对SGC7901/ADR耐药性的逆转效应;冬凌草活性部位处理细胞后,检测耐药细胞内阿霉素的蓄积变化、耐药细胞P-糖蛋白(P-gp)的表达水平以及mdr1基因的表达变化。结果显示,冬凌草氯仿部位和乙酸乙酯部位可以有效提高化疗药物阿霉素在SGC7901/ADR细胞内的蓄积,降低P-gp的表达,降低mdr1基因的转录。冬凌草逆转胃癌耐药细胞SGC7901/ADR多药耐药性的活性部位是冬凌草氯仿部位和乙酸乙酯部位,其逆转作用与抑制P-gp的表达相关。     

三种中药制剂Ams-11、Fw-13、Tul-17逆转肿瘤细胞多药耐药性的研究

为寻找能有效逆转肿瘤细胞多药耐药性的药物,通过体外细胞实验对Ams-11、Fw-13、Tul-17三种中药制剂逆转肿瘤细胞多药耐药性的作用进行了分析。并用流式细胞仪测定了Tul-17处理细胞后药物累积程度的变化及细胞P糖蛋白表达情况。为进一步研究体外细胞实验筛选出的多药耐药逆转剂在体内的药效学,将其中Fw13用于人白血病K562/ADR裸鼠移植瘤逆转试验。结果:在无细胞毒性的剂量范围内,该三种中药制剂均能明显增强多药耐药细胞对抗癌药物的敏感性,而且其逆转作用呈剂量依赖关系。Tu-17处理后,K562耐药细胞表达的P糖蛋白较对照降低1.5倍,对罗丹明123的累积量是对照的2.5倍。用Fw13治疗人白血病K562/ADR裸鼠移植瘤,可将硫酸长春新碱(VCR)对K562/ADR的抑瘤率从19.79%提高到86.59%,与单独VCR治疗疗效有显著性差异(P<0.05)。结果表明,这三种中药制剂可望成为肿瘤多药耐药逆转剂,在肿瘤化疗中发挥作用。     

人耐药白血病细胞多药耐药基因-1小干扰RNA的构建及功能研究

目的:构建人耐药白血病细胞多药耐药基因-1小干扰RNA并研究其功能.方法:人工合成编码mdrl小发夹状双链RNA的DNA片段,与pSilencer4.1-CMV质粒连接构建RNAi真核表达栽体,采用脂质体介导法转染人耐药白血病细胞K562/A,经潮霉素B筛选转基因阳性克隆细胞,RT-PCR和Western Blotting检测转基因细胞中mdrl基因的表达量,MTT法检测转基因细胞对阿霉素的敏感性.结果:RT-PCR结果显示,与未转基因组和阴性对照组比较,RNA干扰组mdrl基因在mRNA水平上表达量降低43.55%;Western Blotting检测显示,RNA干扰组mdrl基因在蛋白水平上表达量降低69.46%;MTT法检测显示mdrl干扰细胞对化疗药物柔红霉素的敏感性提高23倍.结论:mdrl小发夹状RNA可显著抑制K562/A细胞中的mdrl基因的表达,提高白血病细胞对化疗药物的敏感性,对白血病多药耐药性的逆转和白血病的治疗具有重要理论和实际意义.     

人朊蛋白不同N-糖基化修饰突变体的构建及其在哺乳动物细胞中表达

构建并表达人朊蛋白N-糖基化修饰位点突变的真核表达载体,有助于进一步研究朊蛋白N-糖基化修饰的生物学功能。定点突变野生型人朊蛋白基因PRNP,将获得的突变体亚克隆至真核表达载体pcDNA3.1中,并在人宫颈癌细胞株HeLa中瞬时表达各种朊蛋白糖基化修饰位点突变体,利用免疫印迹和糖苷酶消化等糖蛋白分析方法鉴定表达产物的糖基化形式。经Western blot鉴定,野生型和突变型朊蛋白表达产物出现不同形式的泳动特征,分别出现特异性糖基化修饰的多个条带,单糖基化修饰的两条条带和无糖基化修饰的一条条带。经PNGase F糖苷酶消化,野生型和糖基化单点突变型表达产物均能被糖苷酶消化,其分子量下移,去糖基化突变型表达产物的分子条带位置不变。通过突变野生型人朊蛋白基因PRNP的N-糖基化修饰位点,获得单糖基化修饰和去N-糖基化修饰的6种人朊蛋白突变体,并能够在HeLa细胞株中瞬时表达单糖基化修饰和去N-糖基化修饰朊蛋白,为进一步研究朊蛋白的相关功能建立良好基础。     

肿瘤MDR1基因表观遗传调控及其对宫颈癌的启示

多药耐药是肿瘤细胞化疗失败的重要原因,多药耐药基因1过度表达P-gP是产生耐药的主要机制,表观遗传通过对DNA的甲基化和组蛋白脱乙酰化的修饰来调节MDR1基因的转录.应用化学物质可以逆转MDR1基因的过度表达,提高化疗敏感性,这将为癌症治疗提供新策略,也为宫颈癌的治疗提供新思路.     

Cetuximab抑制胃癌SGC7901/ADR细胞的增殖并增加其化疗敏感性

目的:探讨EGFR在胃癌耐药细胞中的表达及作用.方法:采用Western blot和免疫组化检测EGFR蛋白在胃癌耐药细胞系及组织标本中的表达,WST-1检测EGFR特异性抗体Cetuximab对胃癌耐药细胞增殖及化疗敏感性的影响.结果:SGC7901/ADR胃癌耐药细胞系中EGFR的表达明显高于亲本细胞,多数化疗后进展的胃癌组织EGFR的表达高于化疗前组织,针对EGFR的单克隆抗体Cetuximab可抑制SGC7901/ADR细胞的增殖,并增加其对部分化疗药物的敏感性.结论:EGFR过表达是胃癌细胞化疗耐药的分子机制之一,Cetuximab可逆转EGFR高表达耐药细胞的耐药表型.     

Nrf2/HO-1/HMGB1信号通路在白血病细胞K562/A02化疗耐药中的机制研究

目的:通过观察高迁移率族蛋白1(HMGB1)、转录因子NF-E2相关因子2(Nrf2)及血红素加氧酶1(HO-1)基因沉默对白血病化疗耐药细胞(K562/A02细胞株)的影响,探讨该信号通路在白血病化疗耐药中的作用及其可能机制。方法:将HMGB1基因、Nrf2基因及HO-1基因的特异性干扰RNA分别转染阿霉素耐药细胞株K562/A02,荧光实时定量(RT-PCR)方法检测HMGB1、Nrf2及HO-1的mRNA表达水平,Western blot方法检测HMGB1、Nrf2及HO-1的蛋白表达水平,免疫荧光方法检测Nrf2的蛋白表达,并使用CCK-8方法检测转染前后K562/A02细胞株的细胞活性。结果:HMGB1基因、Nrf2基因或HO-1基因沉默的K562/A02细胞活性皆显著低于对照组及空白组(P0.05),化疗敏感性恢复。结论:HMGB1高表达导致了白血病细胞株K562/A02对阿霉素的化疗耐药,Nrf2/HO-1信号通路参与了HMGB1诱导的K562/A02细胞的化疗耐药,其表达上调可恢复K562/A02细胞对阿霉素的敏感性。     

Glycomic alterations are associated with multidrug resistance in human leukemia

Correlations of disease phenotypes with glycosylation changes have been analyzed intensively in tumor biology field. In this study we describe glycomic alterations of multidrug resistance in human leukemia cell lines. Using multiple glycan profiling tools: real-time PCR for quantification of glycogenes, FITC-lectin binding for glycan profiling, and mass spectrometry for glycan composition, we compared the glycomics of drug-resistant K562/ADR cells with parental K562 line. The results showed that the expression of glycogenes, glycan profiling and N-glycan composition were different in K562/ADR cells, as compared with those in K562 cells, whereas O-glycans of the two cell lines showed no different mass spectra. Further analysis of the N-glycan regulation by way of tunicamycin application or PNGase F treatment in K562/ADR cells showed partial inhibition of biosynthesis and increased sensitivity to chemotherapeutic drugs in vitro. We targeted glycogene B3GNT8 and ST8SIA4, which were over-expressed in K562/ADR cells, and silenced the expression levels of two glycogenes after using RNA interference approach. The results showed that the silencing of B3GNT8 or ST8SIA4 in K562/ADR cells resulted in increased chemosensitivity to anti-tumor drugs. In conclusion, glycomic alterations are responsible for the overcoming multidrug resistance in human leukemia therapy and the N-linked oligosaccharides are associated with the drug resistance of cancer cells.     

Modification of Glycosylation Mediates the Invasive Properties of Murine Hepatocarcinoma Cell Lines to Lymph Nodes

Among the various posttranslational modification reactions, glycosylation is the most common, and nearly 50% of all known proteins are thought to be glycosylated. In fact, changes in glycosylation readily occur in carcinogenesis, invasion and metastasis. This report investigated the modification of glycosylation mediated the invasive properties of Hca-F and Hca-P murine hepatocarcinoma cell lines, which have high, low metastatic potential in the lymph nodes, respectively. Analysis revealed that the N-glycan composition profiling, expression of glycogenes and lectin binding profiling were different in Hca-F cells, as compared to those in Hca-P cells. Further analysis of the N-glycan regulation by tunicamycin (TM) application or PNGase F treatment in Hca-F cells showed partial inhibition of N-glycan glycosylation and decreased invasion both in vitro and in vivo. We targeted glycogene ST6GAL1, which was expressed differently in Hca-F and Hca-P cells, and regulated the expression of ST6GAL1. The altered levels of ST6GAL1 were also responsible for changed invasive properties of Hca-F and Hca-P cells both in vitro and in vivo. These findings indicate a role for glycosylation modification as a mediator of tumor lymphatic metastasis, with its altered expression causing an invasive ability differentially.     

Glycosylation diseases: Quo vadis?

About 250 to 500 glycogenes (genes that are directly involved in glycan assembly) are in the human genome representing about 1–2% of the total genome. Over 40 human congenital diseases associated with glycogene mutations have been described to date. It is almost certain that the causative glycogene mutations for many more congenital diseases remain to be discovered. Some glycogenes are involved in the synthesis of only a specific protein and/or a specific class of glycan whereas others play a role in the biosynthesis of more than one glycan class. Mutations in the latter type of glycogene result in complex clinical phenotypes that present difficult diagnostic problems to the clinician. In order to understand in biochemical terms the clinical signs and symptoms of a patient with a glycogene mutation, one must understand how the glycogene works. That requires, first of all, determination of the target protein or proteins of the glycogene followed by an understanding of the role, if any, of the glycogene-dependent glycan in the functions of the protein. Many glycogenes act on thousands of glycoproteins. There are unfortunately no general methods to identify all the potentially large number of glycogene target proteins and which of these proteins are responsible for the mutant phenotypes. Whereas biochemical methods have been highly successful in the discovery of glycogenes responsible for many congenital diseases, it has more recently been necessary to use other methods such as homozygosity mapping. Accurate diagnosis of many recently discovered diseases has become difficult and new diagnostic procedures must be developed. Last but not least is the lack of effective treatment for most of these children and of animal models that can be used to test new therapies.     

Activation of CMV promoter-controlled glycosyltransferase and β -galactosidase glycogenes by butyrate, tricostatin A, and 5-Aza-2′-deoxycytidine

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) immediate early promoter is a powerful promoter frequently used for driving the expression of transgenes in mammalian cells. However, this promoter gradually becomes silenced in stably transfected cells. We employed Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) and human pancreatic cancer (Panc 1) cells stably tansfected with three glycogenes driven by a CMV promoter to study the activation of silenced glycogenes. We found that butyrate, tricostatin A (TSA), and 5-aza-2-deoxycytidine (5-Aza-dC) can activate these CMV-driven glycogenes. The increase in mRNA and protein of a glycogene occurred 8–10 h after butyrate treatment, suggesting an indirect effect of butyrate in the activation of the transgene. The enhanced expression of the trangenes by butyrate and TSA, known inhibitors of histone deacetylase, was independent of the transgene or cell type. However, the transgene can be activated by these two agents in only a fraction of the cells derived from a single clone, suggesting that inactivation of histone deacetylase can only partially explain silencing of the transgenes. Combination treatment of one or both agents with 5-Aza-dC, a known inhibitor of DNA methylase, resulted in a synergistic activation of the transgene, suggesting a cross-talk between histone acetylation and DNA demethylation. Understanding the mechanisms of the inactivation and reactivation of CMV promoter-controlled transgenes should help develop an effective strategy to fully activate the CMV promoter-controlled therapeutic genes silenced by the host cells. Published in 2005.     

Human glycogene cloning: focus on beta 3-glycosyltransferase and beta 4-glycosyltransferase families

Glycogenes encode proteins involved in glycan synthesis, such as glycosyltransferases, sulfotransferases and sugar-nucleotide transporters. The comprehensive identification and functional analysis of human glycogenes has been ongoing for some time. During the past 20 years, 183 human glycogenes have been cloned and their substrate specificities analyzed. All current information on these human glycogenes and their links with orthologous genes in other species is summarized in the GlycoGene database. In recent years, two glycogene families, beta3-glycosyltransferases and beta4-glycosyltransferases, have been identified and analyzed in particular detail.     

Construction of a human glycogene library and comprehensive functional analysis

Eighteen years have passed after the first mammalian glycosyltransferase was cloned. At the beginning of April, 2001, 110 genes for human glycosyltransferases, including modifying enzymes for carbohydrate chains such as sulfotransferases, had been cloned and analyzed. We started the Glycogene Project (GG project) in April 2001, a comprehensive study on human glycogenes with the aid of bioinformatic technology. The term glycogene includes the genes for glycosyltransferases, sulfotransferases adding sulfate to carbohydrates and sugar-nucleotide transporters, etc. Firstly, as many novel genes, which are the candidates for glycogenes, as possible were searched using bioinformatic technology in databases. They were then cloned and expressed in various expression systems to detect the activity for carbohydrate synthesis. Their substrate specificity was determined using various acceptors.     

Imatinib mesylate (STI571) abrogates the resistance to doxorubicin in human K562 chronic myeloid leukemia cells by inhibition of BCR/ABL kinase-mediated DNA repair

Imatinib mesylate (STI571), a specific inhibitor of BCR/ABL tyrosine kinase, exhibits potent antileukemic effects in the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). However, the precise mechanism by which inhibition of BCR/ABL activity results in pharmacological responses remains unknown. BCR/ABL-positive human K562 CML cells resistant to doxorubicin (K562DoxR) and their sensitive counterparts (K562DoxS) were used to determine the mechanism by which the STI571 inhibitor may overcome drug resistance. K562 wild type cells and CCRF-CEM lymphoblastic leukemia cells without BCR/ABL were used as controls. The STI571 specificity was examined by use of murine pro-B lymphoid Baf3 cells with or without BCR/ABL kinase expression. We examined kinetics of DNA repair after cell treatment with doxorubicin in the presence or absence of STI571 by the alkaline comet assay. The MTT assay was used to estimate resistance against doxorubicin and Western blot analysis with Crk-L antibody was performed to evaluate BCR/ABL kinase inhibition by STI571. We provide evidence that treatment of CML-derived BCR/ABL-expressing leukemia K562 cells with STI571 results in the inhibition of DNA repair and abrogation of the resistance of these cells to doxorubicin. We found that doxorubicin-resistant K562DoxR cells exhibited accelerated kinetics of DNA repair compared with doxorubicin-sensitive K562DoxS cells. Inhibition of BCR/ABL kinase in K562DoxR cells with 1 microM STI571 decreased the kinetics of DNA repair and abrogated drug resistance. The results suggest that STI571-mediated inhibition of BCR/ABL kinase activity can affect the effectiveness of the DNA-repair pathways, which in turn may enhance drug sensitivity of leukemia cells.