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。     

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.     

K562耐药细胞的建立及相关蛋白表达改变的研究

为研究肿瘤细胞发生多药耐药后蛋白整体水平表达的改变,将K562细胞与阿霉素(ADR)共同培养,逐渐增加药物浓度,最后建立耐阿霉素的细胞K562／ADR株。MTT法检测阿霉素(ADR)、顺铂(DDP)、5-氟尿嘧啶(5-FU)和长春新碱(VCR)对K562和K562／ADR细胞的半数抑制率(IC50)。利用蛋白质组学技术,通过双向凝胶电泳分离K562和K562／ADR细胞的总蛋白,银染显色,分析差异蛋白,对部分蛋白点进行胶内酶解,用基质辅助激光解析飞行时间质谱法得肽质量指纹图谱,用AutoMS-Fit软件查询NCBInr数据库鉴定蛋白质。结果表明K562细胞经ADR诱导后出现多药耐药现象,ADR、DDP、5-FU和VCR对K562／ADR细胞的IC50明显高于K562。将K562和K562／ADR的双向电泳图谱进行差异比较,初步鉴定仅在K562／ADR图谱上出现的蛋白是一些与细胞分裂、基因转录有关的蛋白质。这些蛋白的变化与耐药细胞的特性相关,可能与临床化疗的多药耐药现象有联系。     

TLK1B mediated phosphorylation of Rad9 regulates its nuclear/cytoplasmic localization and cell cycle checkpoint

Breast cancer is the most frequent malignancy in women and drug resistance is the major obstacle for its successful chemotherapy. In the present study, we analyzed the involvement of an oncofetal gene, sal-like 4 (SALL4), in the tumor proliferation and drug resistance of human breast cancer. Our study showed that SALL4 was up-regulated in the drug resistant breast cancer cell line, MCF-7/ADR, compared to the other five cell lines. We established the lentiviral system expressing short hairpin RNA to knockdown SALL4 in MCF-7/ADR cells. Down-regulation of SALL4 inhibited the proliferation of MCF-7/ADR cells and induced the G1 phase arrest in cell cycle, accompanied by an obvious reduction of the expression of cyclinD1 and CDK4. Besides, down-regulating SALL4 can re-sensitize MCF-7/ADR to doxorubicin hydrochloride (ADMh) and had potent synergy with ADMh in MCF-7/ADR cells. Depletion of SALL4 led to a decrease in IC50 for ADMh and an inhibitory effect on the ability to form colonies in MCF-7/ADR cells. With SALL4 knockdown, ADMh accumulation rate of MCF-7/ADR cells was increased, while the expression of BCRP and c-myc was significantly decreased. Furthermore, silencing SALL4 also suppressed the growth of the xenograft tumors and reversed their resistance to ADMh in vivo. SALL4 knockdown inhibits the growth of the drug resistant breast cancer due to cell cycle arrest and reverses tumor chemo-resistance through down-regulating the membrane transporter, BCPR. Thus, SALL4 has potential as a novel target for the treatment of breast cancer.     

Clustering of endocytic organelles in parental and drug-resistant myeloid leukaemia cell lines lacking centrosomally organised microtubule arrays

Spatial organisation and trafficking of endocytic organelles in mammalian cells is tightly regulated and dependent on cytoskeletal networks. The dynamics of endocytic pathways is modified in a number of diseases, including cancer, and notably in multidrug resistant (MDR) cells that are refractory to the effects of several anti-cancer agents. These cells often upregulate expression of drug-efflux pumps but this may be synergistic with alternative resistance mechanisms including increased acidification of endocytic organelles that enhances vesicular sequestration of weak-base anti-cancer drugs such as daunorubicin away from their nuclear target. Here, we characterised the distribution of sequestered daunorubicin in commonly used leukaemia cell lines, HL-60, K562, KG1a and the multidrug resistant HL-60/ADR line, and related this to the spatial distribution of their endocytic organelles and microtubule networks. HL-60 and KG1a cells contained microtubule arrays emanating from organising centres, and their endocytic organelles and daunorubicin labelled vesicles were scattered throughout the cytoplasm. HL-60/ADR and K562 cells showed extensive clustering of early and recycling endosomes, late endosomes, lysosomes and daunorubicin to a juxtanuclear region but these cells lacked microtubule arrays. Microtubular organisation within these clustered regions was however, required for spatial tethering of endocytic organelles and the Golgi, as treatment with nocodazole and paclitaxel had major effects on their distribution. HL-60 and HL-60/ADR cells had similar lysosomal pH of <5.0 and overall these findings suggests a general relationship between the absence of microtubule arrays and the propensity of leukaemia cell lines to cluster endocytic organelles and daunorubicin into the juxtanuclear region.     

Natural triterpenoids from Cecropia lyratiloba are cytotoxic to both sensitive and multidrug resistant leukemia cell lines

The cytotoxicity of four triterpenoids, euscaphic acid (1), tormentic acid (2), 2alpha-acetyl tormentic acid (3), and 3beta-acetyl tormentic acid (4), isolated from the roots of Cecropia lyratiloba (Moraceae) by countercurrent chromatography, was evaluated in vitro in sensitive and multidrug resistant leukemia cell lines. A structure/activity relationship analysis of the compounds was performed. Acetylation of compound 2 at C2 increased its activity by a factor of 2 while acetylation at C3 had a smaller effect. Compound 1 induces death by activation of caspase-3, dependent apoptotic pathway. Furthermore, the four triterpenoids were also active toward a multidrug resistant (MDR) leukemia cell line, overexpressing glycoprotein-P (P-gp). These results reveal the potential of the terpenoids as source for the development of new anti-neoplastic and anti-MDR drugs.     

Combined Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectroscopic approach for identification of multidrug resistance phenotype in cancer cell lines

Cancer cells escape cytotoxic effects of anticancer drugs by a process known as multidrug resistance (MDR). Identification of cell status by less time-consuming methods can be extremely useful in patient management and treatment. This study aims at evaluating the potentials of vibrational spectroscopic methods to perform cell typing and to differentiate between sensitive and resistant human cancer cell lines, in particular those that exhibit the MDR phenotype. Micro-Raman and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra have been acquired from the sensitive promyelocytic HL60 leukemia cell line and two of its subclones resistant to doxorubicin (HL60/DOX) and daunorubicin (HL60/DNR), and from the sensitive MCF7 breast cancer cell line and its MDR counterpart resistant to verapamil (MCF7/VP). Principal components analysis (PCA) was employed for spectral comparison and classification. Our data show that cell typing was feasible with both methods, giving two distinct clusters for HL60- and MCF7-sensitive cells. In addition, phenotyping of HL60 cells, i.e., discriminating between the sensitive and MDR phenotypes, was attempted by both methods. FTIR could not only delineate between the sensitive and resistant HL60 cells, but also gave two distinct clusters for the resistant cells, which required a two-step procedure with Raman spectra. In the case of MCF7 cell lines, both the sensitive and resistant phenotypes could be differentiated very efficiently by PCA analysis of their FTIR and Raman point spectra. These results indicate the prospective applicability of FTIR and micro-Raman approaches in the differentiation of cell types as well as characterization of the cell status, such as the MDR phenotype exhibited in resistant leukemia cell lines like HL60 and MCF7.     

Constitutive presence of cytochrome c in the cytosol of a chemoresistant leukemic cell line

The release of holocytochrome c (cyt c) from mitochondria into the cytosol is reportedly a landmark of the execution phase of apoptosis. As shown here, the P-glycoprotein- (P-gp) expressing K562/ADR cell line (but not the parental K562 cell line) exhibits both cytosolic and mitochondrial cyt c in the absence of any signs of apoptosis. K562/ADR cells were found to be relatively resistant to a variety of different inducers of apoptosis, and blocking the P-gp did not reverse this resistance. The release of cyt c in non-apoptotic K562/ADR cells was not accompanied by that of any other mitochondrial apoptogenic protein, such as AIF or Smac/DIABLO, and was inhibited by Bcl-2 over expression. In addition, using a cell-free system, we show that mitochondria isolated from K562/ADR cells spontaneously released cyt c. These data suggest that cyt c release may be compatible with the preservation of mitochondrial integrity and function, as well as cell proliferation.     

Identification of proteins responsible for the development of adriamycin resistance in human gastric cancer cells using comparative proteomics analysis

Resistance to anticancer drugs is a major obstacle in the effective treatment of tumors. To understand the mechanisms responsible for multidrug resistance (MDR), a proteomic approach was used to identify proteins that were expressed in different levels by the adriamycinresistant human gastric cancer cell line, SGC7901/ADR, and its parental cell line, SGC7901. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) and image analysis was used to determine which protein spots were expressed in different levels by the two cell lines. These spots were then partially identified using ESI-Q-TOF mass spectrometry, and the differential expressional levels of the partially identified proteins were then determined by western blot analysis and real-time RT-PCR. Additionally, the association of Nucleophosmin (NPM1), a protein that was highly expressed by SGC7901/ADR, with MDR was analyzed using siRNA. As a result of this study, well-resolved, reproducible 2-DE patterns of SGC7901/ADR and SGC7901 were established, and 16 proteins that may play a role in the development of thermoresistance were identified. Additionally, suppression of NPM1 expression was found to enhance adriamycin chemosensitivity in SGC7901/ADR. These results provide a fundamental basis for the elucidation of the molecular mechanism of MDR, which may assist in the treatment of gastric cancer.     

K562耐药细胞的建立及相关蛋白表达改变的研究

为研究肿瘤细胞发生多药耐药后蛋白整体水平表达的改变,将K562细胞与阿霉素(ADR)共同培养,逐渐增加药物浓度,最后建立耐阿霉素的细胞K562/ADR株。MTT法检测阿霉素(ADR)、顺铂(DDP)、5-氟尿嘧啶(5-FU)和长春新碱(VCR)对K562和K562/ADR细胞的半数抑制率(IC_(50))。利用蛋白质组学技术,通过双向凝胶电泳分离K562和K562/ADR细胞的总蛋白,银染显色,分析差异蛋白,对部分蛋白点进行胶内酶解,用基质辅助激光解析飞行时间质谱法得肽质量指纹图谱,用AutoMS-Fit软件查询NCBInr数据库鉴定蛋白质。结果表明K562细胞经ADR诱导后出现多药耐药现象,ADR、DDP、5-FU和VCR对K562/ADR细胞的IC_(50)明显高于K562。将K562和K562/ADR的双向电泳图谱进行差异比较,初步鉴定仅在K562/ADR图谱上出现的蛋白是一些与细胞分裂、基因转录有关的蛋白质。这些蛋白的变化与耐药细胞的特性相关,可能与临床化疗的多药耐药现象有联系。     

Redox active copper chelate overcomes multidrug resistance in T-lymphoblastic leukemia cell by triggering apoptosis

Multidrug resistance (MDR) mediated by the over expression of drug efflux protein P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is one of the major impediments to successful treatment of cancer. P-gp acts as an energy-dependent drug efflux pump and reduces the intracellular concentration of structurally unrelated drugs inside the cells. Therefore, there is an urgent need for development of new molecules that are less toxic to normal cell and preferentially effective against drug resistant malignant cells. In this preclinical study we report the apoptotic potential of copper N-(2-hydroxyacetophenone) glycinate (CuNG) on doxorubicin resistant T lymphoblastic leukaemia cells (CEM/ADR5000). To evaluate the cytotoxic effect of CuNG, we used different normal cell lines (NIH 3T3, Chang liver and human PBMC) and cancerous cell lines (CEM/ADR5000, parental sensitive CCRF-CEM, SiHa and 3LL) and conclude that CuNG preferentially kills cancerous cells, especially both leukemic cell types irrespective of their MDR status, while leaving normal cell totally unaffected. Moreover, CuNG involves reactive oxygen species (ROS) for induction of apoptosis in CEM/ADR5000 cells through the intrinsic apoptotic pathway. This is substantiated by our observation that antioxidant N-acetyle-cysteine (NAC) and PEG catalase could completely block ROS generation and, subsequently, abrogates CuNG induced apoptosis. On the other hand, uncomplexed ligand N-(2-hydroxyacetophenone) glycinate (NG) fails to generate a significant amount of ROS and concomitant induction of apoptosis in CEM/ADR5000 cells. Therefore, CuNG induces drug resistant leukemia cells to undergo apoptosis and proves to be a molecule having therapeutic potential to overcome MDR in cancer.     

Synthesis of 1-(omega-aminoalkyl)naphthoindolediones with antiproliferative properties

The preparation and cytotoxic properties of 4,11-dihydroxynaphtho[2,3-f]indole-5,10-dione derivatives carrying N-aminoalkyl substituents are described. The N-aminobutylnaphthoindolediones obtained were studied in National Cancer Institute Screening Program and demonstrated high antiproliferative activity against 60 human cancer cell lines. All N-(4-aminobutyl) derivatives have higher potency than adriamycin or mitoxantrone against adriamycin selected multidrug resistant breast cancer cell line NCI/ADR.     

The inhibitory effect of kokusaginine on the growth of human breast cancer cells and MDR-resistant cells is mediated by the inhibition of tubulin assembly

The emergence of multidrug resistance (MDR) is a significant challenge in breast carcinoma chemotherapy. Kokusaginine isolated from Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz. has been reported to show cytotoxicity in several human cancer cell lines including breast cancer cells MCF-7. In this study, kokusaginine showed the potent inhibitory effect on MCF-7 multidrug resistant subline MCF-7/ADR and MDA-MB-231 multidrug resistant subline MDA-MB-231/ADR. Kokusaginine markedly induced apoptosis in a concentration-dependent manner in MCF-7/ADR cells. Furthermore, kokusaginine reduced P-gp mRNA and protein levels, and suppressed P-gp function especially in MCF-7/ADR cells. In addition, kokusaginine showed to inhibit tubulin assembly and the binding of colchicine to tubulin by binding directly to tubulin and affects tubulin formation in vitro. Taken together, these results support the potential therapeutic value of kokusaginine as an anti-MDR agent in chemotherapy for breast carcinoma.     

Regulation of [Ca(2+)](i) homeostasis in MRP1 overexpressing cells

Regulation of capacitative Ca(2+) entry was studied in two different multidrug resistance (MDR) protein (MRP1) overexpressing cell lines, HT29(col) and GLC4/ADR. MRP1 overexpression was accompanied by a decreased response to thapsigargin. Moreover, inhibition of capacitative Ca(2+) entry by D, L-threo-1-phenyl-2-decanoylamino-3-morpholino-1-propanol (PDMP) was abolished in MRP1 overexpressing cells. Both PDMP and the MRP1 inhibitor MK571 greatly reduced InsP(3)-mediated (45)Ca(2+) release from intracellular stores in HT29 cells. Again, these effects were virtually abolished in HT29(col) cells. Our results point to a modulatory role of MRP1 on intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) homeostasis which may contribute to the MDR phenotype.     

Oxygen consumption and expression of the adenine nucleotide translocator in cells lacking mitochondrial DNA

It has been shown previously that human rho degrees cells, deprived of mitochondrial DNA and consequently of functional oxidative phosphorylation, maintain a mitochondrial membrane potential, which is necessary for their growth. The goal of our study was to determine the precise origin of this membrane potential in three rho degrees cell lines originating from the human HepG2, 143B, and HeLa S3 cell lines. Residual cyanide-sensitive oxygen consumption suggests the persistence of residual mitochondrial respiratory chain activity, about 8% of that of the corresponding parental cells. The fluorescence emitted by the three rho degrees cell lines in the presence of a mitochondrial specific fluorochrome was partially reduced by a protonophore, suggesting the existence of a proton gradient. The mitochondrial membrane potential is maintained both by a residual proton gradient (up to 45 to 50% of the potential) and by other ion movements such as the glycolytic ATP(4-) to mitochondrial ADP(3-) exchange. The ANT2 gene, encoding isoform 2 of the adenine nucleotide translocator, is overexpressed in rho degrees HepG2 and 143B cells strongly dependent on glycolytic ATP synthesis, as compared to the corresponding parental cells, which present a more oxidative metabolism. In rho degrees HeLa S3 cells, originating from the HeLa S3 cell line, which already displays a glycolytic energy status, ANT2 gene expression was not higher as in parental cells. Mitochondrial oxygen consumption and ANT2 gene overexpression vary in opposite ways and this suggests that these two parameters have complementary roles in the maintenance of the mitochondrial membrane potential in rho degrees cells.     

Mitoenergetic Dysfunction Triggers a Rapid Compensatory Increase in Steady-State Glucose Flux

ATP can be produced in the cytosol by glycolytic conversion of glucose (GLC) into pyruvate. The latter can be metabolized into lactate, which is released by the cell, or taken up by mitochondria to fuel ATP production by the tricarboxylic acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system. Altering the balance between glycolytic and mitochondrial ATP generation is crucial for cell survival during mitoenergetic dysfunction, which is observed in a large variety of human disorders including cancer. To gain insight into the kinetic properties of this adaptive mechanism we determined here how acute (30 min) inhibition of OXPHOS affected cytosolic GLC homeostasis. GLC dynamics were analyzed in single living C2C12 myoblasts expressing the fluorescent biosensor FLII¹²Pglu-700μδ6 (FLII). Following in situ FLII calibration, the kinetic properties of GLC uptake (V₁) and GLC consumption (V₂) were determined independently and used to construct a minimal mathematical model of cytosolic GLC dynamics. After validating the model, it was applied to quantitatively predict V₁ and V₂ at steady-state (i.e., when V₁ = V₂ = V_steady-state) in the absence and presence of OXPHOS inhibitors. Integrating model predictions with experimental data on lactate production, cell volume, and O₂ consumption revealed that glycolysis and mitochondria equally contribute to cellular ATP production in control myoblasts. Inhibition of OXPHOS induced a twofold increase in V_steady-state and glycolytic ATP production flux. Both in the absence and presence of OXPHOS inhibitors, GLC was consumed at near maximal rates, meaning that GLC consumption is rate-limiting under steady-state conditions. Taken together, we demonstrate here that OXPHOS inhibition increases steady-state GLC uptake and consumption in C2C12 myoblasts. This activation fully compensates for the reduction in mitochondrial ATP production, thereby maintaining the balance between cellular ATP supply and demand.     

Chromosomal changes in cell lines from mouse tumors induced by nickel sulfide and methylcholanthrene

Rhabdomyosarcomas were induced in mice by intramuscular injections of crystalline nickel sulfide and 3-methylcholanthrene. At early passage, karyotypes were performed by G-banding for four nickel sulfide cell lines and for three 3-methylcholanthrene cell lines. Six cell lines were near-diploid and one nickel sulfide line was near-tetraploid. Three of the nickel sulfide cell lines were characterized by a rearranged marker chromosome which was present in a majority of the cells of each line. The rearrangements leading to the formation of marker chromosomes were different in each nickel sulfide cell line but involved chromosome 4 in two of the nickel sulfide cell lines. Extra copies of chromosome 15 were present in two nickel sulfide cell lines. Possible rearrangement and/or gene activation was examined for the c-mos oncogene on chromosome 4 and the c-myc oncogene on chromosome 15, but no alteration or activation was observed. None of the 3-methylcholanthrene cell lines contained rearranged marker chromosomes; however, one MCA cell line did contain large numbers of double minutes. In all cell lines, minichromosomes (small atypical acrocentric chromosomes) were observed that contained distinct centromeric regions but no other G-positive bands.Abbreviations DHFR dihydrofolate reductase - MCA 3-methylcholanthrene - NS nickel sulfide     

Rhodamine B as a mitochondrial probe for measurement and monitoring of mitochondrial membrane potential in drug-sensitive and -resistant cells

In order to get more insight into the energetic state of multidrug-resistance (MDR) cell compared with its corresponding sensitive cell, a noninvasive fluorescence method for determining and monitoring the mitochondrial membrane potential (DeltaPsi(m)), using rhodamine B and 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) was established. Rhodamine B distributes across biological membranes in response to the electrical transmembrane potential. P-glycoprotein- and MRP1-protein-mediated efflux do not create a concentration gradient, leading the cell-rhodamine B system to reach a steady state, where the ratio of cytosolic to extracellular rhodamine B was equal to 1. The mitochondrial matrix rhodamine B concentration was precisely determined as a decrease of rhodamine B fluorescence in the presence of formazan, a rhodamine B fluorescence quencher, which locally accumulates in the matrix of mitochondria. The kinetics of decrease in rhodamine B fluorescence (V(i)) can be used to estimate DeltaPsi(m) using the Nernst equation: DeltaPsi(m)=-61.54 log V(i)-258.46. The DeltaPsi(m) values determined were -160+/-4 mV for K562 cell, -146+/-6 mV for K562/adr cell, -161+/-10 mV for GLC4 cell and -168+/-2 mV for GLC4/adr cell. An increase or a decrease in DeltaPsi(m) consequently followed an increase or a decrease in the cellular ATP contents. An increase ATP content in the two MDR cell lines can protect cells from cytotoxicity induced by pirarubicin.