氯化高铁血红素诱导K562细胞红系分化对其细胞周期的影响

细胞周期的测量是细胞增殖动力学的研究基础。通过添加30μmol·L-1氯化高铁血红素(Hemin)诱导人慢性髓系白血病K562细胞红系分化,利用5-溴脱氧尿嘧啶核苷(BrdU)与7-AAD双染的方法检测Hemin诱导的K562红系分化细胞对细胞周期各期比例的影响,未诱导的K562细胞周期各期比例作为对照,检测发现Hemin诱导的K562红系分化细胞对其细胞周期相对值无明显影响。应用BrdU间隔染色结合流式细胞术的方法,通过分析BrdU间隔染色后BrdU阳性细胞群的动态变化规律,从而推算出K562红系分化细胞的倍增时间及细胞周期各期时长。根据测量结果发现,未诱导的K562细胞总倍增时间约为20 h,与通过生长曲线公式法计算倍增时间的结果相符,Hemin诱导的K562细胞的细胞周期倍增时长约为23 h。Hemin诱导的K562红系分化细胞较未诱导的K562细胞倍增时间与各期时长无明显差异。因此,Hemin诱导K562细胞红系分化对其细胞周期绝对值及相对值均无明显影响。     

IL——3和羟基脲协同诱导K562细胞凋亡

The effect of IL-3 and hydroxyurea on human erythroleukemia cell line (K562 cells) was demonstrated by using the electro-microscopy and flow cytometry. Our data showed that neither IL-3 nor hydroxyurea could induce the apoptosis of K562 cells alone. However, the IL-3 and hydroxyurea could induce the apoptosis of K562 cells cooperatively. Analysis with flow cytometry showed that the percentage of apoptotic cells was about 31.90% after K562 cells were induced by IL-3 and hydroxyurea cooperatively for 5 days, and the sub-G1 peak (apoptotic peak) was detected in the induced K562 cells. Meanwhile, the percentage of S-phase in the IL-3 and hydroxyurea induced K562 cells was increased, and the proliferation of the induced K562 cells was inhibited significantly. Furthermore, the IL-3 and hydroxyurea induced K562 cells showed chromatin condensation with regular crescents at the nuclear edges and apoptotic bodies. It suggested that IL-3 could enhance the sensitivity of K562 cells to hydroxyurea and the apoptosis of K562 cells could be induced by IL-3 and hydroxyurea cooperatively.     

DADS 上调K562 细胞p21WAF1 表达对细胞生长阻抑和凋亡 的实验研究

目的:探讨二烯丙基二硫(DADS)对体外培养的人白血病细胞系K562细胞生长阻抑和凋亡作用及机制。方法:采用MTT分析法检测细胞活性、流式细胞术分析细胞周期及凋亡率、免疫组化检测p21WAF1基因表达。结果:1).DADS在10mg/L～80 mg/L范围内,对K562细胞的抑制作用呈剂量-时间依赖效应;2).不同浓度DADS作用于K562细胞24h后,细胞周期发生了变化:DADS可以将K562细胞阻滞于G2/M期;3).DADS浓度在10mg/L～80mg/L时作用K562细胞24h后,凋亡率逐渐升高,有显著的统计学意义(P<0.05或P<0.01);4).用浓度分别为0mg/L,20mg/L,40mg/L,80mg/L处理K562细胞24h后,p21WAF1蛋白表达上调,有统计学意义(P<0.05或P<0.01),溶媒组和阴性对照组无差别(P>0.05)。结论:DADS有抑制K562细胞增殖和促进K562细胞凋亡的作用。其作用的可能机制与上调细胞周期蛋白依赖性激酶抑制剂p21WAF1表达,从而诱使k562细胞阻滞于G2/M期有关。     

羟基脲（Hydroxyurea）对细胞周期与珠蛋白基因表达的影响（简报）

Although the hydroxyurea (HU) has been extensively studied, little is known of its molecular mechanism in controlling the expression of human globin gene and in modulating the progression of cell-cycle in K 562 cell. In the present study, the effect of hydroxyurea on proliferative kinetics of K 562 cells was examined by monitoring the number of cells during a period of 8 day's cell culture. Our results showed that there was a dose related decrease in cell growth when K562 cells were incubated with HU. Moreover, cell-cycle analysis demonstrated that HU had profound effect on cell-cycle distribution. In the case of the induced K 562 cells, there was an increased accumulation of cells in S phase and a decreased fraction of cells in G 1 and G 2 + M phase. Furthermore, HU could induce the expression of human beta-globin gene in the induced K 562 cells. Our results indicate that HU has a potential to inhibit the proliferation of K 562 cells and to stimulate the terminal differentiation of this cell.     

Adriamycin induced resistance of sensitive K 562 cells to natural killer lymphocyte attack

Summary The effect of Adriamycin (ADM) on eryhtroleukaemia K 562 cell susceptibility to human natural killer (NK) cell activity has been studied. When cultivated for 3 days in the presence of 10 to 40 nM ADM, K 562 cells decreased their susceptibility to NK-mediated lysis in a dose-dependent fashion. At a concentration of 40 nM, previously found to induce optimal differentiation-associated properties in K 562 cells, the induced resistance to NK-mediated lysis increased progressively from day 1 to day 3 of culture. ADM treatment did not induce K 562 cells to release factors which interfered with NK activity since supernatants from ADM-treated K 562 cell cultures caused no significant modification in the NK lytic process. Binding to NK of ADM-treated K 562 cells was unaffected since treated and untreated cells had identical capacities in a conjugate-forming cell assay or adsorption of NK cells on target cell monolayers. In cold target competition assays ADM-treated K 562 cells acted as more effective competitors than untreated K 562 cells. These observations imply that the reduced killing of the ADM-treated K 562 cells was independent of target-NK cell recognition, and suggest that ADM treatment could allow malignant cells to escape NK surveillance.     

Mannosylerythritol lipid induces granulocytic differentiation and inhibits the tyrosine phosphorylation of human myelogenous leukemia cell line K562

Mannosylerythritol lipid (MEL), which induced granulocytic differentiation of human promyelocytic leukemia cell line HL60, also induced differentiation of human myelogenous leukemia cell line K562. MEL inhibited insulin-dependent cell proliferation and induced leukocyte esterase activity of K562 cells. MEL markedly increased the differentiation-associated characteristics in granulocytes, such as nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) reducing ability, expression of Fc receptors, and phagocytic activity of K562 cells. The tyrosine phosphorylation in K562 cells inhibited by MEL. These results suggest that MEL directly down-regulates the tyrosine kinase activities in K562 cells to inhibit the cell proliferation and to induce the differentiation. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Role of ERK activation in growth and erythroid differentiation of K562 cells

Inhibition of signaling through Ras in BCR-ABL-positive pluripotent K562 cells leads to apoptosis and spontaneous differentiation. However, Ras-induced activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase ERK has been suggested to play a critical role in either growth or differentiation in different model systems. We studied the role of ERK activation in the growth-promoting and anti-apoptotic effect of Ras and its involvement in hemin-induced nonterminal erythroid differentiation using the BCR-ABL-positive K562 cell line as a model. K562 cells were stably transfected with ERK1 or the dominant inhibitory mutant of ERK1 (ERK1-KR). Overexpression of ERK1-KR inhibited cell growth with an approximately fourfold increase in doubling time and induced apoptosis in K562 cells. Incubation with the MEK1 inhibitor UO126 inhibited cell growth and induced apoptosis in K562 cells in a dose-dependent manner as well. In the presence of exogenously added hemin, K562 cells differentiate into erythroblasts, as indicated by the production of large amounts of fetal hemoglobin. We examined the activation of MAP kinases during hemin-induced differentiation. The ERK1 and 2 activity increased within 2 h post hemin treatment and remained elevated for 24-48 h. During this time, fetal hemoglobin synthesis also increases from 0.8 to 10 pg/cell. There was no activation of JNK or p38 protein kinases. The hemin-induced accumulation of hemoglobin was inhibited in ERK1-KR overexpressing cells and was enhanced in the wild-type ERK1 transfectants. Our results suggest that ERK activation is involved in both growth and hemin-induced erythroid differentiation in the BCR-ABL-positive K562 cell line.     

氨基葡萄糖硫酸盐诱导凋亡中Cathepsin D与Bcl-xL的细胞内共定位研究

目的:探讨氨基葡萄糖硫酸盐(Glucosamine Sulfate,GS)诱导K562细胞凋亡中溶酶体Cathepsin D释放后与Bcl-xL的细胞内共定位关系。方法:采用5.0mmol.L-1 GS诱导K562细胞凋亡,通过HE染色和流式细胞仪检测细胞凋亡,应用免疫荧光染色结合激光共聚焦显微镜观察5.0mmol.L-1 GS诱导凋亡前后Cathepsin D与Bcl-xL的细胞内共定位关系。结果:GS诱导K562细胞72小时后出现细胞凋亡的形态改变,流式细胞仪检测表明细胞出现凋亡,诱导凋亡后的Cathepsin D与Bcl-xL的细胞内共定位信号增强。结论:GS诱导K562细胞凋亡后Cathepsin D与Bcl-xL存在细胞内共定位关系,具备一定相互作用的空间基础。     

Antizyme1基因转染对K562细胞增殖与凋亡的影响

研究鸟氨酸脱羧酶抗酶蛋白对人红白血病K562细胞增殖、三氧化二砷（ As2O3）诱导凋亡时的影响。方法: 定点突变技术构建缺失frameshift位点的pEGFP-N1-AZ1-mutation重组表达载体。脂质体法转染K562细胞,通过G418筛选获得稳定表达antizyme1的K562pAZ1m细胞系。采用不同浓度的As2O3处理细胞,通过MTT法检测细胞增殖,流式细胞术分析细胞周期及凋亡变化。并通过RT-PCR方法检测antiyme1转染对cyclin D1和survivin基因表达的影响。结果：获得稳定表达antizyme1的K562-AZ1m细胞株后,其增殖能力明显减慢。CyclinD1基因表达降低,细胞主要停滞于G0/G1期。在 As2O3的诱导作用下,细胞凋亡增多,survivin基因表达降低。结论：AZ1基因能够抑制K562细胞增殖,通过对cyclinD1的负调控使细胞周期停滞于G0/G1期。并可能通过下调survivin表达来加强 As2O3对其的诱导凋亡作用     

IL-3和羟基脲协同诱导K562细胞凋亡

本文应用流式细胞分选仪和电子显微镜研究了IL-3和羟基脲对人红白血病细胞株(K562细胞)凋亡的影响.结果显示IL-3和羟基脲分别诱导K562细胞,不能引起细胞凋亡;而IL-3和羟基脲协同诱导K562细胞,可以引起细胞凋亡.用流式细胞仪检测到IL-3和羟基脲协同诱导K562细胞后,DNA含量低于二倍体的细胞数达31.90%,并产生明显的凋亡小峰.同时,IL-3和羟基脲协同诱导K562细胞,可抑制细胞周期中的S期,阻止细胞从S期进入G2/M期,使细胞周期延长,对K562细胞的生长和增殖具有抑制作用.在电镜下可观察到IL-3和羟基脲协同诱导的K562细胞,出现典型的凋亡细胞形态,细胞核内染色质浓缩、凝聚,紧靠在核膜边沿,形成新月形或环状的染色质结构,产生凋亡小体.提示IL-3和羟基脲具有协同效应,IL-3可提高K562细胞对羟基脲的敏感性,并可协同羟基脲诱导K562细胞凋亡.     

Reactive nitrogen species control apoptosis and autophagy in K562 cells: implication of TAp73α induction in controlling autophagy

The biological outcome of nitric oxide (NO) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) in regulating pro survival and pro death autophagic pathways still demand further investigation. In the present study, we investigated the effect of nitrosative stress in K562 cells using NO donor compound DETA-NONOate, peroxynitrite, and SIN-1. Exposure to NO, peroxynitrite, and SIN-1 caused decrease in K562 cell survival. NO induced autophagy but not apoptosis or necrosis in K562 cells. In contrast, peroxynitrite and SIN-1 treatment induced apoptosis in K562 cells. Surprisingly, inhibition of autophagic response using 3-methyladenine led to the induction of apoptosis in K562 cells. Increase in 5’adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) phosphorylation was only observed in the presence of NO donor indicated that AMPK was crucial to induce autophagy in K562 cells. We for the first time discovered a novel role of p73 in autophagy induction under nitrosative stress in K562 cells. TAp73α was only induced upon exposure to NO but not in the presence of peroxynitrite. Reduced glutathione (GSH)/oxidised glutathione (GSSG) ratio remained unaltered upon NO exposure. Our data suggest a complex network of interaction and cross regulations between NO and p73. These data open a new path for therapies based on the abilities of RNS to induce autophagy-mediated cell death.     

胡桃楸提取液对肿瘤细胞细胞周期的影响

目的考察胡桃楸提取液对Hela和K562细胞周期的影响。方法用流式细胞仪分析胡桃楸提取液对Hela、K562细胞细胞周期的影响。结果胡桃楸提取物体外作用于Hela细胞可引起细胞周期在S期的停滞,这种效果随药物浓度和作用时间的增加而增加,胡桃楸提取物体外作用于K562细胞,可引起细胞周期在G1期的停滞,随药物浓度的增加而增加。结论胡桃楸提取液对Hela细胞的生长抑制作用可能通过S期阻滞实现,对K562细胞抑制作用可能通过G1期阻滞实现。     

神经酰胺诱导药物敏感型和耐药型细胞凋亡机制的探讨

以药物敏感型细胞株Ｋ５６２／Ｓ和耐药型细胞株Ｋ５６２／Ａ０２为对象．观察原癌基因Ｂｃｌ－２的表达量在两种细胞中的差异,以及神经酰胺作为一个新的脂质第二信使诱导细胞凋亡的能力,并利用酪氨酸激酶抑制剂ｇｅｎｉｓｔｅｉｎ,酪氨酸磷酸酯酶抑制剂ｖａｎａｄａｔｅ,观察酪氨酸可逆磷酸化与细胞凋亡间的关系．结果显示：在Ｋ５６２／Ａ０２中Ｂｃｌ－２的表达量明显高于Ｋ５６２／Ｓ;外源性神经酰胺能成功地诱导Ｋ５６２／Ｓ,Ｋ５６２／Ａ０２细胞凋亡,凋亡细胞具有典型的形态学改变和ＤＮＡ“Ｌａｄｄｅｒ”形成,ＦＣＭ检测出现凋亡细胞峰,但在同样的诱导条件下,Ｋ５６２／Ｓ细胞凋亡明显高于Ｋ５６２／Ａ０２细胞．ＦＣＭ检测ｇｅｎｉｓｔｅｉｎ能显著改变这两种细胞生长周期,但细胞阻滞于Ｇ２／Ｍ期,便对神经酰胺诱导的细胞凋亡无明显作用,ｖａｎａｄａｔｅ单独对细胞地明显作用,但与神经酰胺共同作用能明显提高细胞凋亡率．以上结果表明在药物诱导的细胞调亡中Ｂｃｌ－２基因起重要作用,神经酰胺能诱导Ｋ５６２／Ｓ和Ｋ５６２／Ａ０２细胞调亡．     

Production by K 562 cells of an inhibitor of adherence-related functions of human neutrophils

Certain tumor cells generate factors that inhibit neutrophil chemotaxis. Our study was designed to explore whether such factors are produced by K 562 malignant cells and whether these have a broader effect in altering neutrophil functions. After 48 h of in vitro culture of K 562 cells, the culture medium and the cells were separated, lyophilized, and extracted with ethanol. These K 562 products, i.e., either the cell or supernatant extract, inhibited both nonstimulated locomotion and locomotion induced either by FMLP or activated serum. Furthermore, K 562 products inhibited neutrophil adherence and oxidative burst induced by opsonized zymosan, whereas oxidative burst induced by PMA or FMLP was not altered. K 562 products had an inhibitory effect on the PMN binding to iC3b-coated particles. They did not modify Mo1 expression of resting cells, did not alter the up-regulation of the receptor induced by FMLP but inhibited the FMLP-induced capping of Mo1 Ag. Con A capping was also inhibited. Actin polymerization in FMLP-stimulated PMN, as measured by flow cytometry and phalloidin binding to F-actin, was inhibited by K 562 products. The inhibitory factor present in K 562 products (cell and culture supernatant) was purified in three steps including gel filtration, ion-exchange chromatography, and IEF. The eluted active fraction corresponded to single band of about 8 kDa on SDS-PAGE. From these experiments, it is concluded that K 562 malignant cells in culture contain and release a low molecular mass factor (congruent to 8 kDa) that inhibits all adherence-related functions of neutrophils, whereas it does not alter FMLP- or PMA-induced oxidative burst. Further studies are needed to assess whether products of other tumor cells also act on the neutrophil by inhibiting adherence-related functions, Mo1 function and capping, and actin polymerization.     

Glutathione depletion restores the susceptibility of cisplatin-resistant chronic myelogenous leukemia cell lines to Natural Killer cell-mediated cell death via necrosis rather than apoptosis

We investigated the effect of intracellular glutathione (GSH) levels on Natural Killer-mediated apoptosis in cisplatin-resistant K562 cells. K562/B6 and K562/C9 are cisplatin-resistant K562 cells less susceptible to lysis by natural killer cells. Cisplatin-resistant K562 cells did not present the apoptotic pattern of DNA fragmentation as it was observed for their maternal counterparts. K562/B6 and K562/C9 cell lines produce 1.6- and 1.9-times more GSH than K562 cells. Treatment of both cell lines with D,L-buthionine-(S,R)-sulfoximine (BSO, a gamma-glutamyl cysteine synthetase inhibitor) decreased GSH levels and augmented cell death induced by NK cells via a necrotic rather than an apoptotic process. Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) expression was elevated in cisplatin-resistant K562 subclones, and the reduction of GSH levels after treatment with BSO decreased the expression of PCNA. These results suggest that the GSH level affects the NK cell-mediated cell death of cisplatin-resistant K562 cells by inducing necrosis rather than apoptosis.     

A novel tubulin polymerization inhibitor,MPT0B206, downregulates Bcr-Abl expression and induces apoptosis in imatinib-sensitive and imatinib-resistant CML cells

Imatinib, a Bcr-Abl-specific inhibitor, is effective for treating chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), but drug resistance has emerged for this disease. In this study, we synthesized a novel tubulin polymerization inhibitor, MPT0B206 (N-[1-(4-methoxy-benzenesulfonyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-indol-7-yl]-formamide), and demonstrated its apoptotic effect and mechanism in imatinib-sensitive K562 and imatinib-resistant K562R CML cells. Western blotting and immunofluorescence microscopy showed that MPT0B206 induced microtubule depolymerization in K562 and K562R cells. MPT0B206 inhibited the growth of these cells in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. It did not affect the viability of normal human umbilical vein endothelial cells. MPT0B206 induced G2/M cell cycle arrest and the appearance of the mitotic marker MPM-2 in K562 and K562R cells, which is associated with the upregulation of cyclin B1 and the dephosphorylation of Cdc2. Treatment of K562 and K562R cells with MPT0B206 induced apoptosis and reduced the protein levels of procaspase-9 and procaspase-3 and increased caspase-3 activity and PARP cleavage. MPT0B206 also reduced the levels of the antiapoptotic proteins Mcl-1 and Bcl-2 and increased the level of the apoptotic protein Bax. Additional experiments showed that MPT0B206 markedly downregulated Bcr-Abl mRNA expression and total and phosphorylated Bcr-Abl protein levels and inhibited the phosphorylation of its downstream proteins STAT5, MAPK, and AKT, and the protein level of c-Myc in K562 and K562R cells. Furthermore, MPT0B206 triggered viability reduction and apoptosis in CML cells carrying T315I-mutated Bcr-Abl. Together, these results suggest that MPT0B206 is a promising alternative for treating imatinib-resistant CML.     

Study of the PTEN gene expression and FAK phosphorylation in human hepatocarcinoma tissues and cell lines

K562 cells contain a Bcr-Abl chimeric gene and differentiate into various lineages in response to different inducers. We studied the role of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase 1 (MEK1)/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway during the erythroid differentiation of K562 cells induced by tyrosine kinase inhibitors (herbimycin A or STI571), using genetically modified cells (constitutively MEK1-activated K562: K562/MEK1, and inducible ERK-inactivated K562: K562/CL100). Basal expression of glycophorin A was markedly reduced in K562/MEK1 cells compared with that in parental cells, while it was augmented in K562/CL100 cells. Herbimycin A and STI571 differentiated K562 cells accompanying with the transient down-regulated ERK. Moreover, the erythroid differentiation was markedly suppressed in K562/MEK1 cells, and early down-regulation of ERK activity was not observed in these cells. In contrast, the induction of ERK-specific phosphatase in K562/CL100 cells potentiated erythroid differentiation. Once the phosphatase was induced, the initial ERK activity became repressed and its early down-regulation by the inhibition of Bcr-Abl was marked and prolonged. These results demonstrate that the erythroid differentiation of K562 cells induced by herbimycin A or STI571 requires the down-regulation of MEK1/ ERK pathway.     

Nicotinamide increases the sensitivity of chronic myeloid leukemia cells to doxorubicin via the inhibition of SIRT1

The NAD-dependent deacetylase Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) plays a vital role in leukemogenesis. Nicotinamide (NAM) is the principal NAD⁺ precursor and a noncompetitive inhibitor of SIRT1. In our study, we showed that NAM enhanced the sensitivity of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) to doxorubicin (DOX) via SIRT1. We found that SIRT1 high expression in CML patients was associated with disease progression and drug resistance. Exogenous NAM efficiently repressed the deacetylation activity of SIRT1 and induced the apoptosis of DOX-resistant K562 cells (K562R) in a dose-dependent manner. Notably, the combination of NAM and DOX significantly inhibited tumor cell proliferation and induced cell apoptosis. The knockdown of SIRT1 in K562R cells enhanced NAM+DOX-induced apoptosis. SIRT1 rescue in K562R reduced the NAM+DOX-induced apoptosis. Mechanistically, the combinatory treatment significantly increased the cleavage of caspase-3 and PARP in K562R in vitro and in vivo. These results suggest the potential role of NAM in increasing the sensitivity of CML to DOX via the inhibition of SIRT1.     

Differentiation of Mouse and Human Myeloid Leukemia Cells Induced by an Antitumor Antibiotic,Ascofuranone

Mouse myeloid leukemia cells, M1, were induced to differentiate into phagocytes by treatment with ascofuranone (AF). AF also induced differentiation of human promyelocytic leukemia HL60 cells and human erythroid leukemia K562 cells into granulocytes and erythrocytes, as detected by nitroblue tetrazolium reducing activity and benzidine staining, respectively.

The antibiotic enhanced acetate incorporation of K562 cells. The increase was not observed with the cells of HL60 and two human B lymphoma lines, Daudi and Raji. The increase was diminished by the addition of a glycolysis inhibitor, deoxyglucose. Inhibitors of respiration, antimycin and sodium azide, also enhanced acetate incorporation of K562 cells specifically, which was diminished by the addition of deoxyglucose. Furthermore, antimycin induced differentiation of K562 and HL60 cells. These results suggest a possible relationship between cell differentiation and inhibition of respiration.