Differential responses of proliferative and non-proliferative leukemia cells to oxidative stress

The response of three human leukemia cell lines, the proliferative promonocyte THP-1 and the promyeloid HL60 cells and the non-proliferative phorbol ester-treated HL60 cells (HL60/PMA), to oxidative stress induced by tert-butylhydroperoxide (t-BHP) treatment was analyzed by fluorescence microplate assay, anti-oxidant enzyme activity measurements, high performance liquid chromatography, yopro-1/PI incorporation, poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase and caspase 3 cleavages. After t-BHP treatment, the non-proliferative HL60/PMA cells exhibited a weak increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, a better preservation of thiol content, a decrease of glutathione peroxidase activity and a high ability to undergo necrosis rather than apoptosis. Submitted to the same treatment, the proliferative HL60 and THP-1 cells exhibited a high increase of ROS production, a moderate thiol depletion and a high percentage of apoptosis. Under thiol depleting conditions, the oxidative treatment of the HL60/PMA cells resulted in a high ROS production that reached levels similar to those of the two other cell lines and in cell death mainly by necrosis. In conclusion, these results that show proliferative phenotype is essential for cell response towards oxidative stress, are of particular interest in chemotherapy involving an oxidative mechanism.     

Apoptosis induced kinetic changes in autofluorescence of cultured HL60 cells-possible application for single cell analysis on chip

INTRODUCTION: This paper presents a new method using natural cellular fluorescence (autofluorescence, AF) to study apoptosis. Measurement of AF reduces sample preparation time and avoids cellular toxicity due to the fact that no labelling is required. METHODS: Human promyelocytic leukemic HL60 cells were incubated with camptothecin (CPT), tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha in combination with cycloheximide (CHX), or irradiated with 6 or 10 Gray, during varying time periods, to initiate apoptosis. AF was measured at the flow cytometer. RESULTS: Induction of apoptosis results in the shrinkage of the cell and the fragmentation into apoptotic bodies. With flow cytometry, 4 subpopulations, viable, early apoptotic, late apoptotic and the necrotic cells, can be distinguished. Induction of apoptosis results in a decrease in AF intensity compared to untreated HL60 cells, especially seen in the late apoptotic subpopulation. The AF intensity is found to decrease significantly in time (between 2 h and 24 h) for all the four apoptotic inducers used. CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that it is possible to specifically measure the apoptotic-induced kinetic changes in AF in HL60 cells. A decrease in AF intensity is seen from 2 h till 24 h. These results open a door for future developments in single-cell analysis.     

基于叶酸修饰的S-TiO2的PDT体外灭活HL60细胞实验研究

文章主要研究叶酸修饰硫掺杂二氧化钛(FA-S-TiO_2)纳米颗粒光催化灭活作用并初步探讨FA-S-TiO_2增强了TiO_2光催化灭活效率的作用机理。利用固相反应的方法制备了S-TiO_2,并利用表面修饰的方法制备了FA-S-TiO_2。通过紫外-可见光吸收光谱(UV-Vis),荧光光谱,傅里叶红外光谱(FTIR),透射电镜(TEM)等手段对样品进行了表征。利用Cell Counting Kit-8(CCK-8)法分别检测TiO_2、S-TiO_2、FA-S-TiO_2对HL60细胞的灭活效应,并采用活性氧检测等方法进行了分析研究。细胞实验结果表明,在暗室条件下,随着叶酸修饰S-TiO_2的比例增加,细胞的存活率随之减少;在光照条件下,细胞的存活率明显下降。其中FA-S-TiO_2样品1对HL60细胞的灭活效率最高,达到72%。其相应的活性氧含量也是最高。同时,通过荧光光谱推测FA-S-TiO_2提高HL60细胞对该纳米颗粒摄取效率,进而增强PDT灭活效果。     

The effect of intracellular ascorbate on the susceptibility of HL60 and Jurkat cells to chemotherapy agents

Chemotherapy agents initiate tumour cell apoptosis and this is thought to involve oxidative stress. In this study we have investigated the effect of the important antioxidant Vitamin C (ascorbate) on the response of HL60 and Jurkat cells to three chemotherapy drugs, namely etoposide, melphalan and arsenic trioxide (As₂O₃). Cells grown in routine culture media are deficient in ascorbate and to determine its effect on chemotherapy drug-induced apoptosis we supplemented the cells prior to drug exposure. We found that ascorbate had a varied effect on apoptosis and cell cycle progression. Etoposide-induced apoptosis in HL60 cells was significantly increased in ascorbate-loaded cells as measured by caspase-3 activation and DNA degradation, and this appeared to reflect a decrease in the number of necrotic cells rather than increased cytotoxicity. In contrast, ascorbate had no effect on etoposide-induced apoptosis in Jurkat cells. In both cell types melphalan-induced apoptosis was unaffected by intracellular ascorbate, whereas both apoptosis and growth arrest with low concentrations of As₂O₃ were diminished. These results indicate that intracellular ascorbate can affect cell responses to chemotherapy drugs in a complex and somewhat unpredictable manner and that it may play an important role in the responsiveness of tumour cells to chemotherapy regimes. This study was supported by the Health Research Council of New Zealand.     

Oleanolic Acid Induces Apoptosis in Human Leukemia Cells through Caspase Activation and Poly（ADP-ribose） Polymerase Cleavage

It has been shown that Fructus Ligustri Lucidi （FLL）, a promising traditional Chinese medicine, can inhibit the growth of tumors. However, the effective component and molecular mechanism of FLL act to inhibit tumor proliferation are unclear. In this study, we demonstrated that oleanolic acid （OA）, a principal chemical component of FLL, inhibited the proliferation of human leukemia HL60 cells in culture. MTT assay showed that treatment of HL60 cells with FLL crude extracts or OA dramatically blocked the growth of target tumor cell in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Morphological changes of the nuclei and DNA fragmentation showed that apoptotic cell death occurred in the HL60 cells after treating with FLL extracts （20 mg/ml） or OA （3.65×10^-2 mg/ml）. Furthermore, flow cytometry assay showed that treatment of HL60 cells with FLL or OA caused an increased accumulation of G1 and sub-G1 subpopulations. Western blot analysis showed that caspase-9 and caspase-3 were activated, accompanied by the cleavage of poly （ADP-ribose） polymerase （PARP） in the target cells during FLL- or OA-induced apoptosis, These results suggest that OA acts as the effective component of FLL by exerting its cytotoxicity towards target tumor cells through activation of caspases and cleavage of PARP.     

Proanthocyanidins from Barley Bran Potentiate Retinoic Acid-induced Granulocytic and Sodium Butyrate-induced Monocytic Differentiation of HL60 Cells

Polyphenol extract from barley bran (BPE) induced nitro blue tetrazolium (NBT) reducing activity and alpha-naphthyl butyrate esterase activity in HL60 human myeloid leukemia cells. Because BPE induced the biochemical markers of HL60 cell differentiation, we investigated the effects of proanthocyanidins isolated from BPE on the HL60 cell differentiation of HL60 cells. Prodelphinidin B-3, T1, T2, and T3 induced 26-40% NBT-positive cells and 22-32% alpha-naphthyl butyrate esterase-positive cells. Proanthocyanidins potentiated retinoic acid (all-trans-retinoic acid)-induced granulocytic and sodium butyrate-induced monocytic differentiation in HL60 cells.     

Induction of Differentiation and Apoptosis in Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL60 Cell Line by a New Type of Steroids

Mer-NF8054X is a new type of steroid whose structure has been established as 11-oxo-18, 22-cycloergosta-6, 8(14)-diene-3β, 5β, 9β, 23S-tetraol (an 18, 22-cycloergostane), which has been reported to have antifungal activity againstAspergillus fumigatus.However, other biological activities are unknown. Herein, we reported that Mer-NF8054X inhibited cell growth of HL60 human leukemia cells, when used either singly or in combination with retinoic acid (RA). In addition, Mer-NF8054X alone induced differentiation and apoptosis of HL60 cells. The induction of differentiation of HL60 cells by Mer-NF8054X was synergistic in combination with RA. On the other hand, Emesterone A, an analogue of Mer-NF8054X which is missing a hydroxy residue from the third position, showed much lower activity than Mer-NF8054X on the inhibition of cell growth and the induction of cell differentiation and apoptosis. However, Emesterone B, an analogue of Emesterone A which is missing a hydroxy residue from the fifth position, showed higher activity than Emesterone A but lower activity than Mer-NF8054X when examined for the inhibition of cell growth and the induction of cell differentiation and apoptosis. These results suggested that Mer-NF8054X and its analogs may be a new type of differentiation inducing agent. The hydroxy residue at the third position or fifth position in Mer-NF8054X may be necessary, but not essential, for inhibition of growth and induction of both differentiation and apoptosis of HL60 cells. In addition, Mer-NF8054X enhanced the differentiation of HL60 cells induced by RA. Based on these results, Mer-NF8054X may have utility in the clinic in combination with RA for leukemia patients.     

核壳结构CdS-TiO_2纳米颗粒体外光催化灭活白血病HL60细胞实验研究

本文研究了核壳结构CdS-TiO_2纳米颗粒光对HL60细胞光催化灭活作用,并初步探讨了CdS量子点增强TiO_2光催化灭活效率的作用机理。实验利用超声法制备了核壳结构CdS-TiO_2纳米颗粒,使用CCK-8法检测了其对白血病HL60细胞的光催化灭活效果,并采用活性氧分析和荧光发光光谱等分析手段对CdS量子点增强TiO_2光催化灭活效率的作用机理进行了分析。细胞实验结果表明,在暗室条件下,随着CdS包裹的TiO_2外壳的增厚,细胞的暗室存活率从28.5%逐渐上升至80%;在可见光照下,细胞的存活率显著下降。CdS-TiO_2纳米颗粒对HL60细胞的光催化灭活率均超过60%,其中CdS-TiO_2样品0.6对HL60细胞的光催化灭活效率最高,达到95%。根据荧光光谱和活性氧含量分析的结果推测,这可能是由于核壳结构的CdS内核与TiO_2外壳之间产生了有效的电子转移,抑制了TiO_2的空穴电子的复合,增强了TiO_2外壳的光催化活性,最终增加了TiO_2对HL60细胞的PDT灭活效果。     

Identification of molecular targets for selective elimination of TRAIL‐resistant leukemia cells. From spots to in vitro assays using TOP15 charts

The resistance of malignant cells to chemotherapy calls for the development of novel anti‐cancer drugs. TNF‐related apoptosis‐inducing ligand (TRAIL) is a pro‐apoptotic cytokine, which selectively induces apoptosis in malignant cells. We derived two TRAIL‐resistant HL‐60 subclones, HL‐60/P1 and HL‐60/P2, from a TRAIL‐sensitive HL‐60 acute promyelocytic leukemia cell line. To identify therapeutically exploitable “weaknesses” of the TRAIL‐resistant leukemia cells that could be used as molecular targets for their elimination, we performed proteomic (2‐DE) analysis and compared both TRAIL‐resistant subclones with the original TRAIL‐sensitive HL‐60 cells. We identified over 40 differentially expressed proteins. To significantly narrow the lists of candidate proteins, we excluded proteins that are known to be often differentially expressed, regardless of experiment type and tissue (the so‐called “TOP15” proteins). Decreased expression of DNA replication and maintenance proteins MCM7 and RPA32 in HL‐60/P1 cells, and the marked down‐regulation of enzyme adenosine deaminase in HL‐60/P2 cells, suggests increased sensitivity of these cells to DNA‐interfering drugs, and adenosine and its homologues, respectively. In a series of in vitro assays, we confirmed the increased toxicity of etoposide and cisplatin to TRAIL resistant HL‐60/P1 cells, and adenosine and vidarabine to HL‐60/P2, compared with TRAIL‐sensitive HL‐60 cells.     

Preparation of Extended Metaphase Chromosomes from Human Cultured Cells Using a Topoisomerase II Inhibitor,ICRF-193

Effects of ICRF-193, a topoisomerase II inhibitor, on metaphase chromosome preparations were examined. A short-time exposure of this drug to human HL60 cells in a suspension culture before harvest resulted in obtaining more extended metaphase chromosomes. The length of chromosome 6 identified by fluorescence in situ hybridization was twice as long with this drug treatment. Together with effectiveness for adherent HepG2 cells, these results suggest that treatments with ICRF-193 provide a simple and reliable method for extended metaphase chromosome preparations from cultured cells.     

Differential effects of Ca2+ and Mg2+ on endonuclease activation in isolated promyelocytic HL-60 cell nuclei

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Apoptotic cell death kinetics in vitro depend on the cell types and the inducers used

INTRODUCTION: In vitro exposure of cells to a fluorochrome-labeled inhibitor of caspases (FLICA) labels cells after caspase activation and arrests further progress of apoptotic cell death. The labeled apoptotic cells can be quantified in relation to time of apoptosis induction with flow cytometry. Loss of membrane integrity (late apoptosis and cell death) was measured with exposure to propidium iodide (PI). From the labeling patterns with FLICA and PI the apoptotic cell death kinetics was calculated. METHODS: HL60 cells and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were incubated in the presence of the fluorescent inhibitor of caspases, FAM-VAD-FMK (20 mM, FLICA) for up to 48 h. Apoptosis was induced by Camptothecin (CPT, 0.15 microM) or by a mixture of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha, 3 nM)-Cycloheximide (CHX, 50 microM). Samples were counterstained with PI. RESULTS: Incubation of HL60 cells with CPT induced apoptosis in 92% of cells within the first 18 h at a rate of 5% per hour while incubation with TNF-alpha/CHX resulted in apoptosis in 76% of the cells within the first 6 h at a rate of 12% per hour. Incubation of HUVECs with TNF-alpha/CHX induced apoptosis in 65% of the cells within the first 18 h at a rate of 3.7% per hour during the first 6 h of the incubation. During incubation with TNF-alpha/CHX the remaining viable HL60 cells and HUVECs entered apoptosis within 48 h at an approximate rate of 0.2 per hour. However, on the road of the cell death, HL60 cells showed a transit from the viable (FLICA-/PI-) to early (FLICA+/PI-) and further to late apoptotic phase (FLICA+/PI+), while HUVECs entered directly from the viable to the late apoptotic stage. CONCLUSION: Apoptotic turnover rate depends on the stimulus used to induce apoptosis, while the type of the cell determines the way of the transition within the apoptotic cascade.     

S-腺苷酰L-甲硫氨酸 (SAM)对 HL-60细胞 DNA甲基化酶活力和甲基化水平的影响(英文)

 以 S-腺苷酰 - L-甲硫氨酸 (SAM)为诱导物 ,在 1 0 μmol/L最佳浓度下造成 1 6%的 HL- 60细胞分化 .HPLC检测结果表明 ,细胞基因组 DNA甲基化水平升高 .通过3H甲基同位素参入法研究细胞 DNA甲基化酶活力 ,则发现在细胞分化过程中酶活力未见升高 .说明细胞基因组甲基化水平升高并不是胞内 DNA甲基化酶催化能力改变的结果 ,而是由于 SAM进入细胞提供过量甲基造成的 .     

锂和三尖杉酯碱对HL—60细胞增殖,分化和c—myc表达的影响

本研究利用细胞培养技术观察了氯化锂和三尖杉酯碱（ＨＴ）对ＨＬ－６０细胞增殖的影响,不同浓度的氯化锂对ＨＬ－６０细胞的集落形成和３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ参入均呈剂量依赖式抑制;三尖杉酯碱亦有类似的作用。在培养体系中加氯化锂和三尖杉酯碱时,对ＨＬ－６０细胞数及集落形成抑制作用与单用二者相比较有明显增加。用ＮＢＴ还原试验,氯化锂和三尖杉酯碱均促进ＨＬ－６０细胞的分化,小剂量氯化锂还能加强三尖杉酯碱对ＨＬ－６０细胞诱导分化作用。从氯化锂和三尖杉酯碱处理的ＨＬ－６０细胞中提取总ＲＮＡ,应用ＲＴ／ＰＣＲ检测ｃ－ｍｙｃ的表达,结果表明经氯化锂和三尖杉酯碱处理的ＨＬ－６０细胞ｃ－ｍｙｃ表达均降低,与未处理的ＨＬ－６０细胞ｃ－ｍｙｃ比较,说明氯化锂和三尖杉酯碱均能抑制ｃ－ｍｙｃ的表达,提示ｃ－ｍｙｃ很可能在白血病细胞增殖、分化中起调控作用。     

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.     

Retinoic acid treated HL60 cells express CEACAM1 (CD66a) and phagocytose Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococci, GC) are phagocytosed by neutrophils through the interaction between opacity proteins (Opa) and the CEA (CD66) family of antigens. In order to study this interaction, we used the human myeloid leukemia HL60 cell line, which differentiates into granulocyte-like cells upon treatment with dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) or retinoic acid (RA). We found that RA-, but not DMSO- or untreated-HL60 cells, can phagocytose OpaI-expressing gonococci as well as Escherichia coli. The interaction of OpaI E. coli with RA-treated HL60 cells was inhibited by antibodies against CEACAM1. Phagocytosis of OpaI E. coli was found to be a result of the expression of CEACAM1 in RA-treated HL60 cells. Our results indicate that the level of expression of CEACAM1 in HL60 cells can be regulated by treatment with RA in a differentiation-dependent manner, and that this is important for phagocytosis of OpaI-expressing gonococci or E. coli.     

单纯疱疹病毒2型潜伏相关转录体ORF1的表达及其抗凋亡作用

旨在研究单纯疱疹病毒2型潜伏相关转录体 (LAT) 开放读码框1 (ORF1) 对放线菌素D诱导的凋亡作用的影响。以HSV-2 333基因组为模板PCR扩增ORF1片段,构建重组质粒pEGFP-ORF1,转染Vero细胞,RT-PCR鉴定ORF1的表达。放线菌素D诱导Vero细胞凋亡,通过荧光显微镜观察凋亡小体,Hochest33258荧光染色观察细胞形态变化,MTT检测细胞活性,流式细胞术检测细胞凋亡率。双酶切和测序确认pEGFP-ORF1构建成功,RT-PCR表明该真核表达载体能在Vero细胞中高效表达。转染了pEGFP-ORF1的Vero细胞经放线菌素D凋亡诱导后,Hochest33258染色显示细胞形态正常。MTT结果表明转染了重组质粒pEGFP-ORF1的Vero细胞经放线菌素D凋亡诱导后Vero细胞活性与未经任何处理的正常对照组相比,无显著差异 (P＞0.05),但高于放线菌素D诱导凋亡的Vero细胞组及与转染空质粒pEGFP-C2且放线菌素D诱导凋亡的Vero细胞组,差异具有统计学意义 (P＜0.05)。流式结果表明,转染重组质粒pEGFP-ORF1且经放线菌素D诱导凋亡组与正常对照组凋亡率差异不显著 (P＞0.05),而显著低于放线菌素D诱导凋亡组和转染空质粒pEGFP-C2且经放线菌素D诱导凋亡组 (P＜0.05)。HSV-2 LAT ORF1具有抗放线菌素D诱导的Vero细胞的凋亡作用。     

Effects of recombinant human PLD2 on proliferation and apoptosis of HL-60 cells

In the present study, we investigated the role of recombinant human phospholipase D2 (rhPLD2) on proliferation and apoptosis in human leukemia HL-60 cells which induced by camptothecin. Our research demonstrated that various concentrations of rhPLD2 inhibit the growth of HL-60 cells in a dose-dependent manner, and rhPLD2 plus camptothecin can produce a synergistic effect on growth inhibition of HL-60 cells in vitro. So, we conclude that rhPLD2 alone cannot induce apoptosis in HL-60 cells, but it can potentiate the apoptosis of HL-60 cells induced by camptothecin. Similarly, we show that both rhPLD2 and standard PLD were able to enhance camptothecin-induced apoptosis of HL-60 cells.     

基于CdSe掺杂锐钛矿TiO_2的可见光体外灭活HL60细胞实验研究

用超声驱动方法合成了CdSe/TiO_2复合纳米粒子,并通过扫描电镜(SEM)、透射电镜(TEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)、紫外可见光(UV-Vis)吸收光谱和荧光(FS)光谱对CdSe/TiO_2复合纳米粒子进行表征。使用CCK-8法测定CdSe/TiO_2对白血病细胞的可见光光催化活性并通过SEM研究HL60细胞的表面超微结构形态。实验结果表明,用CdSe/TiO_2复合纳米粒子处理的组中观察到明显的HL60细胞生长抑制,并且HL60细胞在CdSe掺杂TiO_2复合纳米粒子作用下的PDT效率显著高于TiO_2,表明可以通过CdSe的修饰有效增强TiO_2的可见光光催化活性。此外,CdSe/TiO_2在可见光辐照下在4μg/m L的终值浓度下显示非常高的光动力效率,达76%。荧光光谱分析表明,CdSe/TiO_2复合纳米粒子可能通过分离光生空穴电子对提高此复合纳米粒子的光催化活性,从而提高CdSe/TiO_2对HL60细胞的PDT灭活效率。