摘要
本研究探讨葛根有效成分对恶性白血病可能的凋亡诱导作用及其分子机制。采用葛根总黄酮(flavonoids of puerarin,PR)处理人早幼粒细胞白血病(APL)细胞株NB4,用MTT法检测细胞增殖抑制率;FITC-Annexin V/PI双染法检测细胞凋亡率;实时定量PCR检测pml/rarα、bcl-2、survivin基因表达;Western blot检测JNK、p38MAPK、FasL及caspase相关酶的变化。结果发现,PR能明显抑制NB4细胞增殖,并诱导细胞凋亡。随着PR浓度的增加,pml/rarα、bcl-2及survivin基因在mRNA水平表达下调,JNK、FasL、caspase3及caspase8蛋白表达增加,与PR浓度呈正相关;PR联合三氧化二砷(arsenic trioxide,ATO)处理后上述作用更为明显。结论:PR诱导NB4细胞凋亡的机制可能与JNK相关信号分子的活化有关;PR联合ATO具有协同诱导NB4细胞凋亡的作用。
This study was aimed to investigate the effects of flavonoids of puerarin （PR） on apoptosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia（APL） cell line NB4 cells and its mechanism. The NB4 were treated with PR in vitro, the MTT assay was used to detect the inhibitory effect of PR on cell proliferation. The apoptosis of NB4 cells were detected by flow cytometry labelled with Annexin V/PI. The expressions of pml/rarct, bcl-2 and survivin were detected by real time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction （ real time RT-PCR）, the expressions of JNK, p38 MAPK, FasL, caspase 3, caspase 8 were detected by Western blot. The results showed that with the increasing of PR concentrations, the apoptosis rates of NB4 cells were gradually elevated. Simultaneously, the mRNA expression of pml/rarot, bcl-2 and survivin decreased, while the protein expression of JNK, FasL, caspase 3 and caspase 8 increased, which presented the positive correlation to PR concentrations. When PR combined with arsenic trioxide （ ATO）, the expression levels of abvove mentioned mRNA and protein decreased or increased more significantly. It is concluded that PR can effectively induce the apoptosis of NB4 cells. PR combined with ATO displays synergistic effect. It may be triggered by the activation of JNK signal pathway.
出处
《中国实验血液学杂志》
CAS
CSCD
2010年第2期326-329,共4页
Journal of Experimental Hematology
基金
江苏省卫生厅"科教兴卫工程"医学重点人才课题(编号RC2007068)
江苏省"六大人才高峰"第五批高层次人才项目(2008年)
