Heat Shock Treatment Protects Human Hl-60 Cells from Apoptosis Induced by Lectin II Isolated from Korean Mistletoe,Viscum Album Var. Coloratvm

Abstract

Mistletoe lectin II (ML II) isolated from Korean mistletoe (Viscum album var. Coloratum), an effective therapeutic agent for cancers, is known to induce cell death via apoptosis. In the present study, we found the protective effect of heat shock treatment of human leukemia HL-60 cells against ML II-induced apoptosis. Exposure of HL-60 cells to ML II for 4 h resulted in apoptosis of the cells, which was evaluated by examining “DNA ladder” formation and DNA fragmentation assay. The DNA fragmentation was significantly reduced in the cells subjected to heat shock treatment by incubation at 42 °C for 1 h and subsequently allowed to recover for 2-16 h at 37 °C., prior to exposure to ML II. HL-60 cells transfected with heat shock protein (hsp) 70 gene exhibited resistance to ML II-induced apoptosis very similar to that seen when untransfected cells were heat-shocked. These results indicate that ML II-induced apoptosis in HL-60 cells is inhibited by heat shock treatment, at least in part, via a hsp 70-mediated mechanism.     

Protein kinase A or C modulates the apoptosis induced by lectin II isolated from Korean mistletoe, Viscum album var. Coloratum, in the human leukemic HL-60 cells

Mistletoe lectins (MLs) are increasingly used as an anticancer drug in the treatment of human tumors. The cytotoxic activity of MLs against tumor cells is due to programmed cell death (apoptosis). The up-or down-regulation of protein kinas A (PKA) or C (PKC) is known to be associated with the regulation of drug-induced apoptosis. Previously, we isolated cytotoxic MLII from the extract of Korean mistletoe (Viscum album var. Coloratum) and characterized its biochemical properties. The present study was designed to investigate the role of PKA and PKC in ML II-induced apoptosis. Exposure of human leukemia HL-60 cells to various doses of ML II resulted in apoptosis. However, the treatment of these cells with dibutyl-cyclic AMP (DB-cAMP), PKA activator, or 12-O-tertadecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate (TPA), PKC activator, suppressed ML II-induced apoptosis. Furthermore, KT5720 and staurospoline, PKA and PKC inhibitors, respectively, reversed the suppression by DB-cAMP and TPA in the ML II-induced apoptosis of HL-60 cells. These results     

Protein Kinase a or C Modulates the Apoptosis Induced by Lectin II Isolated from Korean Mistletoe,Viscum Album Var. Coloratum,in the Human Leukemic HL-60 Cells

Abstract

Mistletoe lectins (MLs) are increasingly used as an anticancer drug in the treatment of human tumors. The cytotoxic activity of MLs against tumor cells is due to programmed cell death (apoptosis). The up-or down-regulation of protein kinas A (PKA) or C (PKC) is known to be associated with the regulation of drug-induced apoptosis. Previously, we isolated cytotoxic MLII from the extract of Korean mistletoe (Viscum album var. Coloratum) and characterized its biochemical properties. The present study was designed to investigate the role of PKA and PKC in ML II-induced apoptosis. Exposure of human leukemia HL-60 cells to various doses of ML II resulted in apoptosis. However, the treatment of these cells with dibutyl-cyclic AMP (DB-cAMP), PKA activator, or 12-O-tertadecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate (TPA), PKC activator, suppressed ML II-induced apoptosis. Furthermore, KT5720 and staurospoline, PKA and PKC inhibitors, respectively, reversed the suppression by DB-cAMP and TPA in the ML II-induced apoptosis of HL-60 cells. These results     

Heat shock-enhanced T cell apoptosis with heat shock protein 70 on T cell surface in multicentric Castleman's disease

We report here that T cells from patients with multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD) are sensitive to hyperthermia. T cells from two of three patients with MCD revealed DNA ladder formation and chromatin condensation following heat shock (30 min at 41.5°C). Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from the same MCD patients exhibited high levels of spontaneous apoptosis after 72 h in culture and elevated apoptosis after heat shock, as evaluated by a quantitative flow cytometric assay. Heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) was detected on the cell surface of T cells in all three patients after heat shock. Furthermore, hsp70 was detected on T cells in the two MCD patients with apoptosis even in the absence of heat shock. T cells from normal samples did not show either heat-shock-induced expression of cell-surface hsp70 or apoptosis. Thus, heat shock treatment augmented hsp70 expression on the cell surface of T cells and enhanced apoptosis. Our studies suggest that hyperthermia may influence the clinical course of MCD.     

12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate, protein kinase C (PKC) activator, protects human leukemia HL-60 cells from taxol-induced apoptosis: possible role for extracellular signal-regulated kinase

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the mitogen-activated protein kinase / extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MEK) signaling pathway contributes to 12-O-tertadecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate (TPA)mediated protection from taxol-induced apoptosis of human leukemia HL-60 cells. Treatment of cells with taxol for 12 h resulted in apoptosis of HL-60 cells. TPA was protective against taxol-induced apoptosis and this anti-apoptotic effect was reversible when TPA was used in conjunction with staurosporine and H-7, PKC inhibitors, suggesting that TPA may protect HL-60 cells against taxol-induced apoptosis via the PKC-dependent pathway. Since TPA stimulates MEK signal transduction pathway in HL-60 cells, we postulated that MEK pathway may be playing a role in the ability of TPA to inhibit taxol-induced apoptosis. PD098059, a specific MEK kinase inhibitor, abolished the ability of TPA to inhibit taxol-induced apoptosis. These results suggest that activation of PKC in HL-60 cells confers protection against taxol-induced apoptosis and that MEK mediates anti-apoptotic signaling of PKC.     

In vitro cytotoxicity of Mokko lactone in human leukemia HL-60 cells: induction of apoptotic cell death by mitochondrial membrane potential collapse

We studied the effect of mokko lactone (ML) isolated from the roots of Saussurea lappa (Compositae), a plant that is used for medicinal purposes in Korea, on the induction of apoptosis in human leukemia HL-60 cells. ML was cytotoxic to HL-60 cells, and this cytotoxic effect of ML appears to be attributable to its induction of apoptotic cell death, as ML induced nuclear morphologic changes and internucleosomal DNA fragmentation and increased the proportion of Annexin V-positive cells and the activity of caspase-3. Further studies revealed that the induction of apoptosis by ML was associated with the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential. Collectively, our results suggest that apoptosis induced by ML in HL-60 cells was executed by a collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential followed by the activation of caspase-3. This is the first report on the mechanism of apoptosis-inducing effect of ML.     

In Vitro Cytotoxicity of Mokko Lactone in Human Leukemia HL-60 Cells: Induction of Apoptotic Cell Death by Mitochondrial Membrane Potential Collapse

We studied the effect of mokko lactone (ML) isolated from the roots of Saussurea lappa (Compositae), a plant that is used for medicinal purposes in Korea, on the induction of apoptosis in human leukemia HL-60 cells. ML was cytotoxic to HL-60 cells, and this cytotoxic effect of ML appears to be attributable to its induction of apoptotic cell death, as ML induced nuclear morphologic changes and internucleosomal DNA fragmentation and increased the proportion of Annexin V-positive cells and the activity of caspase-3. Further studies revealed that the induction of apoptosis by ML was associated with the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential. Collectively, our results suggest that apoptosis induced by ML in HL-60 cells was executed by a collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential followed by the activation of caspase-3. This is the first report on the mechanism of apoptosis-inducing effect of ML.     

Reciprocal modification of Fas activation and stress protein response decides apoptosis or resistance development of cells

Activation of heat shock factor (HSF)-1 DNA binding and heat shock protein (hsp)-70 expression enable resistance of cells to various forms of stress and maintain cell survival. Fas, a membrane-bound protein, is a central pro-apoptotic factor. Its activation leads to a cascade of events resulting in programmed cell death. Herein, these two mechanisms with contrary functions, promoting either cell survival or death, were addressed for their potential to inhibit each other's activation. Induction of Fas-mediated signalling was followed by a rapid decrease of HSF1 DNA binding and inducible hsp70 expression. Inhibition of HSF1 DNA binding was demonstrated to be based on absent hyperphosphorylation of HSF1 during FAS-signalling. These effects of Fas-activation on the HSF1/hsp70 stress response were blocked by ICE (caspase 1)-inhibitors, suggesting an ICE-mediated process. Furthermore, inhibition of HSF1/hsp70 was accompanied by an increase of apoptosis rates from 20% to 50% in response to heat stress. When analyzing Fas-mediated apoptosis in the presence of HSF1/hsp70 activation, decreased apoptosis rates were detected with induced expression of hsp70 but not with activation of HSF1-DNA binding alone. Thus, we conclude that inhibition of the HSF1/hsp70 stress response during Fas-mediated apoptosis and vice versa may facilitate a cell to pass a previously chosen pathway, stress resistance or apoptosis.     

齐墩果酸诱导人白血病HL-60细胞凋亡及细胞周期阻滞

目的：探讨齐墩果酸诱导HL-60细胞凋亡作用及其对细胞周期的影响。方法：以HL-60细胞为研究对象，以不同剂量的齐墩果酸处理HL-60细胞12 h、24 h、48 h、72 h后，用MTT法观察HL-60细胞的生长抑制率；琼脂糖凝胶电泳测定DNA梯形条带；流式细胞仪分析HL-60细胞细胞周期的变化；同时用Western blotting 检测凋亡途径最终执行者caspase-3的表达。结果：齐墩果酸对HL-60细胞生长具有明显的抑制作用，其中80 μmol/L齐墩果酸作用48 h对HL-60细胞的抑制率达到50%以上，齐墩果酸诱导细胞凋亡呈明显的时间和剂量依赖性； HL-60经齐墩果酸处理48 h出现典型的DNA梯形条带；以80 μmol/L的齐墩果酸处理HL-60细胞12 h即可以使caspase-3的前体procaspase-3断裂为有活性的caspase-3；流式细胞技术检测结果表明HL-60细胞经齐墩果酸处理后细胞周期阻滞于G₁期，其中48 h和72 h分别达到63.24%和67.90%。结论：齐墩果酸可以诱导HL-60细胞凋亡，并使细胞阻滞于G₁期。     

Induction of human hsp60 expression in monocytic cell lines.

Both bacterial and mammalian heat shock proteins (HSP) are recognized by some T cells, and hsp60 recognition has been implicated in rheumatoid arthritis. We have developed a model to study the induction of hsp60 in human monocytic cell lines. An anti-mycobacterial hsp65 mAb (ML30), cross-reacting with human hsp60 was used to screen 21 human tumor cell lines in Western blot analysis. All T cell and B cell lymphomas constitutively expressed hsp60 protein at moderate to high levels, while little or no hsp60 protein was detected in two monocytic leukemia lines. Moderate to high levels of hsp60 mRNA and protein could be induced in the THP-I monocytic leukemia cell line by heat shock, retinoic acid, interferon (IFN)-gamma or tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha treatment, the highest levels obtained with a combination of IFN-gamma/TNF-alpha. This was also seen using two rabbit anti-hsp60 antisera directed against the N-terminal or C-terminal part of the human hsp60 protein. The determinants detected by the ML30 mAb or the two rabbit anti-hsp60 antisera were not cell surface expressed, as measured with immunofluorescence (FACS) analysis on control cultured or cytokine treated cell lines. This could be a useful model for studies related to the induction of hsp60 in human cells.     

抗人DR5单克隆抗体诱导HL-60细胞凋亡机制

探讨抗人DR5单克隆抗体(mDRA-6)诱导白血病细胞系HL-60细胞凋亡的可能机制。MTT法检测mDRA-6对HL-60细胞的生长增殖的影响,以及Caspase 8、10、3抑制剂对mDRA-6抑制HL-60细胞生长增殖的影响;琼脂糖凝胶电泳检测HL-60细胞DNA片断化降解;Western blot检测mDRA-6对HL-60细胞Caspase 8、10、3的激活改变。结果发现,mDRA-6呈时间、浓度依赖性地抑制HL-60细胞的生长增殖,10 mg/L的mDRA-6作用HL-60细胞6 h、8 h和10h,细胞增殖抑制率分别为23.96%、44.10%和50.28%;琼脂糖凝胶电泳显示,10 mg/L的mDRA-6作用6 h,HL-60细胞呈现凋亡细胞特有的DNA梯形条带;Western blot检测结果发现,mDRA-6作用HL 60细胞不同时间,Caspase 8均只有酶原条带出现,无激活片段产生,而Caspase 10和Caspase 3显示明显裂解片段产生,并随mDRA-6作用时间延长而增多;预先使用15μmol/L的Caspase 10及Caspase 3抑制剂孵育细胞1 h,能够使mDRA-6对HL-60细胞的生长抑制率分别降低64.15%(t=10.13、P<0.01)和53.69(t=8.93、P<0.01)%,而预先使用15μmol/L的Caspase 8抑制剂孵育细胞1 h,mDRA-6对HL-60细胞的生长抑制率仅降低4.40%(t=0.52、P>0.05)。以上实验结果提示,mDRA-6通过激活Caspase 10启动凋亡信号分子,诱导白血病HL-60细胞凋亡。     

Heat-shock protein expression on the membrane of T cells undergoing apoptosis.

Heat-shock proteins (hsp) represent a highly conserved family of proteins, normally localized in the cytoplasm and nucleus, whose expression is induced in situations involving cell stress. This paper reports the unusual translocation of hsp to the cell membrane of T cells undergoing apoptosis. We observed that glucocorticosteroid-induced thymocyte death is associated to the surface expression of hsp 60 and hsp 70 in a discrete fraction of apoptotic cells. hsp surface expression is closely related to a thymic subset of immature CD3low/- T cells. The expression of surface hsp 60 appears early after treatment with dexamethasone (3 hr) whereas the membrane expression of hsp 70 follows different kinetics and peaks later. Morphological analysis of the hsp+ apoptotic cells suggest that this subset represents late-stage apoptotic cells at their minimal volume before fragmentation into apoptotic bodies. Membrane expression of hsp is also associated with apoptosis in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from AIDS patients cultured in vitro. Altogether, we show that a discrete fraction of cells undergoing apoptosis expresses membrane hsp 60 and hsp 70, supporting the hypothesis that apoptosis causes a radical alteration in the expression of cell surface molecules. Surface hsp expressed during apoptosis may constitute a novel immune-context able to generate packages of self- and exogenous antigens, originating from degradation of altered cells.     

2-O-methylisohemigossylic acid lactone, a sesquiterpene, isolated from roots of mokumen (Gossampinus malabarica) induces cell death and morphological change indicative of apoptotic chromatin condensation in human promyelotic leukemia HL-60 cells

2-O-methylisohemigossylic acid lactone, a sesquiterpene, was purified from roots of mokumen (Gossampinus malabarica) and identified by Mass, and (1)H- and (13)-NMR. This sesquiterpene displayed strong growth inhibitory effect against human promyelotic leukemia HL-60 cells. Apoptotic morphological change of the nucleus, including chromatin condensation was induced in the HL-60 cells treated with the sesquiterpene. The fragmentation of DNA by the sesquiterpene to oligonucleosomal-sized fragments, a characteristic of apoptosis, was observed to be dose- and time-dependent in the HL-60 cells. Inhibitors of caspases suppressed the DNA fragmentation induced by the sesquiterpene. These findings suggest that growth inhibition by the sesquiterpene of HL-60 cells results from the induction of apoptosis by the sesqui-terpene, and that caspase cascade is involved in the induction of apoptosis by the compound in the HL-60 cells.     

SU11248对白血病细胞HL-60增殖及凋亡作用的实验研究

目的:探讨新型抗肿瘤药物苹果酸舒尼替尼(SU11248)对白血病细胞HL-60的生物学效应的影响及其作用机制。方法:应用MTT法检测SU11248对HL-60细胞增殖能力的影响;用AnnexinV/PI双染流式细胞术检测细胞凋亡;用流式细胞技术分析细胞的DNA倍体及细胞周期变化;用凝胶电泳分析DNA片段化;以Western blot法检测2.0μg/ml SU11248作用HL-60后bcl-2、bax、caspase-3蛋白水平的变化。结果:SU11248可明显抑制HL-60细胞增殖(P<0.05),呈剂量和时间依赖性,半数抑制浓度(IC50)约为2.00μg/ml。SU11248可促进细胞凋亡,并呈剂量依赖性;能将HL-60细胞阻滞于G0/G1期,并呈时间依赖性;诱导HL-60细胞呈典型的DNA梯带;SU11248作用后bcl-2蛋白表达随时间依赖性降低,caspase-3蛋白表达升高,bax蛋白表达无明显变化。结论:SU11248能抑制HL-60细胞增殖,诱导其凋亡,调节bcl-2家族蛋白的表达,并裂解caspase-3是其可能作用机制之一。     

Bleomycin induces the hsp 70 heat shock promoter in cultured cells

Bleomycin-induced lung disease is characterized by cell injury followed by fibroblast proliferation. Cells respond to injury by synthesizing a family of heat shock proteins. These proteins are critical to cell survival, and those of the 70,000 MW group (hsp 70) are essential for cell division and proliferation. To evaluate the effect of bleomycin on heat shock gene expression, we transfected a gene construct containing the hsp 70 heat shock gene promoter into fibroblasts. Doses of bleomycin, which have previously been shown to augment lung fibroblast proliferation, induce the hsp 70 heat shock promoter in the transfected cells. Bleomycin did not induce the expression of a non-hsp promoter placed in cells as a control of nonspecific gene activation. These observations suggest that bleomycin exposure may cause significant alterations in important DNA promoter regions such as the hsp 70 promoter and point to new ways to assess bleomycin-induced changes in cells.     

Antiapoptotic action of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) against ionizing radiation

Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) has an antiapoptotic role in anchorage-dependent cells via an unknown mechanism. To elucidate the role of FAK in the antiapoptosis, we have demonstrated that FAK-overexpressed (HL-60/FAK) cells have marked resistance against various apoptotic stimuli. That is, HL-60/FAK cells were highly resistant to hydrogen peroxide or etoposide-induced apoptosis compared with the vector-transfected cells. In this study, we demonstrated that HL-60/FAK cells were highly resistant to ionizing radiation (IR)-induced apoptosis. IR at 10-40 Gy induced significant DNA fragmentation, activation of caspase-3 and -8, the processing of a proapoptotic BID, and mitochondrial release of cytochrome c in the parental or HL-60/Vect cells, whereas no significant DNA fragmentation or no other concurring events were observed in the HL-60/FAK cells. Of note is that, in the HL-60/FAK cells, phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase-Akt survival pathway was activated, accompanied with significant induction of inhibitor-of-apoptosis proteins (cIAP-2, XIAP). Finally, constructs of FAK mutants revealed that the central kinase domain (K454), autophosphorylation site (Y397), as well as focal adhesion target regions (Y925), were prerequisite for the FAK function. These results indicated that mitochondria pathway is required for IR-induced apoptosis, and FAK overexpression prevents this pathway, thus rendering antiapoptotic states.     

GP7 can induce apoptotic DNA fragmentation of human leukemia cells through caspase-3-dependent and -independent pathways

GP7 (4-[4"-(2",2",6",6"-tetramethyl-l"-piperidinyloxy)amino]-4'-demethyl epipodophyllotoxin), a new spin-labeled derivative of podophyllotoxin, is a promising anticancer drug of podophyllotoxin class. The primary effect of GP7 is the anticancer activity on transplanted mouse tumors and cultured tumor cells. However, its molecular mechanism of action is still obscure. In this study, we investigated the activity of GP7 to induce apoptosis in human leukemia HL-60 and Jurkat cells. Apoptosis was determined by detection of DNA fragmentation in agarose gel electrophoresis. GP7 induced apoptotic DNA fragmentation of HL-60 and Jurkat cells in time- and dose-dependent manner. We further investigated the activity of caspase-3 in GP7-induced apoptotic DNA fragmentation of HL-60 and Jurkat cells. GP7 also induced time- and dose-dependent caspase-3 activation in both cell lines, and the kinetics of caspase-3 activation induced by GP7 was well correlated with that of apoptotic DNA fragmentation. To determine the role of caspase-3 in GP7-induced apoptotic DNA fragmentation, we examined the effect of specific caspase-3 inhibitor, Ac-DEVD-CHO, on GP7-induced apoptotic DNA fragmentation. Ac-DEVD-CHO prevented GP7-induced caspase-3 activation in both HL-60 and Jurkat cells, however, it only inhibited GP7-induced apoptotic internucleosomal DNA fragmentation in HL-60 cells. We then employed L-carnitine to investigate the role of caspase-3 in GP7-induced apoptotic DNA fragmentation. L-carnitine treatment prevented GP7-induced caspase-3 activation in both cell lines in a dose-dependent manner. Similar to Ac-DEVD-CHO, L-carnitine only inhibited GP7-induced apoptotic internucleosomal DNA fragmentation in HL-60 cells. These findings suggest that GP7 exerts an anti-leukemic effect by both caspase-3-dependent and -independent apoptotic signaling pathways.     

天花粉蛋白诱导人类白血病细胞株HL-60细胞凋亡的研究

目的:研究单链核糖体失活蛋白天花粉蛋白(TCS)诱导人类白血病细胞株HL-60细胞发生凋亡的作用及放线菌酮(CHX)对此作用的影响。方法:采用流式细胞术分析及荧光显微镜观察研究TCS诱导HL-60细胞发生凋亡的情况。结果:流式细胞术分析表明TCS能够诱导HL-60细胞发生明显的凋亡现象,TCS(20mg/L)处理48h细胞凋亡百分率为48.7%±2.3%(x±s),明显高于对照组的凋亡率(6.3%±1.0%)(P＜0.05),而CHX(5mg/L)相同条件下诱导的凋亡率为65.3%±3.9%。TCS诱导的凋亡现象进一步为荧光显微镜的观察及DNA凝胶电泳所证实,TCS处理的细胞中有许多细胞呈现典型的凋亡细胞核形态改变,如染色体凝缩、核碎裂等;DNA凝胶电泳显示TCS处理的细胞呈典型的梯级格局。进一步研究表明预先以低浓度CHX(0.2mg/L)处理可显著加强TCS的作用,而在这个浓度下单独CHX并不诱导明显的细胞凋亡。TCS诱导HL-60细胞的凋亡呈时间和剂量依赖关系。结论:TCS能够诱导HL-60细胞发生明显的凋亡,CHX可加强这种作用。这些结果提示TCS诱导的凋亡不依赖于新的蛋白质合成。     

Protodioscin isolated from fenugreek (Trigonella foenumgraecum L.) induces cell death and morphological change indicative of apoptosis in leukemic cell line H-60, but not in gastric cancer cell line KATO III

Protodioscin (PD) was purified from fenugreek (Trigonella foenumgraecum L.) and identified by Mass, and 1H- and 13C-NMR. The effects of PD on cell viability in human leukemia HL-60 and human stomach cancer KATO III cells were investigated. PD displayed strong growth inhibitory effect against HL-60 cells, but weak growth inhibitory effect on KATO III cells. Morphological change showing apoptotic bodies was observed in the HL-60 cells treated with PD, but not in KATO III cells treated with PD. Flow cytometric analysis showed that the hypodiploid nuclei of HL-60 cells were increased to 75.2, 96.3, and 100% after a 3-day treatment with 2.5, 5, and 10 microM PD, respectively. The fragmentation by PD of DNA to oligonucleosomal-sized fragments, that is a characteristic of apoptosis, was observed to be both concentration- and time-dependent in the HL-60 cells. These findings suggest that growth inhibition by PD of HL-60 cells results from the induction of apoptosis by this compound in HL-60 cells.