WT1基因转染增加白血病细胞凋亡的实验研究

为了探讨WT1基因异构体对急性早幼粒细胞性白血病细胞株NB4凋亡的影响及其分子机制,应用电穿孔的方法将携带WT1基因异构体WTA（-17AA/-KTS）全长cDNA的真核表达载体及其对照质粒pCB6^＋转导白血病细胞株NB4,建立WT1基因异构体表达比例改变的单克隆细胞株;用MTT、形态学观察、DNA凝胶电泳、An-nexin V结合力测定等方法观察WT1基因异构体表达比例的转变对白血病细胞NB4诱导凋亡的影响;用RT-PCR方法检测细胞中p21、p53、bcl-2、bcl-XL、和c-myc等凋亡相关基因表达的改变.研究结果表明,MTT显示NB4/WTA细胞对As2O3的IC50值较对照组明显降低;经As2O3作用48小时,NB4/WTA细胞Annexin V结合力较对照组细胞升高,出现更为典型的凋亡形态学改变;在DNA凝胶电泳可见更为明显的DNA梯形条带,RT-PCR检测提示NB4/WTA细胞p21、c-myc基因的表达较对照组高,bcl-2表达下降,p53、bcl-XL基因表达无明显改变.结论：增加外源性WT1基因异构体WTA的表达从而将WT1基因异构体表达的比例由＋17AA/＋KTS优势型转变为-17AA/-KTS优势型,能使NB4细胞对As2O3引起的凋亡更为敏感,这些改变可能与p21、c-myc等基因的表达上调和bcl-2基因的表达下调有关.

Experimental Study on Apoptosis of Leukemia Cell Line NB4 Transfected with WT1 Gene

In order to study the potential effects of exogenous WT1 gene isoform on apoptosis in leukemia cell line NB4 and its possible molecular mechanisms, the eukaryotic expression recombinant vector (pCB6(+)/WTA) containing full-length human WT1 isoform (WTA: -17aa/-KTS) cDNA and the vacant vector-alone were introduced into the leukemia cell line NB4 respectively by electroporation. The WTA mRNA and protein in cells were detected by RT-PCR and Western blot. Binding of Annexin V were tested by flow cytometry and agarose gel electrophoresis to verify whether exogenous WTA could induce apoptosis of NB4 cells. Expressions of p21, p53, bcl-2, bcl-XL and c-myc genes were determined by semi-quantitative RT-PCR after introducing recombinant vectors into the NB4 cells. The results showed that in exposure to As(2)O(3) at 0.8 micromol/L for 48 hours, the NB4/WTA cells exhibited the morphological hallmarks of apoptosis, the marked DNA ladder shown by gel electrophoresis, and the enhanced apoptosis rate marked by Annexin V. RT-PCR showed an increase in p21 and c-myc genes expression, a decrease in bcl-2 and a relative constant expression of p53, bcl-XL in NB4/WTA cells. It is concluded that the introduction and expression of exogenous WTA gene can lead to apoptosis of NB4/WTA cells by down-regulating the Bcl-2 gene expression and up-regulating the p21 and c-myc genes expression.