Objective: To investigate the effect of biology and mTOR pathway activity of down-regulated TSC2 gene expression on U937 leukemia cells. Methods: Gene expression was down-regulated by lentivirus induced RNA interference on TSC2 high expressed U937 cell line; the proliferation, apoptosis and differentiation were detected by CCK-8 assay, colony formation assay and flow cytometry; the gene expression level and protein kinase activity were detected by qRT-PCR and Western blot. Results: Down-regulated expression of TSC2 gene promoted U937 cell proliferation and colony formation ability (P<0.05) . The proportion in G(0)/G(1) phase of TSC2 down-regulated U937 cell was much lower than that of the control cells [ (52.53±3.75) % vs (75.10±4.33) %, t=6.829, P=0.002], the S phase [ (22.43±1.00) % vs (15.47±1.20) %, t=-5.581, P=0.019] and G(2)/M phase [ (25.03±4.34) % vs (14.33±0.91) %, t=-5.413, P=0.013] was remarkably higher than that of the control cells (P<0.05) . There were no statistically significant differences in cell apoptosis and differentiation (P>0.05) . Down-regulation of TSC2 led to the increased activity of mTOR, 4EBP1 and S6K1, but did not influence the activity of AKT. The expressions of proliferation related cyclinD1, c-myc and PTEN were also up-regulated after TSC2 silenced, but the expressions of P27KIP and BCL-XL were not changed. Conclusion: Downregulation of TSC2 could promote the proliferation of U937 cells through up-regulation of mTOR activity.
Objective: To investigate the effect of biology and mTOR pathway activity of down-regulated TSC2 gene expression on U937leukemia cells. Methods: Gene expression was down-regulated by lentivirus induced RNA interference on TSC2 high expressed U937 cell line; the proliferation, apoptosis and differentiation were detected by CCK-8 assay, colony formation assay and flow cytometry; the gene expression level and protein kinase activity were detected by qRT-PCR and Western blot. Results: Down-regulated expression of TSC2 gene promoted U937 cell proliferation and colony formation ability (P<0.05) . The proportion in G(0)/G(1) phase of TSC2 down-regulated U937 cell was much lower than that of the control cells [ (52.53±3.75) % vs (75.10±4.33) %, t=6.829, P=0.002], the S phase [ (22.43±1.00) % vs (15.47±1.20) %, t=-5.581, P=0.019] and G(2)/M phase [ (25.03±4.34) % vs (14.33±0.91) %, t=-5.413, P=0.013] was remarkably higher than that of the control cells (P<0.05) . There were no statistically significant differences in cell apoptosis and differentiation (P>0.05) . Down-regulation of TSC2 led to the increased activity of mTOR, 4EBP1 and S6K1, but did not influence the activity of AKT. The expressions of proliferation related cyclinD1, c-myc and PTEN were also up-regulated after TSC2 silenced, but the expressions of P27KIP and BCL-XL were not changed. Conclusion: Downregulation of TSC2 could promote the proliferation of U937 cells through up-regulation of mTOR activity.
信号转导通路的组成性激活能够增强急性白血病(AL)细胞的存活和增殖能力。TSC2-mTOR信号通路在控制细胞生长、增殖、存活和分化中有着重要的功能,其活化过程通过不同的上游信号机制调节,但最终聚焦于TSC1/TSC2复合体,通过发挥TSC2的GTP酶活化蛋白(GTPase-activating protein,GAP)活性抑制小G蛋白Rheb(Ras homologue enriched in brain)进而抑制哺乳动物雷帕霉素靶分子(mammalian target of rapamycin,mTOR)的活性[1]。有研究表明在AL细胞中mTOR常常被过度激活[2]–[3],而我们在前期研究中发现,TSC2基因在部分AL患者中表达降低[4]。由此提出假设:在AL细胞中,TSC2低表达与mTOR的异常激活及白血病的发生有关。本研究中我们通过构建慢病毒质粒,研究TSC2表达下调对白血病U937细胞的生物学作用及可能机制。
Authors: James B Brugarolas; Francisca Vazquez; Archana Reddy; William R Sellers; William G Kaelin Journal: Cancer Cell Date: 2003-08 Impact factor: 31.743
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