Acta Anatomica Sinica ›› 2018, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (5): 624-629.doi: 10.16098/j.issn.0529-1356.2018.05.010

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Enhancing effect of DLL3 gene silencing on the sensibility in human leukemia K562/ADM cells to adriamycin

WANG Shi-guang 1* SI Xu-yan2 WANG Li-jun1 TONG Lei3 LI Yang-jie4   

  1. 1. Department of Medical Function, Medical College, Zhengzhou University of Industrial Technology, He’nan Xinzheng 451150, China;  2. Department of Clinical Foundation, Medical College, Zhengzhou University of Industrial Technology, He’nan Xinzheng 451150, China; 3. Department of Medical Morphology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University of Industrial Technology, He’nan Xinzheng 451150, China;   4. Department of Pharmacy, Medical College, Zhengzhou University of Industrial Technology, He’nan Xinzheng 451150, China
  • Received:2017-11-20 Revised:2018-01-28 Online:2018-10-06 Published:2018-10-06
  • Contact: WANG Shi-guang E-mail:wsgsxy@163.com

Abstract:

Objective To investigate whether Delta-like ligand 3 (DLL) gene silencing could influence the sensibility of human leukemia K562/ADM cells to adriamycin (ADM) in vitro . Methods K562/ADM cells were stably transfected with specific shRNA interference plasmid vector targeting for DLL3. The mRNA expression level of DLL3 were measured by RT-PCR. CCK-8 assay was employed to detect the cytotoxic effect of ADM in K562 and K562/ADM cells. The apoptosis and intracellular ADM concentration were analyzed by flow cytometry. Western blotting was performed to determine the protein expression levels of DLL3, glutathione S transferases-π, (GST-π) and P-glycoprotein (P-gp). Results K562/ADM cells had a significantly higher mRNA and protein expression level of DLL3 than K562 cells (P<0.05). The IC50 value of K562 and K562/ADM cells to ADM were 1.08 and 34.93 mg/L respectively. After DLL3 gene silencing, the resistant factor of K562/ADM cells declined to 13.12 with a reversal fold of 2.47. DLL3 gene silencing had no effect on apoptosis of K562/ADM cells, but a significant effect on downregulating protein levels of P-gp and GST-π (P<0.05) and increasing intracellular ADM concentration (P<0.05), and resulting in an enhance of ADM-induced apoptosis (P<0.05). Conclusion DLL3 gene silencing may enhance the sensibility of K562/ADM cells to ADM by down-regulating P-gp and GST-π, and increasing intracellular ADM concentration.

Key words: DLL3 gene, K562/ADM cell, P-glycoprotein, Glutathione S transferases-π, RT-PCR, Leukemia, Human