Chloride Fluxes in the Erythroblastic Leukemic Cell: An Example of Membrane Differentiation

Author(s):  
H. G. Hempling ◽  
S. White
1997 ◽  
Vol 77 (01) ◽  
pp. 062-070 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chary López-Pedrera ◽  
Merce Jardí ◽  
Maria del Mar Malagón ◽  
Julia Inglés-Esteve ◽  
Gabriel Dorado ◽  
...  

SummaryTissue factor (TF) and urokinase receptor (uPAR) are key cellular receptors triggering, respectively, coagulation and fibrinolysis. Bleeding complications among leukemic patients have been related to an abnormal expression of TF by blast cells and/or to an abnormal fibrinolytic response. In this study the expression of TF and uPAR has been assessed in 18 acute non-lymphoblastic and 8 lymphoblastic leukemic blast cells using several methodological approaches. TF mRNA was evaluated by in situ hybridization and TF and uPAR antigen were evaluated immunologically in cell lysates and on the cell surface by flow cytometry. In addition, TF-procoagulant activity was measured in coagulation-based assays. The reliability of these methods was corroborated in six leukemic cell lines of different lineages and states of maturation. Disseminated intravascular coagulation was detected in two M3 leukemia patients whose blast cells expressed high amounts of TF. Hyperfibrinolysis was detected in one M1 and two M2 patients, whose blast cells displayed a high content of uPAR antigen, but no TF. Furthermore, M5 leukemia blast cells expressed both TF and uPAR, although no hemostatic defects or bleeding complications were detected in these patients. Taken together, although a limited number of patients was included in this study, these data suggest that in leukemia patients exhibiting bleeding, either TF or uPAR are expressed by their blast cells. However, the presence of these receptors does not necessarily imply the existence of a hemostatic disorder.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 1892-1899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanushree Pal ◽  
Asmita Sharda ◽  
Bharat Khade ◽  
C. Sinha Ramaa ◽  
Sanjay Gupta

Background: At present, ‘pharmaco-epigenomics’ constitutes the hope in cancer treatment owing to epigenetic deregulation- a reversible process and playing a role in malignancy. Objective: Chemotherapy has many limitations like host-tissue toxicity, drug resistance. Hence, it is imperative to unearth targets to better treat cancer. Here, we intend to repurpose a set of our previously synthesized difluorinated Propanediones (PR) as Histone lysine Methyltransferase inhibitors (HMTi). Methods: The cell lines of leukemic origin viz. histiocytic lymphoma (U937) and acute T-cell leukemia (JURKAT) were treated with PR-1 to 7 after docking studies with active pocket of HMT. The cell cycle analysis, in vitro methylation and cell proliferation assays were carried out to delineate their physiological role. Results: A small molecule PR-4, at 1 and 10µM, has shown to alter the methylation of histone H3 and H4 in both cell lines. Also, treatment shows an increase in G2/M population and a subsequent decrease in the G0/G1 population in U937. In JURKAT, an increase in both G2/M and S phase population was observed. The sub-G1 population showed a steady rise with increase in dose and prolonged time intervals in U937 and JURKAT cell lines. In SRB assay, the PR showed a cell growth of 42.6 and 53.4% comparable to adriamycin; 44.5 and 53.2% in U937 and JURKAT, respectively. The study suggests that PR-4 could emerge as a potential HMT inhibitor. Conclusion: The molecule PR-4 could be a lead in developing more histone lysine methyltransferases inhibitors with potential to be pro-apoptotic agents.


1997 ◽  
Vol 235 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvette Ayala-Torres ◽  
Peter C. Moller ◽  
Betty H. Johnson ◽  
E.Brad Thompson

2021 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 1017-1028
Author(s):  
Karunaithas Rasaratnam ◽  
Chanin Nantasenamat ◽  
Narumon Phaonakrop ◽  
Sittiruk Roytrakul ◽  
Dalina Tanyong

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1200701
Author(s):  
Paraskev T. Nedialkov ◽  
Zlatina Kokanova-Nedialkova ◽  
Daniel Bücherl ◽  
Georgi Momekov ◽  
Jörg Heilmann ◽  
...  

Two new glycosides of 30-normedicagenic acid, namely 3- O-[ β-D-glucuronopyranosyl methyl ester]-2 β,3 β-dihydroxy-30-noroleane-12,20(29)-diene-23,28-dioic acid 28- O-β-D-glucopyranosyl ester, and 3- O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-2 β,3 β-dihydroxy-30-noroleane-12,20(29)-diene-23,28-dioic acid, together with the known 3- O-β-glucopyranosyl-2 β,3 β-dihydroxy-30-noroleane-12,20(29)-diene-23,28-dioic acid 28- O-β-glucopyranosyl ester, and 3- O-β-glucuronopyranosyl-2 β,3 β-dihydroxy-30-noroleane-12,20(29)-diene-23,28-dioic acid 28- O-β-glucopyranosyl ester were isolated from the aerial parts of Chenopodium foliosum Asch. The structures of the compounds were determined by means of spectroscopic methods (1D and 2D NMR, UV, IR) and HRMS-ESI. The compounds were tested for cytotoxicity on three leukemic cell lines (BV-173, SKW-3, HL-60). In addition, the saponins showed moderate stimulatory effects on interleukin-2 production in PHA/PMA stimulated Jurkat E6.1 cells.


Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 192
Author(s):  
Siska Van Belle ◽  
Sara El Ashkar ◽  
Kateřina Čermáková ◽  
Filip Matthijssens ◽  
Steven Goossens ◽  
...  

HDGF-related protein 2 (HRP-2) is a member of the Hepatoma-Derived Growth Factor-related protein family that harbors the structured PWWP and Integrase Binding Domain, known to associate with methylated histone tails or cellular and viral proteins, respectively. Interestingly, HRP-2 is a paralog of Lens Epithelium Derived Growth Factor p75 (LEDGF/p75), which is essential for MLL-rearranged (MLL-r) leukemia but dispensable for hematopoiesis. Sequel to these findings, we investigated the role of HRP-2 in hematopoiesis and MLL-r leukemia. Protein interactions were investigated by co-immunoprecipitation and validated using recombinant proteins in NMR. A systemic knockout mouse model was used to study normal hematopoiesis and MLL-ENL transformation upon the different HRP-2 genotypes. The role of HRP-2 in MLL-r and other leukemic, human cell lines was evaluated by lentiviral-mediated miRNA targeting HRP-2. We demonstrate that MLL and HRP-2 interact through a conserved interface, although this interaction proved less dependent on menin than the MLL-LEDGF/p75 interaction. The systemic HRP-2 knockout mice only revealed an increase in neutrophils in the peripheral blood, whereas the depletion of HRP-2 in leukemic cell lines and transformed primary murine cells resulted in reduced colony formation independently of MLL-rearrangements. In contrast, primary murine HRP-2 knockout cells were efficiently transformed by the MLL-ENL fusion, indicating that HRP-2, unlike LEDGF/p75, is dispensable for the transformation of MLL-ENL leukemogenesis but important for leukemic cell survival.


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