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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-12-15
pubmed:abstractText
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is known to be a growth factor for several myeloma cell lines. However, in the presence of the agonistic Fas antibody CH 11, TNF enhanced the level of apoptosis in cultures of the human myeloma cell line OH-2. This pro-apoptotic effect of TNF was explained at least in part by a TNF-mediated enhancement of Fas expression. TNF induces proliferation of OH-2 by activating nuclear transcription factor kappa-B (NF-kappaB). The proliferative effect of TNF on OH-2 cells was abrogated by CH11, but this was not caused by an inhibition of the translocation of NF-kappaB. On the contrary, CH11 could by itself activate NF-kappaB in OH-2 cells, and in the presence of an inhibitor of caspase-1 induce proliferation of the cells. The relationship between stimulation of TNF receptors and Fas and the level of NF-kappaB activation was also examined in three other myeloma cell lines. RPMI-8226 cells showed NF-kappaB activation by TNF, but contrary to OH-2, not by CH11. Unstimulated U-266 and JJN-3 cells had high levels of activated NF-kappaB. This shows that NFkappa-B is either constitutively activated or inducible in myeloma cells. Modulation of Fas expression and inhibition of NF-kappaB activation can potentially be of therapeutic importance in multiple myeloma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0902-4441
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
345-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Apoptosis, proliferation and NF-kappaB activation induced by agonistic Fas antibodies in the human myeloma cell line OH-2: amplification of Fas-mediated apoptosis by tumor necrosis factor.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, University Hospital, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim. magne.borset@medisin.ntnu.no
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't