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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-2-24
pubmed:abstractText
CCAAT/enhancer-binding proteins (C/EBPs) are a family of highly conserved transcription factors that have important roles in normal myelopoiesis as well as associated with myeloid disorders. The chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) cell lines, KCL22 and K562, express exceptionally low levels of endogenous C/EBPs and provide a good model to test the effects of C/EBPs on myeloid differentiation. To explore the possibility that C/EBPdelta can promote differentiation in BCR-ABL-positive cells, we generated stable KCL22 and K562 clones that expressed an inducible C/EBPdelta gene. C/EBPdelta expression resulted in G0/G1 proliferative arrest and a moderate increase in apoptosis of the KCL22 and the K562 cells. Within 4 days of inducing expression of C/EBPdelta, myeloid differentiation of the CML blast cells occurred as shown by morphologic changes and induction of secondary granule-specific genes. We also showed that during granulocytic differentiation of KCL22 cells, the C/EBPdelta protein was detected in immunocomplexes with both Rb and E2F1. Furthermore, expression of C/EBPdelta was associated with downregulation of c-Myc and cyclin E and upregulation of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27(Kip1) in both the KCL22 and K562 cell lines. These results show that expression of C/EBPdelta in BCR-ABL-positive leukemic cells in blast crisis is sufficient for neutrophil differentiation and point to the therapeutic potential of ectopic induction of C/EBPdelta in the acute phase of CML.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1589-97
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
C/EBPdelta expression in a BCR-ABL-positive cell line induces growth arrest and myeloid differentiation.
pubmed:affiliation
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Division of Hematology/Oncology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA. gerys@cshs.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't