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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2005, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (5): 505-508.

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Kappa-selenocarrageenan-induced apoptosis of multidrug-resistant human leukemia cell and its mechanism

ZHANG Zhe-wen, WEI Hu-lai1, SU Hai-xiang1, LIU Jian-min1, HAO Chun-yan   

  1. Basic Medical School,1Labortory Center for Medical Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
  • Received:2005-03-21 Revised:2005-05-08 Online:2005-05-26 Published:2020-11-19

Abstract: AIM: To observe the apoptosis of K562 ADM cells induced by kappa-selenocarrageenan(KCS) and to explore its possible molecular mechanism. METHODS: MTT assay, Wright-Giemsa staining, DNA agarose gel electrophoresis and cell-cycle analysis were used for examining apoptosis in K562/ADM cells.Ex-pression of Fas, Bcl-2 and P53 proteins was measured with Flow cytometr(FCM). RP-PCR assay was employed to detect the expression of caspase-3 mRNA. RESULTS: KCS inhibited proliferation of K562/ADM cells.Morpho-logical typical changes of apoptosis were observed through light microscopy. DNA electrophoresis showed evident DNA fragmentation. Cell-cycle analysis indicated in-creased apoptotic cell population (Sub-G1 proportion) as well as apparent S phase arrest. The expression of Fas an-tigens and caspase-3 mRNA significantly increased, and that of Bcl-2 antigens decreased sharply after application of KSC.There was no distinct change of the expression of P53 protein inK562/ADM cells treatedwith KSC.CONCLUSION: KSC induces apoptosis of K562/ADM cells via Fas-caspase-3 pathway.

Key words: leukemia, multi-drug resistance, kap-pa-selenocarrageenan, apoptosis, mechanism

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