학술논문

Fludarabine Nucleoside Modulates Nuclear “Survival and Death” Proteins in Resistant Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Cells.
Document Type
Article
Source
Nucleosides, Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids. Dec2011, Vol. 30 Issue 12, p1181-1189. 9p.
Subject
*CHRONIC lymphocytic leukemia
*FLUDARABINE
*APOPTOSIS
*NUCLEAR proteins
*PROTEIN structure
*CALMODULIN
*PROTEIN folding
Language
ISSN
1525-7770
Abstract
The nuclear mechanisms by which fludarabine nucleoside (F-ara-A) induces apoptosis have been investigated in human MEC1 cells derived from B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Upon treatment of cells with F-ara-A (100 μM, 72 hours), 15 nuclear proteins changed in abundance by more than 2-fold. Nuclear proteins up-regulated included calmodulin (4.3-fold), prohibitin (3.9-fold), β-actin variant (3.7-fold), and structure-specific recognition protein 1 (3.7-fold); those down-regulated included 60S ribosomal protein P2B (0.12-fold), fumarate hydratase (0.19-fold), splicing factor arginine/serine-rich 3 (0.35-fold), and replication protein A2 (0.42-fold). These changes in the levels of specific proteins promote survival or apoptosis; because the end result is apoptosis of MEC1 cells, apoptotic effects predominate. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]