| Ectopic expression of Flt3 kinase inhibits proliferation and promotes cell death in different human cancer cell lines. | |
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PMID: 22422053 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Stable ectopic expression of Flt3 receptor tyrosine kinase is usually performed in interleukin 3 (IL-3)-dependent murine cell lines like Ba/F3, resulting in loss of IL-3 dependence. Such high-level Flt3 expression has to date not been reported in human acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cell lines, despite the fact that oncogenic Flt3 aberrancies are frequent in AML patients. We show here that ectopic Flt3 expression in different human cancer cell lines might reduce proliferation and induce apoptotic cell death, involving Bax/Bcl2 modulation. Selective depletion of Flt3-expressing cells occurred in human AML cell lines transduced with retroviral Flt3 constructs, shown here using the HL-60 leukemic cell line. Flt3 expression was investigated in two cellular model systems, the SAOS-2 osteosarcoma cell line and the human embryonic kidney HEK293 cell line, and proliferation was reduced in both systems. HEK293 cells underwent apoptosis upon ectopic Flt3 expression and cell death could be rescued by overexpression of Bcl-2. Furthermore, we observed that the Flt3-induced inhibition of proliferation in HL-60 cells appeared to be Bax-dependent. Our results thus suggest that excessive Flt3 expression has growth-suppressive properties in several human cancer cell lines. |
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Eystein Oveland; Line Wergeland; Randi Hovland; James B Lorens; Bjørn Tore Gjertsen; Kari E Fladmark |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-3-16 |
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Title: Cell biology and toxicology Volume: - ISSN: 1573-6822 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Mar |
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Created Date: 2012-3-16 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8506639 Medline TA: Cell Biol Toxicol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Proteomics Unit at University of Bergen (PROBE), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. |
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