Abstract
A major goal in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is to achieve terminal differentiation and prevent drug resistance and side effects. Combined treatment with low doses of ATRA or 1,25-(OH)2D3 that do not induce toxicity with another drug is one useful strategy for the treatment of AML. Actinomycetes are the well known sources of antibiotics and bioactive molecules. Previously, we isolated nargenicin from the culture broth of an actinomycete isolate, Nocardia sp. CS682. In this study, we evaluated the effects of nargenicin on cellular differentiation in a human myeloid leukemia HL-60 cell system. Nargenicin inhibited cell proliferation and induced HL-60 cell differentiation when administered in combination with 1,25-(OH)2D3 or ATRA. In addition, western blot analyses and kinase inhibitor studies demonstrated that nargenicin primarily enhanced leukemia cell differentiation via PKCβ1/MAPK pathways. The results of this study indicate that nargenicin has the ability to induce differentiation and suggest that it may be useful for the treatment of neoplastic diseases.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1694-1701 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Biochemical Pharmacology |
Volume | 77 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 Jun 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported by a grant of the Korea Health 21 R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (A010385) and Technology Development Program for Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Republic of Korea, 2007.
Keywords
- 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D
- All-trans retinoic acid
- Cell differentiation
- Mitogen-activated protein kinase
- Nargenicin
- Protein kinase C
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Pharmacology