Transferrin induces interleukin-18 expression in chronic myeloid leukemia cell line, K-562

Sunyoung Park, Tae Sung Kim, Cherlhyun Kim, Seonghan Kim, Sa Ik Bang, Hyunjeong Park, Dae Ho Cho

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    Abstract

    Transferrin is an iron carrier protein involved in iron uptake and the regulation of cell growth. Although highly proliferative cells express transferrin and its receptor, little is known about the role of transferrin in the cellular response to cytokine production. The non-iron-bound form of transferrin (apo-transferrin) was administered to human chronic myeloid leukemia cell line, K-562 cells to assess whether it could induce interleukin-18 (IL-18). Apo-transferrin enhanced IL-18 mRNA and protein and, moreover, IL-18 secretion was increased by treatment with apo-transferrin. In conclusion, apo-transferrin regulates IL-18 expression and we suggest that it is involved in cytokine production.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)315-320
    Number of pages6
    JournalLeukemia Research
    Volume33
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009 Feb

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the Korea Science & Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) through the Research Center for Women’s Disease (RCWD) at Sookmyung Women’s University, a grant of the Korea Health 21 R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (A050569) and Seoul Research and Business Development Program (10582).

    Keywords

    • Apo-transferrin
    • Interleukin-18 (IL-18)
    • Leukemia
    • Proliferation
    • Transferrin

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Hematology
    • Oncology
    • Cancer Research

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