Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2015
Abstract
Abstract: Using the phage display biopanning technique, we have previously identified a heptapeptide KLWVIPQ which specifically bind to the surface of the IFN-α sensitive but not the IFN-α-resistant CML cells. The effects of this heptapeptide to the IFN-α-sensitive CML cells were investigated in the present study. IFN-α-sensitive KT-1/A3 and IFN-α-resistant KT-1/A3R CML cells were transfected by pEGFP KLWVIPQ expression vector and/or induced by IFN-α. WST-1 cell proliferation assay, flow cytometry and western blotting were performed to determine the effects of this heptapeptide and/or IFN-α on CML cells. The viability of the KT-1/A3 cells w as inhibited and apoptosis was induced by either expression of the heptapeptide KLWVIPQ or IFN-α treatment with concurrent up-regulation of P53 and down-regulation of P210bcr/abl. However, these effects were not observed in the IFN-α-resistant KT-1/A3R cells. These results suggest that the heptapeptide KLWVIPQ shares a similar mechanism w ith IFN-α in the regulat ion of CML cell growth and apoptosis, implying that the heptapeptide KLWVIPQ could be a novel target to go further into mechanisms of IFN-α sensitivity and/or resistance in CML.
Publication Title
Biomed Research International
Recommended Citation
Yang, Fulan; Chen, Fangzhi; Wan, Xinxing; Zhou, Xi; Zhou, Meijuan; Chen, Hanchun; Fu, Junjiang; and Zhang, Dianzheng, "Effects of a particular heptapeptide on the IFN-α-sensitive CML cells" (2015). PCOM Scholarly Works. 1434.
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/scholarly_papers/1434
Comments
This article was published in Biomed Research International, August 2015.
The published version is available at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/aip/325026/
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