Arsenic trioxide mediates intrinsic and extrinsic pathways of apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in acute megakaryocytic leukemia

  • Authors:
    • Hubert Kin Bong Lam
    • Karen Li
    • Ki Wai Chik
    • Mo Yang
    • Venus Chi Ting Liu
    • Chi Kong Li
    • Tai Fai Fok
    • Pak Cheung Ng
    • Matthew Ming Kong Shing
    • Carmen Ka Yee Chuen
    • Patrick Man Pan Yuen
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  • Published online on: August 1, 2005     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.27.2.537
  • Pages: 537-545
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Abstract

Arsenic trioxide (ATO) induces apoptosis in a range of solid tumors and leukemia cells, and has been clinically applied for the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia with confirmed efficacy. Acute megakaryocytic leukemia (AMKL) is an aggressive malignancy with poor prognosis, if bone marrow transplantation is not possible. In this study, we applied flow cytometry, Western blot analysis and microarray techniques to investigate the effects of ATO on apoptosis and the cell division cycle of AMKL cell lines CHRF-288-11 and MEG-01. Our data demonstrated that ATO is a potent agent against AMKL as indicated by apoptotic markers, Annexin V and caspase-3. ATO activated the intrinsic (mitochondrial) pathway of apoptosis, which involved disrupting mitochondrial membrane potential, increased Bax/Bcl-2 ratio and caspase-9 activation, as well as the extrinsic (death receptor) pathway mediated by Fas and caspase-8 activation. We provided the first evidence that ATO stimulated expressions of CD137 mRNA and protein, which might be relevant to the extrinsic mechanism. ATO induced delays of cell cycle progression at S phase and arrest at G2/M phase of AMKL cells, but caspase-3 expression appeared not to be phase-specific. The multiple-signaling mechanism of ATO warrants it a potential agent to incorporate in the treatment regimen of AMKL.

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August 2005
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Lam HK, Li K, Chik KW, Yang M, Liu VC, Li CK, Fok TF, Ng PC, Shing MM, Chuen CK, Chuen CK, et al: Arsenic trioxide mediates intrinsic and extrinsic pathways of apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in acute megakaryocytic leukemia. Int J Oncol 27: 537-545, 2005.
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Lam, H.K., Li, K., Chik, K.W., Yang, M., Liu, V.C., Li, C.K. ... Yuen, P.M. (2005). Arsenic trioxide mediates intrinsic and extrinsic pathways of apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in acute megakaryocytic leukemia. International Journal of Oncology, 27, 537-545. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.27.2.537
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Lam, H. K., Li, K., Chik, K. W., Yang, M., Liu, V. C., Li, C. K., Fok, T. F., Ng, P. C., Shing, M. M., Chuen, C. K., Yuen, P. M."Arsenic trioxide mediates intrinsic and extrinsic pathways of apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in acute megakaryocytic leukemia". International Journal of Oncology 27.2 (2005): 537-545.
Chicago
Lam, H. K., Li, K., Chik, K. W., Yang, M., Liu, V. C., Li, C. K., Fok, T. F., Ng, P. C., Shing, M. M., Chuen, C. K., Yuen, P. M."Arsenic trioxide mediates intrinsic and extrinsic pathways of apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in acute megakaryocytic leukemia". International Journal of Oncology 27, no. 2 (2005): 537-545. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.27.2.537