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Analysis of bax protein in sphingosine-induced apoptosis in the human leukemic cell line TF1 and its bcl-2 transfectants.

Abstract：

:Sphingosine, a sphingolipid breakdown product, has been proposed as an apoptosis-inducing agent. In this study, we examined the effect of sphingosine in bcl-2-overexpressing cells compared with cells that do not express the bcl-2 gene. The human erythroleukemic cell line TF1, which lacks bcl-2 expression, was easily induced to undergo apoptotic cell death by a variety of stimuli, including depletion of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) or exposure to methylmethane sulfonate (MMS) (100 microg/mL), ultraviolet light (15 J/m2), X-ray irradiation (20 Gy), or sphingosine, a sphingolipid breakdown product (5 microM). In contrast, bcl-2 transfectants of TF1 (TF1-bcl2), which we established, were resistant to most of these treatments but remained sensitive to sphingosine. Neither C2- nor C6-ceramide (short-chain ceramide) induced apoptosis in TF1-mock and TF1-bcl2 cells. Sphingosine-induced apoptosis could not be inhibited by fumonisin B1, which can prevent conversion of sphingosine to ceramide, suggesting that sphingosine itself, not ceramide, possesses apoptosis-inducing capability. Western blotting, which revealed a 21-kDa bax protein in untreated cells, revealed the presence of an additional 18-kDa protein in GM-CSF-depleted and MMS- or sphingosine-treated TF1-mock cells. In TF1-bcl2 cells, this protein was not detected after GM-CSF depletion or MMS treatment, but was observed after sphingosine treatment. Immunoprecipitation with anti-bcl2 antibody, followed by immunoblotting with anti-bax antibody, showed that both the 21-kDa bax protein and the 18-kDa protein heterodimerized with bcl-2 protein. These results suggest that sphingosine is a unique reagent for apoptosis and that it can overcome bcl-2 gene expression. Furthermore, induction of 18-kDa bax-related protein may play an important role in apoptosis. Sphingosine, but not ceramide, may prove applicable as a reagent for future cytotoxic drugs used to treat intractable tumors overexpressing bcl-2.

journal_name

Exp Hematol

journal_title

Experimental hematology

authors

Isogai C,Murate T,Tamiya-Koizumi K,Yoshida S,Ito T,Nagai H,Kinoshita T,Kagami Y,Hotta T,Hamaguchi M,Saito H

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-11-01 00:00:00

pages

1118-25

issue

eissn

0301-472X

issn

1873-2399

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Analysis of bax protein in sphingosine-induced apoptosis in the human leukemic cell line TF1 and its bcl-2 transfectants.