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Fahri Sahin1, Cigir Biray Avci, Cumhur Gunduz
1Department of Hematology, Ege University School of Medicine, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
Abstract:
In this study, we aimed to investigate the potential relationship between gossypol-induced cytotoxicity of human promyelocytic leukemia cell line (HL-60) leukemic cells and intracellular serine/threonine protein phosphatase (PP) dynamics and human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) activity. Gossypol was found to be cytotoxic in HL-60 cells with the IC(50) dose of 4.5 microM. The combination of gossypol and okadaic acid in IC(50) doses revealed the increased cytotoxicity in a time-dependent manner. Treatment of cells with gossypol has shown significant decrease in PP2A activity. The expression of the PP2A catalytic subunit was downregulated in gossypol-treated cells with 24 hours' intervals. hTERT mRNA levels were gradually decreased. In conclusion, during gossypol-induced cytotoxicity, intracellular activity and expression of PP2A was decreased as well as the activity of hTERT. The variation of hTERT activity in gossypol-treated HL-60 cells may be the potential reason for the phosphatase interaction during the gossypol treatment of leukemic cells resulting in cellular cytotoxicity.
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