Experimental study on inducing differentiation of K562 cells into dendritic cells by A23187 / 国际肿瘤学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the method for differentiation induction of leukemia cells into dendritic cells(DC) by A23187 in vitro. Methods Chronic myeloid leukemia K562 cells were cultured with A23187 or cytokine to induce differentiation and form DC. The morphologic features of cells were observed under inverted microscope, the changes of DC surface marks were determined by flow cytometry and RT-PCR, the ability to stimulate lymphocyte proliferation was tested by MTT colorimetry. Results Under the condition of the does (385 ng/ml) of A23187 for four days, some of K562 cells were found in typical dendritic appearance.The expression of DC markers CD1a,CD83 ,HLA-DR,CD86 and CD80 was 6.65 ±2.70,7.37 ±2.40,6.24 ±4.29, 21.60 ± 3.84, 18.52 ± 4.48 repectively, and increased obviously compared with the negative control group(2.80 ±0.52,1.85 ±0.56,2.25 ±0.47,6.69 ±0.83,9.96 ±3.53). The differences had statistical significance (P < 0.05). K562 cells derived from DC acquired the ability to stimulate lymphocyte proliferation.Conclusion A23187 can induce the leukemia cells differenntiation into activated DC-like cells rapidly.