Apoptotic effect of RIZ1 expression on human myeloid leukemic cell lines / 中国癌症杂志

ABSTRACT

Background and purpose:Few reports demonstrate the relation between the expression of RIZ1 which has been found to be a tumor suppressor gene recently and leukemia. This study investigated the effect of RIZ1 expression on the apoptosis of human myeloid leukemic cell lines. Methods:The expression of RIZ1 mRNA was observed in human myeloid leukemic cell lines AML193, KG-1, KG-1a, K562 and Ery-1 by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay. RIZ1 was forced to express in the expression-lacking cell lines by transfecting pRIZ1 RH containing full length of RIZ1 cDNA to the cell lines. As controls, the cell lines were transfected with pcDNA3.1. The apoptotic cells were determined by using the annexin V/propidium iodide stain 24 h after transfection.Results:Among the 5 cell lines, no expression of RIZ1 mRNA had been detected in AML193 and low expression in K562. The forced expression could be found in both cell lines 24 h after transfection of pRIZ1 RH, accompanied by obviously increased apoptotic rates which were (22.7? 0.7)% in AML193 and (28.6?1.2)% in K562 compared to controls (11.7%?1.6% and 9.0%?0.8%, respectively) (P