Effect of 5-azacytidine on the differentiation of human leukemia K-562 cells.
The treatment of K-562 cells with 10(-5) M to 10(-7) M 5-azacytidine induced a marked increase in benzidine-positive cells. Similarly, the exposure of K-562 cells to 2 X 10(-3) M butyric acid or 5 X 10(-7) M 1-beta-arabinofuranosylcytosine or 1 X 10(-3) M hydroxyurea induced an erythroid differentiation of K-562 cells. The activity of DNA-methyltransferase and the level of methylcytosine in newly synthesized DNA were significantly decreased when the cells were treated with 5-azacytidine or butyric acid, while 1-beta-arabinofuranosylcytosine or hydroxyurea had no inhibitory effect on DNA-methylation of K-562 cells. These results suggest that the inhibition of DNA-methylation is not necessarily a specific phenomenon for erythroid differentiation of K-562 cells.
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D001374:Azacitidine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001560:Benzidines / Q000502:physiology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004248:DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000473:pathology*
D001560:Benzidines; C029876:benzidine; D004247:DNA; D004248:DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases; D001374:Azacitidine