title: Suppression of cell proliferation and the expression of a bcr-abl fusion gene and apoptotic cell death in a new human chronic myelogenous leukemia cell line, KT-1, by interferon-alpha.
abstract: A new human leukemia cell line, KT-1, was established from a patient in the blastic crisis phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). This cell line had a positive reaction for intracytoplasmic myeloperoxidase and two Philadelphia chromosomes (Ph1) [t(9;22)(q34;q11)] and lacked normal copies of chromosomes 9 and 22. Molecular characterization of the breakpoint in the t(9;22)(q34;q11) showed that KT-1 had a bcr-2/abl-2 splice junction. When the KT-1 cells were cultured with interferon (IFN)-alpha or IFN-gamma, the growth of the cells were dose-dependently suppressed. IFN-alpha and IFN-gamma exerted synergistic suppressive effects on the growth of KT-1 cells. Furthermore, IFN-alpha suppressed the expression of the bcr-abl fusion gene in KT-1 cells, and induced G1 cell-cycle arrest and apoptotic cell death. The KT-1 cell line should be a valuable tool for studying the molecular mechanism of the suppression of Ph1 clone cells from CML by IFN.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ehime University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujita
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl / Q000235:genetics*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D016898:Interferon-alpha; D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl