title: Some Bence-Jones proteins enter cultured renal tubular cells, reach nuclei and induce cell death.
abstract: Eighteen monoclonal Bence-Jones proteins (BJPs) were examined for their effects on cultured LLC-PK1 (porcine kidney proximal tubule) cells as well as for their amidase and DNase activities. Five proteins were found to enter the cell and to gain access to the nucleus without degradation of epitopes. Intranuclear BJPs ultimately induced DNA fragmentation and cell death. BJPs with relatively high amidase activity were cytotoxic. On the other hand, three of four BJPs with DNase activity had a cytocidal effect on cultured cells; the remaining BJP, which had a relatively high DNase activity but a very low amidase activity, failed to enter the cell and was not cytotoxic in vitro. These results suggest that catalytic and cytotoxic activities of some BJPs may make a significant contribution, in a substantial proportion of myeloma patients, to the development and/or deterioration of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kinki University Osaka-Sayam, Osaka, Japan.,
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikoma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Togawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sinohara
mesh_terms: D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001536:Bence Jones Protein / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016923:Cell Death; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D053938:DNA Fragmentation; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D020287:In Situ Nick-End Labeling; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D001536:Bence Jones Protein; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases; D000581:Amidohydrolases