title: Analysis of resveratrol-induced apoptosis in human B-cell chronic leukaemia.
abstract: Trans-resveratrol was analysed for its apoptotic and growth inhibitory activity in human B-cell lines derived from chronic B-cell malignancies (WSU-CLL and ESKOL), and in leukaemic lymphocytes from patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-CLL). Resveratrol displayed antiproliferative activity on both B-cell lines, as estimated by the decrease in cell recovery and inhibition of thymidine uptake. Furthermore, resveratrol induced apoptosis in the two cell lines as well as in B-CLL patients' cells, as evidenced by the increase in annexin V binding, caspase activation, DNA fragmentation and decrease of the mitochondrial transmembrane potential DeltaPsim. We previously reported that nitric oxide (NO), endogenously released by an iNO synthase (iNOS) spontaneously expressed in these leukaemic cells, contributed to their resistance towards apoptosis. We show here that resveratrol inhibited both iNOS protein expression and in situ NO release in WSU-CLL, ESKOL and B-CLL patients'cells. In addition, Bcl-2 expression was also inhibited by resveratrol. Thus, downregulation of the two anti-apoptotic proteins iNOS and Bcl-2 can contribute to the apoptotic effects of resveratrol in leukaemic B cells from chronic leukaemia. Our data suggest that this drug is of potential interest for the therapy of B-CLL.
authors.affiliation: U.365 INSERM, Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Viviana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Roman
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Billard
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ferry-Dumazet
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Izard
authors.forename: Ramzi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mohammad
authors.forename: Djavad M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Mossalayi
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kolb
mesh_terms: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D019254:Genes, bcl-2; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D000077185:Resveratrol; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D013267:Stilbenes; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C496319:NOS2 protein, human; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D000077185:Resveratrol