title: A DNA uptake-stimulating protein increases the antiproliferative effect of c-myb antisense oligonucleotide on leukemic cells.
abstract: Proliferation of HL-60 and MOLT4 leukemia cells was inhibited by a c-myb antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) in the presence of a DNA uptake-stimulating protein (DNA uptake-stimulating factor, DUSF). The inhibitory effect was very mild in the absence of DUSF. Sense oligonucleotides or DUSF, alone or in combination, were found to be ineffective. Cellular expression of the c-myb protein was significantly more inhibited by the c-myb ASO in the presence than in the absence of DUSF. In the presence of DUSF, c-myb protein practically disappeared from the nuclei of HL-60 and MOLT4 cells treated with the ASO. Thus, DUSF appears to effectively stimulate the uptake of c-myb ASO into tumor cells in vitro, augmenting its antiproliferative effect by decreasing c-myb expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center, Faculty of Medicine, Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: György
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.forename: József
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schlammadinger
authors.forename: János
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aradi
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Antal-Szalmás
authors.forename: Sándor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sipka
authors.forename: Margit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balázs
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kovács
authors.forename: Zsigmond
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fehér
authors.forename: András
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Falus
mesh_terms: D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects*; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000473:pathology*; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020598:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C050988:DUSF protein, Neurospora crassa; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D020598:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb; D012333:RNA, Messenger