title: [Effects of recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-alpha on HL-60 cells in vitro and in vivo].
abstract: To study the effects of recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-alpha (rhTNF-alpha) on HL-60 cells in vitro and in vivo, MTT and colony forming assay were used to examine the effects of rhTNF-alpha on proliferation of HL-60 cells; AO/EB (acridine orange-ethidium bromide) staining, Annexin-V flow cytometry analysis and TUNEL assay were used to detect apoptotic cells. The effect of rhTNF-alpha on xenograft growth of HL-60 cells was evaluated by tumor inhibition rate, histology, ultrastructure and TUNEL assay. The results showed that rhTNF-alpha inhibited the proliferation of HL-60 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Staining of cells with AO/EB revealed that rhTNF-alpha induced nuclear chromatin condensation and fragmentation. Positive Annexin V-FITC on cell membrane showed that rhTNF-alpha induced apoptosis of HL-60 cells in a dose-dependent manner. TUNEL assay showed that the apoptotic percentage of HL-60 cells reached 37.5% when incubated with 3200 U/ml rhTNF-alpha for 48 hours. In vivo rhTNF-alpha inhibited xenograft growth of HL-60 cells with the highest inhibition rate of 60.33%. Pathologically it was found that there were necrotic areas in the tumors of groups treated with rhTNF-alpha. There were more apoptotic cells in treatment groups than in that control group by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and TUNEL assay. It is concluded that rhTNF-alpha is able to inhibit the proliferation of HL-60 cells and to induce apoptosis of HL-60 cells in vitro and in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Fujian Institute of Hematology, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350001, China.
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yuan-Zhong
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Mei-Juan
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Da-Liu
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jiang-Rui
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D018922:HL-60 Cells; D006801:Humans; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha