title: [Aberrant localization of beta-catenin in leukemia cell lines].
abstract: Beta-catenin plays a central role in Wnt signaling pathway. The aberrant localization of beta-catenin in nucleus causes the transcription of down-stream target genes, which is the pathogenesy of some solid tumours. As the expression of adheren junction on hemopoietic cells is very low, there are a few studies on beta-catenin expression in leukaemia. This study was aimed to investigate beta-catenin localization and beta-catenin mRNA expression levels in 4 leukemia cell lines so as to explore a new oncogenic mechanism and to find out a new therapeutic target. The beta-catenin localization in leukemia cell lines was detected by immunocytochemistry, the beta-catenin mRNA expression level was assayed by real-time quantitative RT-PCR. The results showed that there was aberrant localization of beta-catenin in Jurkat and Thp-1, and beta-catenin mRNA expression level was not increased in these two cell lines, however, the mRNA expression levels of Jurkat and Thp-1 were lower than those of Daudi and K562. The beta-catenin mRNA expression level was not correlated with beta-catenin aberrant localization in these 4 cell lines. It is concluded that the aberrant localization of beta-catenin may play a role in the development of some leukemia, and the mechanism resulting in beta-catenin aberrant localization not take place at transcription level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Laboratory Examination, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Li-Hua
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D020014:K562 Cells; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000473:pathology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction; D051153:Wnt Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051176:beta Catenin / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D051176:beta Catenin