title: [Inhibition of leukemic cell proliferation by human soluble VEGF-R1].
abstract: The current study was purposed to investigate the inhibitory effect of human soluble vascular endothelial growth factor-1 (sFLT-1) on the proliferation of leukemic cells in vitro. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to detect the VEGF mRNA and VEGF-R1 (FLT-1) mRNA in K562, HL60, U937 leukemic cell lines and bone marrow LTC-IC. Flow cytometry was used to detect the VEGF and VEGF-R1 (FLT-1) in all above-mentioned cells. VEGF concentrations in the cell culture supernatants were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Cell proliferation was determined by MTT after adding sFLT-1 to K562, HL60 and LTC-IC culture system. The result showed that expression of VEGF could be detected in K562, HL60, U937 leukemic cell lines and LTC-IC, especially K562, K562 and HL60 cell lines also expressed FLT-1, but a little expression was found in U937 and LTC-IC. sFLT-1 could effectively inhibit the growth of K562 and HL60 cell lines in dose-dependent manner. The highest inhibition rate was found at 48 hours after adding sFLT-1. It is concluded that sFLT-1 can inhibit the growth of some leukemic cell lines, and the inhibition effect enhances as the concentration of the sFLT-1 increase, but sFLT -1 not influence the proliferation of normal marrow cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, The First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yan-Qiu
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Guan-Jun
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D018922:HL-60 Cells; D006801:Humans; D020014:K562 Cells; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D020298:U937 Cells; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D040281:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; C501162:FLT1 protein, human; D040281:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1