title: [Study of molecular mechanism of tanshinone II A inducing differentiation in acute promyelocytic leukemia NB4 cells].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate molecular mechanism of tanshinone II A inducing differentiation and apoptosis in acute promyelocytic leukemia NB4 cells.
  
  
  METHODS
  NB4 cells were cultured in vitro and treated with tanshinone II A and observed cellular morphology, cell category and the cellular proliferation. DNA microarray technique was used to analyze the gene expression profiles of NB4 cells induced by tanshinone II A.
  
  
  RESULTS
  92.8% of NB4 cells treated with 0.5 mg x L(-1) tanshinone II A were induced into mature neutrophils, in which myetocytes and melamyetocytes were 27.0%, banded and segmented neutrophits 68.2%. Cell growth were inhibited. cDNA microarray showed the enormously expressed 183 genes including 23 differentiation associated genes, and other interrelated genes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tanshinone II A inducing differentiation in NB4 cells may be via regulation of many kinds of genes, especially differentiation associated genes expression. This partially explained the molecular mechanism of tanshinone II A inducing differentiation.
authors.affiliation: West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Yan-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wen-Tong
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Shu-Lan
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Yuan
mesh_terms: D045784:Abietanes; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015973:Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010616:Phenanthrenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D045784:Abietanes; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D010616:Phenanthrenes; C021751:tanshinone