title: Different susceptibilities to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-induced differentiation of AML cells carrying various mutations.
abstract: This study was designed to compare the differentiation-inducing potential of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (1,25D) with some analogs (VDAs) in a panel of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cell lines and in blast cells isolated from patients with AML. Of the cell lines studied, HL60 proved to be the most sensitive to each of the differentiation-inducing agents when compared to THP-1, NB-4 and U-937 cell lines. Three of the VDAs tested (PRI-1906, PRI-2191 and PRI-2201) were similarly effective as 1,25D in all the cell lines tested. However, blast cells from AML showed a varying sensitivity towards 1,25D. For example, blast cells isolated from patients in which the whole or part of chromosome 7 was deleted were extremely sensitive to 1,25D and its analogs. In contrast, 1,25D failed to increase the expression of differentiation markers in blast cells isolated from patients carrying activating mutations in Flt3 gene. Since, the expression of vitamin D receptor (VDR) in cells with Flt3 mutations was increased to the same extent as in other AML cells this suggests that failure of these cells to differentiate lies downstream of the receptor. That blast cells with different cytogenetic abnormalities have dissimilar responses to 1,25D and its analogs, may have implications in the use of 1,25D as a 'differentiation therapy' for myeloid leukemias. The analog PRI-2191 (tacalcitol) was found to be the most potent in inducing patient's cells differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Tamka 2, 50-137 Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gocek
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiełbiński
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baurska
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Haus
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kutner
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marcinkowska
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002469:Cell Separation; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7 / Q000235:genetics; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D018922:HL-60 Cells; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C485638:FIZ1 protein, human; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol; D014807:Vitamin D; C097949:1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D