title: Correlation of glucocorticoid-mediated E4BP4 upregulation with altered expression of pro- and anti-apoptotic genes in CEM human lymphoblastic leukemia cells.
abstract: In Caenorhabditiselegans, motorneuron apoptosis is regulated via a ces-2-ces-1-egl-1 pathway. We tested whether human CEM lymphoblastic leukemia cells undergo apoptosis via an analogous pathway. We have previously shown that E4BP4, a ces-2 ortholog, mediates glucocorticoid (GC)-dependent upregulation of BIM, an egl-1 ortholog, in GC-sensitive CEM C7-14 cells and in CEM C1-15mE#3 cells, which are sensitized to GCs by ectopic expression of E4BP4. In the present study, we demonstrate that the human ces-1 orthologs, SLUG and SNAIL, are not significantly repressed in correlation with E4BP4 expression. Expression of E4BP4 homologs, the PAR family genes, especially HLF, encoding a known anti-apoptotic factor, was inverse to that of E4BP4 and BIM. Expression of pro- and anti-apoptotic genes in CEM cells was analyzed via an apoptosis PCR Array. We identified BIRC3 and BIM as genes whose expression paralleled that of E4BP4, while FASLG, TRAF4, BCL2A1, BCL2L1, BCL2L2 and CD40LG as genes whose expression was opposite to that of E4BP4.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330-8303, USA. Electronic address: jessica.beach@cshs.org.
authors.forename: Jessica A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Beach
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330-8303, USA. Electronic address: ljnary@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Laura J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Nary
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330-8303, USA. Electronic address: rebeka888@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rebeka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hovanessian
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330-8303, USA. Electronic address: rheem.medh@csun.edu.
authors.forename: Rheem D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Medh
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000072224:Bcl-2-Like Protein 11; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; C000606775:BCL2L11 protein, human; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D000072224:Bcl-2-Like Protein 11; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C497440:NFIL3 protein, human; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D003907:Dexamethasone
keywords: BIM; CEM; Ces-2; E4BP4; Glucocorticoids; Leukemia
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