Regulative Function of Telomerase and Extracelluar Regulated Protein Kinases to Leukemic Cell Apoptosis

摘要

In order to investigate the regulative function of telom erase and phosphorylated (acti- vated) extracelluar regulated protein kinase (ERK) 1and 2 in the leukemic cell lines HL - 6 0 and K5 6 2 proliferation inhibition and apoptosis,three chemotherapeutic drugs Harringtonine(HRT) , Vincristine(VCR) and Etoposide(Vp16 ) were selected as inducers.The proliferation inhibition rate was detected by MTT m ethod,the cell cycle and cell apoptosis was analyzed by flow cytometry and the telom erase activity was detected by the telom eric repeat am plification protocol(TRAP) assay and bioluminescence analysis method.The phosphorylated ERK 1/ 2 protein expression was detected by western blot method.The results showed that HRT,VCR and Vp16 could inhibit cell proliferation,induce apoptosis,inhibit telomerase activity and down- regulate the protein expres- sion of phosphorylated ERK.Itwas suggested that ERK signal transduction pathway was involved in the down- regulation of telomerase activity and the onset of apoptosis in the leukem ic cells treat- ed by HRT,VCR and Vp16 .