EFFECTS OF QUERCETIN ON CELL MORPHOLOGY AND EXPRESSION OF PML mRNA AND PROTEIN OF NB4 AND HL-60 CELLS

摘要

Objective To investigate the effects of quercetin on cell morphology, expression of promyelocytic leukemia ( PML ) mRNA and PML protein localization of NB4, HL-60 cells. Methods Cells morphology assayed by Wright's stain, fluorescence stain, and PML mRNA expression by RT-PCR , PML protein localization by immuno-fluorescence. Results The typical apoptosis was found in NB4 and HL-60 cells after treatment with quercetin . Immuno-fluorescence analysis showed after treatment with quercetin , the fusion protein disappeared in NB4 cells, PML protein relocated, then degraded, and that also seen in HL-60 cells. The expression of PML mRNA is not changed in quercetin-treated cells. Conclusion PML play the role of apoptosis inducer in leukemia cells at the translational level, quercetin can inhibit the proliferation of leukemia cells, and induce NB4, HL-60