Expression and regulation of COP1 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells for promotion of cell proliferation and tumorigenicity
Expression and regulation of COP1 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells for promotion of cell proliferation and tumorigenicity
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COP1在慢性淋巴细胞白血病细胞中的表达和调节促进细胞增殖和致瘤性。
DOI:
10.3892/or.2015.4526
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发表时间:
2016-03-01
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4.2
通讯作者:
Xu, Kailin
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作者:
Fu, Chunling;Gong, Yanqing;Xu, Kailin
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia in Western countries, and mainly originates from an accumulation of abnormal B cells caused by the dysregulation of cell proliferation and apoptosis. The aberration of proliferation-related gene in CLL cells induces cell arrest at G0/G1 phase, or a small section shows rapid cell growth, which further complicates the pathogenesis of CLL. The constitutively photomorphogenic 1 (COP1), as an E3 ubiquitin ligase, is involved in many biological processes in mammalian cells, but its role in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) progression remains unclear. In the present study, we analyzed the expression of COP1 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from 23 CLL patients and 3 healthy donors. The observed upregulated expression of COP1 in CLL patients was positively correlated with CLL clinical stage and ZAP-70 expression, but not del(13q14) and del(17q-). Overexpression of COP1 significantly promoted cell colony formation and proliferation, especially contributing to the accumulation of cells in S-phase by inhibition of FoxO1 and p21. Moreover, overexpression of COP1 accelerated tumorigenicity of HG3 cells and promoted xenograft growth. Therefore, the present study revealed that COP1 plays an important role in CLL cell proliferation and tumorigenicity, and may be a useful indicator of the chronic lymphocytic leukemia processes.