Involvement of p27(kip1) in ceramide-mediated apoptosis in HL-60 cells
- Authors
- Kim, WH; Ghil, KC; Lee, JH; Yeo, SH; Chun, YJ; Choi, KH; Kim, DK; Kim, MY
- Issue Date
- Apr-2000
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
- Keywords
- ceramide; p27; apoptosis; Bax; Bcl-2
- Citation
- CANCER LETTERS, v.151, no.1, pp 39 - 48
- Pages
- 10
- Journal Title
- CANCER LETTERS
- Volume
- 151
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 39
- End Page
- 48
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/25329
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0304-3835(99)00402-4
- ISSN
- 0304-3835
1872-7980
- Abstract
- Ceramide acts as a mediator of apoptosis in various cell lines, but little is known regarding the molecular mechanism linked to the cell cycle. In the present study, we examined the expression of p27(kip1) and its relationship to apoptosis induced by ceramide. We demonstrated that treatment of HL-60 cells with C-6-ceramide resulted in G1 phase elevation followed by apoptotic cleavage associated with increase in the level of cdk inhibitor p27(kip1). Ceramide inhibited the kinase activities of cdk2 and cdk4 within 24 h of treatment. Ceramide-induced inhibition of cdk2 and cdk4 kinase activities was accompanied by increase of p27(kip1) in the cdks complexes. In addition, we have shown that both the cell death and expression of p27(kip1) protein induced by ceramide were significantly decreased in HL-60 cells overexpressing bcl-2. Furthermore, ceramide induced a significant increase in Bax protein expression coincided with increase in p27(kip1) protein level. These findings indicate that p27(kip1) may play important roles in mediating ceramide-induced apoptosis and its expression can be regulated by Bax and Bcl-2. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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