HOXB4 knockdown reverses multidrug resistance of human myelogenous leukemia K562/ADM cells by downregulating P-gp, MRP1 and BCRP expression via PI3K/Akt signaling pathway

  • Authors:
    • Hong Wang
    • Xiu-Hong Jia
    • Jie-Ru Chen
    • Ying-Jie Yi
    • Jian-Yong Wang
    • You-Jie Li
    • Shu-Yang Xie
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  • Published online on: October 18, 2016     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2016.3738
  • Pages: 2529-2537
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Abstract

Multidrug resistance (MDR) plays a pivotal role in human chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) chemotherapy failure. MDR is mainly associated with the overexpression of drug efflux transporters of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) proteins. Phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling cascade is involved in the MDR phenotype and is correlated with multidrug resistance 1 (MDR1)/P-glycoprotein (P-gp), multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP1) and breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) expression in many human malignancies. Homeobox (HOX) B4, a member of the HOX gene family, has been reported to be correlated with occurrence, development, poor prognosis and drug resistance of human leukemia. In the present study, HOXB4 expression was analyzed in K562 cell line and its MDR subline K562/ADM. Compared with K562 cells, drug-resistant K562/ADM cells demonstrated evidently higher HOXB4 expression. In addition, we firstly investigated the reversal effect of HOXB4 deletion on K562/ADM cells and the underlying mechanism. The Cell Counting kit-8 (CCK-8) and flow cytometry assays showed that knockdown of HOXB4 enhanced chemosensitivity and decreased drug efflux in K562/ADM cells. Moreover, HOXB4 knockout led to downregulation of P-gp, MRP1 and BCRP expression and PI3K/Akt signaling activity, suggesting that repression of HOXB4 might be a key point to reverse MDR of K562/ADM cells.
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Wang H, Jia X, Chen J, Yi Y, Wang J, Li Y and Xie S: HOXB4 knockdown reverses multidrug resistance of human myelogenous leukemia K562/ADM cells by downregulating P-gp, MRP1 and BCRP expression via PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. Int J Oncol 49: 2529-2537, 2016.
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Wang, H., Jia, X., Chen, J., Yi, Y., Wang, J., Li, Y., & Xie, S. (2016). HOXB4 knockdown reverses multidrug resistance of human myelogenous leukemia K562/ADM cells by downregulating P-gp, MRP1 and BCRP expression via PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. International Journal of Oncology, 49, 2529-2537. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2016.3738
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Wang, H., Jia, X., Chen, J., Yi, Y., Wang, J., Li, Y., Xie, S."HOXB4 knockdown reverses multidrug resistance of human myelogenous leukemia K562/ADM cells by downregulating P-gp, MRP1 and BCRP expression via PI3K/Akt signaling pathway". International Journal of Oncology 49.6 (2016): 2529-2537.
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Wang, H., Jia, X., Chen, J., Yi, Y., Wang, J., Li, Y., Xie, S."HOXB4 knockdown reverses multidrug resistance of human myelogenous leukemia K562/ADM cells by downregulating P-gp, MRP1 and BCRP expression via PI3K/Akt signaling pathway". International Journal of Oncology 49, no. 6 (2016): 2529-2537. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2016.3738