Max and inhibitory c-Myc mutants induce erythroid differentiation and resistance to apoptosis in human myeloid leukemia cells

Oncogene
M CañellesJ León

Abstract

We have used the human leukemia cell line K562 as a model to study the role of c-myc in differentiation and apoptosis. We have generated stable transfectants of K562 constitutively expressing two c-Myc inhibitory mutants: D106-143, that carries a deletion in the transactivation domain of the protein, and In373, that carries an insertion in the DNA-interacting region. We show here that In373 is able to compete with c-Myc for Max binding and to inhibit the transformation activity of c-Myc. K562 cells can differentiate towards erythroid or myelomonocytic lineages. K562 transfected with c-myc mutants showed a higher expression of erythroid differentiation markers, without any detectable effects in the myelomonocytic differentiation. We also transfected K562 cells with a zinc-inducible max gene. Ectopic Max overexpression resulted in an increased erythroid differentiation, thus reproducing the effects of c-myc inhibitory mutants. We also studied the role of c-myc mutants and max in apoptosis of K562 induced by okadaic acid, a protein phosphatases inhibitor. The expression of D106-143 and In373 c-myc mutants and the overexpression of max reduced the apoptosis mediated by okadaic acid. The common biochemical activity of D106-143 and I...Continue Reading

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