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. 1992 Jan 15;52(2):258-61.

Proliferation-linked regulation of type II IMP dehydrogenase gene in human normal lymphocytes and HL-60 leukemic cells

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  • PMID: 1345808

Proliferation-linked regulation of type II IMP dehydrogenase gene in human normal lymphocytes and HL-60 leukemic cells

M Nagai et al. Cancer Res. .

Abstract

Human IMP dehydrogenase (IMPDH; EC 1.1.1.205) was recently found to consist of two molecular species (types I and II) with high expression of type II isozyme in leukemic cells. Here we report that the low level of type II mRNA in normal lymphocytes was up-regulated by phytohemagglutinin stimulation (3.2-fold) and Epstein-Barr viral transformation (5.7-fold). The type II mRNA expression in quiescent HL-60 cells was also elevated 2.8-fold by serum stimulation. Conversely the enhanced level of type II IMPDH mRNA in HL-60 cells was down-regulated to less than 5% along with differentiation induced by retinoic acid (1 microM), phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (33 nM), or dimethyl sulfoxide (1.25%) independent of end-stage phenotype. By contrast, type I IMPDH mRNA was expressed constitutively in the various states of proliferation and differentiation. The type II IMPDH stringently linked with cell proliferation should be a crucial target for antileukemic and immunosuppressive chemotherapy.

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