IL-21 Stimulates the expression and activation of cell cycle regulators and promotes cell proliferation in EBV-positive diffuse large B cell lymphoma.
Animals
Apoptosis
/ drug effects
Biomarkers, Tumor
/ metabolism
Cell Cycle
/ drug effects
Cell Line, Tumor
Cell Proliferation
/ drug effects
Cell Survival
/ drug effects
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
/ drug effects
Gene Ontology
Gene Regulatory Networks
Herpesvirus 4, Human
/ physiology
Humans
Interleukins
/ pharmacology
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
/ genetics
Mice, Inbred NOD
Mice, SCID
Models, Biological
Neovascularization, Pathologic
/ genetics
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc
/ genetics
Up-Regulation
/ drug effects
Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
23 07 2020
23 07 2020
Historique:
received:
23
01
2020
accepted:
08
07
2020
entrez:
25
7
2020
pubmed:
25
7
2020
medline:
15
12
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The clinical features of EBV-positive diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) indicate a poorer prognosis than EBV-negative DLBCL. Currently, there is no efficacious drug for EBV-positive DLBCL. The cytokine interleukin-21 (IL-21) has been reported to be pro-apoptotic in DLBCL cell lines and is being explored as a new therapeutic strategy for this type of lymphomas. However, our previous studies showed that IL-21 stimulation of EBV-positive DLBCL cell lines leads to increased proliferation. Here, analysis of a rare clinical sample of EBV-positive DLBCL, in combination with a NOD/SCID mouse xenograft model, confirmed the effect of IL-21 on the proliferation of EBV-positive DLBCL cells. Using RNA-sequencing, we identified the pattern of differentially-expressed genes following IL-21 treatment and verified the expression of key genes at the protein level using western blotting. We found that IL-21 upregulates expression of the host MYC and AP-1 (composed of related Jun and Fos family proteins) and STAT3 phosphorylation, as well as expression of the viral LMP-1 protein. These proteins are known to promote the G1/S phase transition to accelerate cell cycle progression. Furthermore, in NOD/SCID mouse xenograft model experiments, we found that IL-21 treatment increases glucose uptake and angiogenesis in EBV-positive DLBCL tumours. Although more samples are needed to validate these observations, our study reconfirms the adverse effects of IL-21 on EBV-positive DLBCL, which has implications for the drug development of DLBCL.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32704112
doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69227-0
pii: 10.1038/s41598-020-69227-0
pmc: PMC7378064
doi:
Substances chimiques
Biomarkers, Tumor
0
Interleukins
0
MYC protein, human
0
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc
0
interleukin-21
MKM3CA6LT1
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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