Potential Oncogenic Role of Genes in PLC Family on T-ALL Cell Lines by Suppression of Apoptosis

Abstract

To explore the role of phospholipase C(PLC) family in the progression of acute T lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). The apoptosis of T-ALL cells was determined by Annexin V-PE/7-AAD staining after treatment of PLC inhibitor U73122 and Edelfosine. Cox regression and Kaplan-Meier were used to analyze the impact of PLC expressions on the event-free survival (EFS) of T-ALL patients. PLC expression in each subtype of T-ALL were analyzed by One-way ANOVA. The siRNA expression plasmids targeting the PLCβ1, PLCγ1, PLCη1 gene were constructed, and T-ALL cells were infected with retrovirus packaging in HEK-293T cells. The mRNA and protein level were tested by RT-PCR and Western blot. P12-ICH and CCRF-CEM cell line were sensitive to U73122 and Edelfosine treatment, while Jurkat and MOLT4 were resistant to them. In the TARGET-ALL database, the prognosis of T-ALL patients with high expression of PLCβ1, PLCγ1 and PLCη1 was poor, and PLCβ1, PLCγ1, PLCη1 were unevenly distributed in T-ALL subtypes. PLCβ1, PLCγ1 and PLCη1 maintained the survival of P12-ICH and CCRF-CEM cell lines, respectively, while they had no effect on the survival of MOLT4. PLCβ1, PLCγ1 and PLCη1 can maintain the growth of T-ALL cell lines in vitro and promote the malignant progression of T-ALL, which are potential therapeutic targets.