Icariside II induces cell cycle arrest and differentiation via TLR8/MyD88/p38 pathway in acute myeloid leukemia cells.

Icariside II induces cell cycle arrest and differentiation via TLR8/MyD88/p38 pathway in acute myeloid leukemia cells.

Eur J Pharmacol. 2018 Dec 20;:

Authors: Yang J, Lan J, Du H, Zhang X, Li A, Zhang X, Liu Y, Zhang J, Zhang C, Ding Y, Zhang T

Abstract
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a devastating hematological malignancy, characterized by differentiation arrest and unscheduled proliferation of immature cells of the myeloid lineage. Inducing AML cell differentiation has emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy for the therapy of AML. Icariside II, an active component of Herba Epimedii, has been well defined to promote osteogenic differentiation. However, the differentiation-inducing effect of Icariside II on AML cells has not been explored. In this study, we investigated the differentiation-inducing effect and underlying mechanism of Icariside II in AML HL-60 and THP-1 cell lines. Icariside II induced G1 phase cell cycle arrest by down-regulating Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK2, CDK4 and CDK6) and up-regulating Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor (p21 and p27). Importantly, Icariside II could induce differentiation of AML cells, accompanied by the up-regulation of Toll-like receptor 8 (TLR8), myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) and phosphorylated p38. Further study indicated the cell cycle arrest and differentiation induced by Icariside II could be abrogated by TLR8-specific inhibitor CU-CPT9a. Collectively, these findings firstly demonstrate Icariside II induces cell cycle arrest and differentiation of AML cells via activation of TLR8/MyD88/p38 pathway, suggesting Icariside II could be developed into a novel differentiation-inducing agent for AML.

PMID: 30579933 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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