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¹ Department of Hematology and Respiratory Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan and ² Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

Requests for reprints: Takayuki Ikezoe, Department of Hematology and Respiratory Medicine, KMS, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, 783-8505 Kochi, Japan. Phone: 81-88-880-2345; Fax: 81-88-880-2348. E-mail: ikezoet{at}med.kochi-ms.ac.jp

This study found that oridonin, a natural diterpenoid purified from Rabdosia rubescens, inhibited growth of multiple myeloma (MM; U266, RPMI8226), acute lymphoblastic T-cell leukemia (Jurkat), and adult T-cell leukemia (MT-1) cells with an effective dose that inhibited 50% of target cells (ED₅₀) ranging from 0.75 to 2.7 µg/mL. Terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase–mediated dUTP nick end labeling staining showed that oridonin caused apoptosis of MT-1 cells in a time-dependent manner. We explored effects of oridonin on antiapoptotic Bcl-2 family members and found that it down-regulated levels of Mcl-1 and BCL-x_L, but not Bcl-2 protein, in both MT-1 and RPMI8226 cells. Further studies found that oridonin inhibited nuclear factor-B (NF-B) DNA-binding activity in these cells as measured by luciferase reporter gene, ELISA-based, and electrophoretic mobility shift assays. Oridonin also blocked tumor necrosis factor-– and lipopolysaccharide-stimulated NF-B activity in Jurkat cells as well as RAW264.7 murine macrophages. Of note, oridonin decreased survival of freshly isolated adult T-cell leukemia (three samples), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (one sample), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (one sample), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (three samples), and MM (four samples) cells from patients in association with inhibition of NF-B DNA-binding activity. On the other hand, oridonin did not affect survival of normal lymphoid cells from healthy volunteers. Taken together, oridonin might be useful as adjunctive therapy for individuals with lymphoid malignancies, including the lethal disease adult T-cell leukemia.

Key Words: oridonin • Bcl-2 • NF-B • lymphoid malignancy

Grant support: Ministry of Education, Culture Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan and NIH grants, Parker Hughes Trust, and Inger Fund (H.P. Koeffler).

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Received 10/11/04; revised 1/10/05; accepted 2/ 3/05.