Objective To study the mechanism of protein extracted from nidus vespae protein(NVP) on anti-leukemia and provide experimental and theoretical evidence for exploring new anti-leukemia drugs. Methods The effect of the NVP on cell growth and morphological changes of K562 cells was observed by using cell culture and transmission electronic microscopy,the effect of NVP on apoptosis-associated signal transduct protein NF-? Bp65,?-catenin and iNOS of K562 cells was detected via immunohistochemical method and image analysis system. Results(1) The saturation destinity of K562 cells in NVP group was decreased which suggested that the proliferation was inhibited.(2) In the NVP group typical apoptosis morphological changes were observed in the K562 cells under transmission electronic microscope.(3) The result of immunohistochemistry showed that the expression of NF-? Bp65,?-catenin and iNOS of K562 cells in the NVP group decreased.The optical density(A) values of NF-?Bp65,?-catenin analysed by the image analysis system were decreased in the NVP group.Conclusion The NVP can inhibit the proliferation of K562 cell prominently,and the mechanism probably is that the apoptosis is induced via regulating the expression of apoptosis-associated signal transducted factors NF-?Bp65,?-catenin and iNOS.

AIM: Utilizing mRNA fluorescent differential display RT-PCR in our previous study,we found that the mRNA expression level of an intermediate protein(IF)-desmuslin was dramatically down-regulated in the abnormal veins of patients with primary vein incompetence.In this study,we testified the alteration of desmuslin expressing style at gene transcription and translation levels.METHODS: Specific PCR primers were designed according to the sequence of desmuslin mRNA.The cDNA fragments of desmuslin obtained from differential display were labeled by DIG as specific probes.Then semi-quantitative RT-PCR and Northern blotting techniques were applied to investigate the expression level of desmuslin mRNA in normal and abnormal veins.Simultaneously,the specific single-cloned antibody bestowed by Yuji Mizuno was used to evaluate the amount of DMN protein in the two groups by Western blotting and immunohistochemical techniques.RESULTS: In the abnormal veins isolated from the patients with primary vein incompetence,the expression of desmuslin mRNA was significantly down-regulated,compared with that in control group(semi-quantitative RT-PCR: 0.19?0.05 vs 0.83?0.08,P