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Human monoblastoid cell line U-937 was adapted to grow in protein-free (protein-free hybridoma--PFH) medium and cloned by limiting dilution. Resulting cell subline (U-937/PF) cultured in protein-free medium was characterized by immunological, cytochemical and biochemical techniques. There were no major differences in immunophenotype (determined by FACS analysis with monoclonal antibodies directed to HLA and CD antigens) and cytochemical markers between the U-937/PF cells cultured in protein-free cell culture medium and parental U-937 cell cultured in serum-supplemented medium. Maximal cell density was slightly decreased in protein-free culture as compared to the parental cell line in FCS-supplemented medium. Cell viability and cell DNA histograms (determined by propidium iodide cytofluorimetry) showed no major differences between parental U-937 and U-937/PF cells. Phorbol ester (TPA)-induction of differentiation-associated cell markers resulted in a proliferation arrest and accumulation of G0/G1 cells in both sublines. All-trans retinoic acid and, to a lesser extent, TPA-stimulated NBT reduction was higher in parental U-937 cells cultured in serum-supplemented medium as compared to U-937/PF cells. Quantitative differences in the expression and inducibility of some cytochemical markers (beta-glucuronidase, chloroacetate esterase) were found between both examined sublines. Described U-937/PF subline cultured in a protein-free cell culture medium (PFH) appeared as a potential tool for studies of in vitro inducing agents and serum components with differentiation promoting (or inhibiting) activities.
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PMID:Human monoblastoid cell line U-937 cultured in protein-free medium: immunophenotype, cytochemical and biochemical markers. 195 65

The in vitro induced differentiation of a number of human leukemia cell lines by chemical inducers not only provides a valuable model system for the study on the mechanism of hematopoietic cell proliferation and differentiation at both cellular and molecular levels, but also reveals a new prospect in the treatment of leukemia. In order to find out the possibility of applying inducing agents to the patients with various types of leukemia, the bone marrow cells in primary culture from 50 patients with leukemia were tested for their inducibility in response to the inducers. Only M3 leukemia bone marrow cells can be markedly induced by retinoic acid to the myeloid terminal cells with positive NBT reduction while the cells of other types respond with uncertainty. TPA is able to cause a macrophage-like differentiation in bone marrow cells of all types of leukemia except M1. However, the leukemic cells of chronic myelogenous leukemia in lymphocytic blast crisis will lose response to TPA. The cultured bone marrow cells of acute lymphocytic leukemia respond neither to retinoic acid nor to TPA. Homoharringtonine, a chemotherapeutic drug used in the so-called HOAP regimen for acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, seems to possess the capability of inducing HL-60, the promyelocytic leukemia cell line, to NBT positive myeloid terminal cells, although the inducing effect is weaker than retinoic acid.
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PMID:Heterogenous response of primary cultured bone marrow cells of patients with different varieties of leukemia to differentiation inducers. 250 3

We investigated the influence of the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor 3-aminobenzamide (ABA) on induction of phenotypic markers of granulocyte differentiation by retinoic acid and markers of macrophage differentiation by TPA in HL-60 cells. The differentiation of HL-60 cells towards the granulocyte lineage was assessed by hexose monophosphate shunt activity, proportion of cells capable of reducing NBT dye, and the appearance of recognizable neutrophils and bands. The effect of ABA and retinoic acid on NBT dye reduction and appearance of mature neutrophils and bands was synergistic, whereas the effects of these agents on hexose monophosphate shunt activity were additive. The differentiation inducing capacity of ABA in the presence of retinoic acid was dose-related. The influence of ABA on TPA-induced markers of macrophage differentiation was assessed by determining the proportion of adherent cells produced after treatment and by measuring acid phosphatase activity in the adherent cell fraction. In the presence of ABA, the number of cells adhering to plastic declined after day 2 of exposure to TPA, and acid phosphatase activity in adherent cells was inhibited fourfold (p = 0.01). The influence of ABA on the phenotypic markers of granulocyte and macrophage differentiation was detectable at concentrations that were not cytotoxic. The influence of ABA on HL-60 differentiation is similar to that previously reported for human bone marrow CFU-GM. Our data suggest that poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase plays a role in differentiation of HL-60 cells and that HL-60 might provide a useful model for evaluating control mechanisms involved in the differentiation of CFU-GM.
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PMID:Influence of the poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor 3-aminobenzamide on macrophage and granulocyte differentiation of HL-60 cells. 308 78

Influence of sera of 15 patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) and 28 with acute myeloblastic leukaemia (AML) on proliferation and differentiation of human leukaemic cell lines K-562 and HL-60 in a 3 days liquid culture was examined. Differentiation of K-562 cells was measured by the percentage of cells synthesizing Hb, and HL-60 cells by the percentage of cells with positive NBT test and positive NSE activity. Additionally the influence of differentiation inducers such as hemin for K-562 and DMSO and TPA for HL-60 was examined. It has been found that sera of patients with ALL and AML inhibit the proliferation of K-562 and HL-60 cells, induce the differentiation of K-562 cells, but inhibit the induction of differentiation by hemin. The sera of the examined patients inhibit the differentiation of HL-60 into granulocytes and monocytes, but do not affect the differentiation induced with DMSO and TPA.
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PMID:[Influence of patients' sera in acute leukemia on proliferation and differentiation of K-562 and HL-60 cells in liquid culture]. 806 89

Tumor cells usually contain lower superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity than differentiating cells, suggesting the involvement of oxygen free radicals in cell maturation. The effects of a system known to produce the OH. radicals were tested on HL-60 cells cultured under optimum conditions for 96 hr. Hydroxyl radicals were generated by a Fenton reaction, involving an ADP-Fe2+ (or ATP-Fe2+) complex and H2O2. Changes induced by OH. were compared to the effects of DMSO-induced differentiation of HL-60 cells. Cell numbers, viability, thymidine incorporation, TPA-induced NBT reduction and propidium iodide staining in flow cytometry were determined. The OH. generating system inhibited the growth and thymidine incorporation of leukemic cells in a manner dependent on the dose of added H2O2 (from 0.005 to 0.05 mM). In addition, an increasing proportion of the treated cells displayed signs of cell differentiation. In DMSO-treated cells, SOD and catalase activities increased after 6 days of culturing. The results show that a portion of the OH. free radicals derived from H2O2, produced by the action of SOD, may be a necessary prerequisite for differentiation, whereas an overproduction of OH. causes cell lethality or aging. We suggest that OH. free radicals may have a more complex role in cell physiology than simply causing oxidative damage.
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PMID:Induction of granulocytic maturation in HL-60 human leukemia cells by free radicals: a hypothesis of cell differentiation involving hydroxyl radicals. 822 30

Although myelomonoblastic leukemia is thought to originate from a malignant transformation of the stem cell of the mononuclear phagocyte system, malignant histiocytosis (MH) is classically assumed to represent a malignant change of the terminal and fixed elements of this system. Indeed, MH is characterized by the proliferation of large, clear, pleomorphic, "histiocytic-like" HLADR and CD30+ cells resulting in a nodal and extranodal disseminated neoplasm affecting preferentially and severely children and young adults. Although there is broad agreement on the clinicopathologic presentation of this condition, there is currently quite a controversy over the T-lymphoid or histiocytic origin of the proliferative cells that results in a nosologic discussion between the anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) advocates and the MH supporters. This article has dealt mainly with this nosologic discussion and with the contributions provided by the investigations performed on MH permanent cell lines. These in vitro studies have demonstrated that the proliferation is characterized by a unique chromosomal abnormality, the 5q35bp usually associated with a t(2;5) translocation generating a fusion gene NPM/ALK and the subsequent translation of p80 protein. Although it is known that no single chromosomal abnormality is strictly restricted to a cell lineage, this 5q35bp and associated translocations seem today to represent the hallmark for this condition. In view of these chromosomal aberrations, the CD30+ ALCLs represent a heterogeneous group because 15% to 50% express the NPM/ALK fusion gene. In addition, these in vitro investigations have shown that 5q35bp proliferative cells are glass-adherent, can develop an immunodependent phagocytosis, and are able to reduce NBT and produce TNF-alpha. More significantly, they express constitutively the c-fms (the receptor of the macrophage growth factor) and, under TPA stimulation, are able to modulate the expression of this receptor and its ligand, as well as TNF-alpha and IL-1. None of these cell lines express CD3, but several express CD68 and CD71. In contrast, genomic investigations have shown the underlying existence of monoallelic and even biallelic gene rearrangements for TCR beta and IgJH. In view of these discrepancies between the genomic and phenotypic features of these cells, the histogenetic debate should remain open but must take into account these new chromosomal and molecular data.
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PMID:Malignant histiocytosis. Histologic, cytochemical, chromosomal, and molecular data with a nosologic discussion. 956 12

Immunosenescence is an age-associated dysregulation of the immune function, which contributes to increased susceptibility to disease in the elderly. Alveolar macrophages (AM) are known phagocytes that generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO), essential mediators for host defence. We studied phagocytosis, ROS and NO production in AM obtained from young, adult and senescent rats (1-2, 9-12 and 18-24 months old, respectively) after exposure to lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 0.1-10 microg mL(-1)), 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA, 0.1 microg mL(-1)) or LPS + TPA in culture. Phagocytosis was significantly lower in control AM from adult rats than in AM from young animals. Nevertheless, AM from adult animals pretreated with LPS exhibited higher phagocytic capacity than AM from younger animals. ROS was identified by the NBT test at single cell level and quantified by automated image analysis. When TPA was added to all three populations, AM from adult and senescent animals responded more than AM from young animals. All LPS-stimulated AM produce more NO than controls. However, NO production increased three-, four- and two-fold in young, adult and senescent animals, respectively. Our results demonstrate that AM from young, adult and senescent animals display differential responsiveness to inflammatory mediators. Therefore, aging processes markedly affect AM metabolic functions and may further compromise the lung immune defence response, increasing adverse long-term health effects.
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PMID:Age-dependent change in reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide generation by rat alveolar macrophages. 1288 8

In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), cell proliferation and differentiation are uncoupled, causing a maturation block. Induction of terminal differentiation is a potential therapeutic strategy. 1alpha, 25(OH)2 Vitamin D3 regulates differentiation and is immunomodulatory at concentrations causing severe hypercalcemia, thus limiting its use. We investigated 1alpha, 25(OH)2 Vitamin D3 and 5 of its more potent analogs with reduced calcium resorbing activity for differentiation of blast cells from AML (FAB M1) patients, compared to TPA. Blast phenotype, p-glycoprotein expression, cytokine production, and lineage specificity were examined. The Vitamin D3 analogs had no effect on cell viability and proliferation. They induced incomplete differentiation, with increase in AP, NSE and NBT positivity of cells, but no cell sticking and spreading as observed with TPA. The analogs were more effective than the parent compound. They also inhibited the production of IL-6 and IL-8. Vitamin D3 and its analogs can induce differentiation of primary cells from AML patients in vitro, but may need to be combined with other agents for terminal differentiation of blasts and effective therapy in vivo.
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PMID:Effect of 1,25(OH)2 Vitamin D3 analogs on differentiation induction and cytokine modulation in blasts from acute myeloid leukemia patients. 1537 Feb 59