title: Stimulatory effect of tumor necrosis factor-alpha on the growth of CMK, a human megakaryoblastic leukemia cell line.
abstract: Recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) was found to stimulate the growth of CMK, a human megakaryoblastic leukemia cell line. This stimulatory effect of TNF-alpha was blocked by anti-TNF-alpha antibody, but antibodies to recombinant human interleukin 3, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and interleukin 6 (all growth factors for CMK cells) did not reduce the stimulatory effect of TNF-alpha. Scatchard analysis showed that CMK cells expressed TNF-alpha receptors on the cell surface. The growth of CMK cells was also stimulated by lymphotoxin, which shares the same receptor as TNF-alpha. These results suggest that TNF-alpha stimulated the growth of CMK cells directly via its specific receptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teramura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mizoguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000276:immunology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000276:immunology; D007947:Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D007377:Interleukin-3; D015850:Interleukin-6; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor