title: Inhibition of differentiation in a murine F9 embryonal carcinoma cell subline by leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF).
abstract: Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is a cytokine previously shown to maintain pluripotent embryonic stem cells in their undifferentiated state. We have examined the effects of LIF in nullipotent embryonal carcinoma cell lines, and have found that LIF blocks differentiation induced by retinoic acid and at low temperature in OTF9 cells. LIF did not block differentiation in a parent F9 cell line. For OTF9 cells, LIF acts early in differentiation, inhibiting the appearance of parietal endoderm-type product cells. However, it acts subsequent to retinoic acid, and at least one early retinoic acid-induced event is unaltered in the presence of LIF. This finding provides both a means of dissecting the cascade of events leading to EC cell differentiation, and a well-characterised target cell type for studying the mechanism of action of LIF.
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Division of Biomolecular Engineering, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hilton
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Gough
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sleigh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002460:Cell Line; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015850:Interleukin-6; D007700:Kinetics; D053605:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor; D053680:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Receptor alpha Subunit; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D009857:Oncogenes; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D020598:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism; D053606:Receptors, OSM-LIF; D013724:Teratoma; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D006131:Growth Inhibitors; D015850:Interleukin-6; D053605:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor; D053680:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Receptor alpha Subunit; C507838:Lif protein, mouse; C507841:Lifr protein, mouse; D008222:Lymphokines; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D020598:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D053606:Receptors, OSM-LIF; D014212:Tretinoin; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases