title: The effects of lithium on the growth and phorbol ester (TPA) induced differentiation of two HL-60 sublines.
abstract: Two sublines of a human promyelocytic cell line, HL-60, were used to study the effect of lithium on TPA (12-o-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate) induced macrophage-like differentiation. Although these sublines, HL-60 M and HL-60 JE, had different growth rates, both showed enhanced proliferation when treated with 5 mM lithium (128 +/- 2 and 141 +/- 1% in comparison to controls after 5 days of incubation, respectively). Treatment of the sublines with TPA for 72 h resulted in macrophage-like differentiation (assessed by cell adhesion) of about 90% at 10 nM TPA in HL-60 JE, whereas a maximum of 50% at 100 nM TPA was obtained in HL-60 M. Differentiation was also confirmed by non-specific esterase activity. However, incubation of both sublines with TPA and 5 mM lithium revealed that lithium has little or no effect on the macrophage-like differentiation of the HL-60 cell line.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of the North, Sovenga, South Africa.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Masemola
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Tyobeka
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D008094:Lithium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D008094:Lithium; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate