title: Induction of the oxidative response and of concanavalin A-binding capacity in maturing human U937 cells.
abstract: Differentiation of U937 cells with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) induces high stimulation by concanavalin A of the respiratory burst as well as an increase in concanavalin A-binding cell capacity. New concanavalin A-binding proteins are detected as differentiated U937 cells acquire their capacity to be activated by concanavalin A. We identified several concanavalin A-binding proteins, of molecular mass 30-200 kDa, in PMA-differentiated cells, but only some of them seem to be directly related to the concanavalin A effect on the respiratory burst. One of these candidates could be a glycoprotein with an apparent molecular mass of 140 kDa which behaved as a major concanavalin A-binding protein and is expressed on differentiated cells at the time these cells respond maximally to concanavalin A.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Balsinde
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mollinedo
mesh_terms: D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011952:Receptors, Concanavalin A / Q000032:analysis*; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D015054:Zymosan / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011952:Receptors, Concanavalin A; D003208:Concanavalin A; D013481:Superoxides; D000001:Calcimycin; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D015054:Zymosan; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate