title: Tumor necrosis factor secreted by transformed human B lymphocytes: lack of an autocrine growth effect.
abstract: There is evidence that tumor necrosis factor (TNF) may be a proliferation and differentiation factor for B lymphocytes. We found that three of four lymphoblastoid cell lines (ADD, IM-9, W1) secreted TNF-beta and expressed TNF receptors, whereas one pre-B cell leukemia and six Burkitt's lymphoma cell lines had no detectable TNF secretion and, except for one Burkitt's cell line (LOU), very low expression of TNF receptors. When IM-9, W1 or LOU cells were cultured over seven days in the presence of either TNF-alpha or antiserum to TNF-beta there was no difference between their growth rate, endogenous TNF-beta secretion or immunoglobulin secretion compared to untreated cells. These findings indicate that TNF does not have a universal role as an autocrine growth factor in transformed B lymphocytes.
authors.affiliation: Burnet Clinical Research Unit, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pirisi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vasiliadis
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002455:Cell Division; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000494:pharmacology; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000378:metabolism; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007106:Immune Sera; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha