title: Induction of differentiation of human monoblastic and myeloblastic leukemia cell lines by TNF muteins.
abstract: The differentiation inducing activity of five recombinant human tumor necrosis factor (rHuTNF) muteins, prepared by protein engineering techniques, was compared by measuring the ability to reduce nitroblue tetrazolium dye of human myelogenous leukemia cells. TNF(C-Phe), in which the C-terminal leucine of TNF molecule was replaced by phenylalanine, was 20-times as potent in induction of differentiation of U-937 cells as the parent TNF(N-Met), in which methionine was added to N-terminal sequence of TNF. The differentiation inducing activity of TNF muteins was not always proportional to their binding activity to the receptors nor to their cytotoxicity on U-937 cells.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kamijo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagumo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Konno
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikehara
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009580:Nitroblue Tetrazolium; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000187:drug effects; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D009580:Nitroblue Tetrazolium