title: Synergism of prostaglandin E2 plus TNF in induction of differentiation of human monocytoid leukemic U-937 cells.
abstract: Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) induced differentiation of human monoblastic leukemia U-937 cells into cells with macrophage characteristics. PGE2 synergistically increased the differentiation, of U-937, ML-1 and HL-60 cells when combined with TNF. PGE1 and PGF2 also induced differentiation of U-937 cells; however, PGD2, deoxy-delta 9,12-13, 14-dihydro-PGD2 (delta 12-PGJ2), and PGI2 did not induce differentiation, either alone or in combination with TNF. PGE2 changed the dissociation constant of TNF for its receptors on U-937 cells only marginally, but it approximately doubled the number of binding sites.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hosoi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Konno
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004357:Drug Synergism; D006801:Humans; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000473:pathology*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000187:drug effects; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D015232:Dinoprostone