title: Superoxide production and chemiluminescence induced in differentiated HL-60 cells by the chemoattractant formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine.
abstract: Superoxide production and chemiluminescence induced in differentiated HL-60 cells by the chemoattractant formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine: In order to study the generation of oxidative metabolites in relation to cell differentiation, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and retinoic acid (RA) differentiated HL-60 cells were stimulated with the chemotactic peptide formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP). The oxidative response was measured as luminol-dependent chemiluminescence, lucigenin-dependent chemiluminescence, and cytochrome c reduction. Cells grown in the presence of DMSO or RA progressively expressed morphological changes, and when the mature cells were exposed to FMLP the cells produced oxidative metabolites. Quantitatively the HL-60 cells grown in the presence of DMSO gave rise to the most pronounced response. No correlation was obtained between superoxide production, luminol-chemiluminescence and lucigenin-dependent chemiluminescence, indicating that different aspects of the oxidative response are elucidated by the three different methods. Furthermore, the experiments show that DMSO and RA-induced differentiation of HL-60 cells leads to granulocyte-like cells with different abilities to produce oxidative metabolites, possibly due to differences in receptor function.
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000378:metabolism; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000378:metabolism; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D013481:Superoxides; D014212:Tretinoin; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide