Distinct histamine-induced cyclic AMP synthesis in acute leukemia.
Histamine receptors of the H2 type are found on mature hemopoetic cells such as lymphocytes and monocytes. Since little is known about histamine receptors on immature cells, we studied histamine-induced cAMP synthesis in leukemic cells of 51 patients using 73 samples of peripheral blood and/or bone marrow. Histamine-induced cAMP synthesis was found in all cALL (FAB L1, L2), but only occasionally in AML. In 1 out of 11 myelomonocytic leukemias (M4), and also in 2 out of 5 monocytic leukemias (FAB M5), histamine-inducible cAMP synthesis was found, but no induction of cAMP synthesis by histamine was found in 19 cases from the remaining subgroups (FAB M1-M3, M6). The inhibiting action of H2 antagonists on cAMP synthesis indicates that the receptor is of the H2 type. Since H2 receptors were found in all cALL blasts, we assume a compulsory expression of this receptor on immature cells of the B-lymphocytic lineage.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005260:Female; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000502:physiology; D006633:Histamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000378:metabolism*; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000378:metabolism; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009994:Osmolar Concentration
D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D006632:Histamine; D000242:Cyclic AMP