title: Appearance of membrane-bound tyrosine kinase during differentiation of HL-60 leukemia cells by immune interferon and tumor necrosis factor.
abstract: The effect of immune interferon (IFN-gamma) and recombinant tumor necrosis factor (rTNF-alpha) on cellular differentiation was investigated in human promyelocytic leukemia cell line HL-60. Both IFN-gamma and rTNF-alpha induced the appearance of the monocytic phenotype in a dose- and time-dependent manner as assessed by morphology, reduction of nitroblue tetrazolium and the induction of alpha-naphthyl butyrate esterase. Utilizing a nondenaturing polyacrylamide electrophoretic assay, it was revealed that a membrane-bound tyrosine kinase activity accompanied the appearance of the differentiated cell type. These results suggest that the induction of membrane-bound tyrosine kinase activity by IFN-gamma and rTNF-alpha may be an important characteristic of monocytic differentiation.
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases