title: Establishment of a human cell line (Mono Mac 6) with characteristics of mature monocytes.
abstract: A monocytic cell line, termed Mono Mac, was established from peripheral blood of a patient with monoblastic leukemia. Two clones, designated Mono Mac I and Mono Mac 6, were isolated and both were assigned to the monocyte lineage on the basis of morphological, cytochemical and immunological criteria. Most importantly, the clones express NaF-sensitive non-specific-esterase, produce reactive oxygen and stain with MAb My4. Mono Mac 6, in addition, constitutively exhibits phagocytosis of antibody-coated erythrocytes in 80% of the cells and reacts with a panel of MAbs that are specific for mature monocytes, i.e., M42, LeuM3, 63D3, Mo2 and UCHMI. By contrast, the monoblastic cell lines U937 and THP-I are negative for all these markers. Only expression of My4 could be detected after differentiation induced by interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma). Similar treatment of Mono Mac I, however, resulted in staining with all the monocyte-specific MAbs mentioned above, while IFN-gamma treatment of Mono Mac 6 enhanced antigen expression. In addition, the cells showed an increased frequency of multinucleated cells with a rise from 4.8% to 21.9%. Mono Mac 6 appears to be the only one of the cell lines studied to constitutively express phenotypic and functional features of mature monocytes.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Immunology, University of Munich, FRG.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Ziegler-Heitbrock
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thiel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fütterer
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Herzog
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wirtz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Riethmüller
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D006801:Humans; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000473:pathology; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear