title: Relationships between B cell and myeloid differentiation. Studies with a B lymphocyte progenitor line, HAFTL-1.
abstract: A cell line, HAFTL-1, derived by in vitro transformation of fetal liver cells with v-Ha-ras, was found to have molecular and phenotypic characteristics of pro-B cells recently committed to the Ly-1+ B cell differentiation pathway. Stimulation of these cells with LPS resulted in their differentiation within either the B or myelomonocytic lineages. Thus, lines derived from LPS-stimulated HAFTL-1 cells were shown to be clonally related, as evidenced by common v-ras integrations, but to exhibit characteristics of pre-B cells (ThB expression, continuing DJ heavy chain rearrangements) or mature macrophages (expression of Mac-1 and Mac-2, lysozyme and nonspecific esterase production, phagocytosis) while maintaining their Ly-1+ phenotype. These results suggest that events resulting in the irrevocable commitment to a single lineage occur late in differentiation, at least within the pathway yielding Ly-1+ B cells and a proposed subpopulation of Ly-1+ monocytes and macrophages. Final commitment to these lineages is carefully orchestrated, as evidenced by restricted expression of Ly-5 isoforms and production of IgH transcripts.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rudikoff
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Morse
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000950:Antigens, Ly / Q000032:analysis; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000032:analysis; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002460:Cell Line; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000032:analysis; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000235:genetics; D015847:Interleukin-4; D007378:Interleukins / Q000494:pharmacology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008099:Liver; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D009000:Monocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000209:etiology; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010641:Phenotype; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D000950:Antigens, Ly; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D007378:Interleukins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D015847:Interleukin-4; D004247:DNA