title: Vitamin D compounds. Effect on clonal proliferation and differentiation of human myeloid cells.
abstract: We examined the effect of 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1 alpha,25(OH)2D3) and a variety of vitamin D analogs on proliferation and differentiation of normal and leukemic myeloid clonogenic cells. Only cells from myeloid leukemic lines that contained relatively mature cells (HL-60, U937, THP, HEL, M1) were induced to differentiate and were inhibited in their clonal growth by exposure to 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 (50% inhibition, 3 X 10(-8)-8 X 10(-10) M). A fluorinated analog of vitamin D was 5-10-fold more potent than 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3. Cells from a human myeloblast line (KG-1) and normal human granulocyte-monocyte stem cells (GM-CFC), both of which depend on colony-stimulating factor (CSF) for clonal growth, were stimulated in their clonal proliferation by 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 in the presence of suboptimal concentrations of CSF. Leukemic cells from 10 of 14 patients with myeloid leukemia, but not normal GM-CFC from 12 patients in remission, were markedly inhibited in their clonal proliferation by 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3. Our results suggest that 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 may be a cofactor in hematopoiesis and that vitamin D analogs may have a differential effect on normal versus leukemic growth.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Munker
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Norman
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Koeffler
mesh_terms: D002117:Calcitriol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014410:Tumor Stem Cell Assay
chemical_list: D002117:Calcitriol