title: Cell differentiation and cell cycle effects on human promyelocytic leukemia cells induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate.
abstract: As has been reported, doses of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) as small as 1 to 100 ng/ml induced human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells to differentiate terminally into macrophage-like cells rather than toward cells of the granulocytic series. This differentiation was accompanied by the appearance of monocyte/macrophage markers and by the disappearance of myeloid markers from the view point of enzyme cytochemistry. Contrasted to untreated HL-60 cells, TPA-treated cells increased in cell size and showed increased phagocytotic activities against opsonized sheep blood red cells and activated yeast. Nitroblue tetrazolium-positive cells increased rapidly after TPA exposure. The alterations of the cell cycle traverse of HL-60 cells by TPA were analyzed by [3H]thymidine autoradiography, flow microfluorimetry, and mitotic cell counting. TPA sequentially caused (a) inhibition of cells to move from G1 to S near G1/S boundary in G1; (b) temporary inhibition in G2; (c) growth arrest of most cells in G1 within 2 to 3 days after TPA exposure.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugihara
mesh_terms: D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002460:Cell Line; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; D008938:Mitosis / Q000187:drug effects; D009580:Nitroblue Tetrazolium / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects; D010641:Phenotype; D010704:Phorbols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011961:Receptors, Fc / Q000187:drug effects; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D010704:Phorbols; D011961:Receptors, Fc; D009580:Nitroblue Tetrazolium; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate