title: Platelet-derived growth factor. Phorbol ester induces the expression of the B-chain but not of the A-chain in HEL cells.
abstract: It was shown previously [(1984) EMBO J. 3, 453-459] that after treatment of the human erythroleukemia cell line HEL with phorbol ester and dimethyl sulfoxide there was a marked increase in the amounts of megakaryocytic markers, especially of platelet alpha-granule proteins and platelet glycoproteins. In order to investigate this differentiation process further we have studied the expression of the mRNA encoding PDGF-A and PDGF-B (c-sis). Upon addition of the phorbol ester to the culture medium the expression of the c-sis transcript was enhanced about 7-fold over a period of 4 days. With dimethyl sulfoxide there was no significant stimulation of the expression. Addition of cycloheximide to HEL cells treated for a short period with phorbol ester superinduced the expression of the c-sis gene. The HEL cells did not express the A-chain mRNA even in the presence of phorbol ester or dimethyl sulfoxide. This leads us to propose that synthesis of the PDGF-A chain and PDGF-B chain is differentially regulated in the megakaryocytic-like HEL cell line.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Weich
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Herbst
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Schairer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoppe
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002460:Cell Line; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D004915:Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute / Q000378:metabolism*; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010703:Phorbol Esters; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide