title: Dimethyl sulfoxide-inducible cytoplasmic factor involved in erythroid differentiation in mouse erythroleukemia (Friend) cells.
abstract: A previous report described an intracellular factor (differentiation-inducing factor I, or DIF-I) that seems to play a role in erythroid differentiation in mouse erythroleukemia (MEL) cells. We have detected another erythroid-inducing factor in cell-free extracts from dimethyl sulfoxide- or hexamethylenebis(acetamide)-treated MEL cells, which acts synergistically with DIF-I. The partially purified factor (termed DIF-II) triggered erythroid differentiation when introduced into undifferentiated MEL cells that had been potentiated by the induction of DIF-I. The activity in the extracts appeared in an inducible manner after addition of dimethyl sulfoxide or hexamethylenebis(acetamide), reached a maximum at 6 hr, and then rapidly decreased. The induction was inhibited by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and also by cycloheximide. No induction was observed in a mutant MEL cell line defective in erythroid differentiation. These characteristics are consistent with the supposition that DIF-II is one of the putative dimethyl sulfoxide-inducible factors detected in previously reported cell-fusion and cytoplast-fusion experiments. The role of DIF-II in MEL-cell differentiation and in vitro differentiation in general is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000502:physiology; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004920:Erythropoiesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D004915:Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute / Q000473:pathology*; D051379:Mice; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011506:Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide