title: Phorbol ester-induced differentiation of human T-lymphoblastic cell line HPB-ALL.
abstract: 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), a potent tumor promoter, induced phenotypic differentiation in the human thymic acute lymphocytic leukemia cell line, HPB-ALL. Within 30 min of seeding in the presence of TPA, the cells formed a smooth round shape. After a 7-day exposure to TPA, most of the cells became smaller and reminiscent of large or atypical lymphocytes. Electron microscopic analysis evidenced morphological differentiation in TPA-treated HPB-ALL cells. Thymic antigens stained with monoclonal antibody OKT6 were dramatically reduced while Leu2a-positive cells were increased in the TPA-treated HPB-ALL cells. However, OKT3-positive cells did not appear in these TPA-treated cells for up to 7 days. Upon TPA-induced phenotypic differentiation, the growth rate of cells was significantly inhibited, their ability to incorporate DNA and RNA via 3H-labeled precursors was reduced, their ability to bind sheep red blood cell rosettes was significantly increased, and the proportion of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-positive cells was decreased.
mesh_terms: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004253:DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid; D008297:Male; D010704:Phorbols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012313:RNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012397:Rosette Formation; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D010704:Phorbols; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA; D004253:DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate