title: Plasminogen activator activity in differentiating leukemia cells.
abstract: Plasminogen activator (PA) activity of human promyelocytic leukemia cell line HL-60 was assayed by following the conversion of plasminogen to plasmin and the plasmin-mediated hydrolysis of 14C-labeled globin. When HL-60 cells were induced to differentiate into macrophages by 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA), cell-associated PA activity and secretion of PA into the conditioned medium increased profoundly. PA activity increased earlier and as a result of lower concentrations of TPA than the ability of the cells to adhere. Exposure to 10(-6)M dexamethasone did not prevent TPA-induced adherence and produced a slight inhibition of cellular PA activity. These findings imply that TPA-induced differentiation of HL-60 cells to macrophage-like cells is associated with induction of PA activity.
mesh_terms: D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002460:Cell Line; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D005341:Fibrinolysin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000378:metabolism*; D010958:Plasminogen / Q000378:metabolism; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000032:analysis*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003907:Dexamethasone; D010958:Plasminogen; D010960:Plasminogen Activators; D005341:Fibrinolysin; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate