title: Lipid composition of Friend leukemia cells following induction of erythroid differentiation by dimethyl sulfoxide.
abstract: The effects of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)-induced differentiation of Friend leukemia cells in vitro on the lipid composition of these cells have been examined. DMSO had no early effect on the incorporation of either [14C]glycerol or [3H]methyl choline chloride into the total lipids or individual phospholipids of Friend cells up to 240 min after addition of the inducer. Examination of DMSO-differentiated Friend cell phospholipids revealed a percentage composition which was similar to control cells, with phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine in both uninduced and differentiated cells accounting for over 75% of the total phospholipid. Sphingomyelin levels were significantly lower in Friend cells than in normal adult mouse erythrocytes, and differentiation of murine erythroleukemia cells resulted in a further lowering of this phospholipid. In contrast, a significant increase in the level of phosphatidylethanolamine occurred as a result of maturation. Fatty acid analysis of major lipid classes of differentiated Friend cells showed significant reduction in saturation, but no alteration in chain length in comparison to undifferentiated cells. A pronounced decrease in the cellular content of both free and esterified cholesterol, which resulted in a 45% decrease in the ratio of cholesterol/phospholipids, occurred in cells differentiated by the polar solvent. The findings indicate that erythrodifferentiation induced by DMSO results in a variety of changes in the lipid composition of the membranes of Friend leukemia cells.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis*; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000032:analysis; D051379:Mice; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D008055:Lipids; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D010743:Phospholipids; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide