title: Induction of eosinophilic granules, nonspecific esterase activity and CD14 expression in the human eosinophilic leukemia cell line, EOL-1.
abstract: We examined the expression of eosinophilic granules, esterase activity and CD14 in a human eosinophilic cell line, EoL-1. Unstimulated EoL-1 cells were weakly positive for nonspecific esterase, but negative for surface CD14, and contained a few eosinophilic granule-positive cells. A combination of G-CSF and TNF-alpha increased the eosinophilic granule-containing cells, but failed to increase esterase activity or CD14 expression. IFN-gamma alone or in combination with TNF-alpha enhanced nonspecific esterase activity but failed to induce CD14 expression or increase eosinophilic granule-containing cells. dbcAMP increased eosinophilic granule-containing cells, nonspecific esterase activity and CD14 expression. Specific esterase activity was not detected in any circumstances. EoL-1 cells fractionated by density gradients or CD14 expression showed nonspecific esterase activity and CD14 expression in both the eosinophilic granule-positive and negative cell populations. Forskolin and butyrate had a synergistic effect on CD14 induction and protein kinase A was suggested to play a role in dbcAMP-induced CD14 expression. A protein kinase C activator, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, did not increase eosinophilic granules, nonspecific esterase activity or CD14 expression in EoL-1 cells. The results show that EoL-1 cells can express nonspecific esterase and CD14, but the expression is not necessarily restricted to cells which have differentiated into the monocyte/macrophage lineage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shintaku
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohshima
authors.forename: E Y
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanazashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sumimoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohmori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heike
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mayumi
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic / Q000032:analysis; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002460:Cell Line; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004950:Esterases / Q000032:analysis*; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D018950:Lipopolysaccharide Receptors; D009000:Monocytes; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic; D018950:Lipopolysaccharide Receptors; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D005576:Colforsin; D003994:Bucladesine; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D004950:Esterases