title: Nitric oxide modulation of the growth and differentiation of freshly isolated acute non-lymphocytic leukemia cells.
abstract: Freshly isolated acute non-lymphocytic leukemia (ANLL) cells were treated with the nitric oxide (NO)-liberating compounds sodium nitroprusside or S-nitrosoacetyl penicillamine and analyzed for viability, growth, and differentiation at 3-5 days. NO decreased the viability and the growth of freshly isolated ANLL cells in vitro. NO treatment significantly increased expression of CD14 in blast cells from patients with M5 ANLL, and increased at least one differentiation parameter in M4 or M5 cells. It had little or no effect on parameters of differentiation in other ANLL cells. We conclude that in vitro culture with NO decreases the growth and viability of most freshly isolated ANLL cells. NO also induces the differentiation of ANLL cells with a monocytic phenotype.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Shami
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gockerman
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Hathorn
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Misukonis
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Weinberg
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000473:pathology*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D010396:Penicillamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D026423:S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D009599:Nitroprusside; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D026423:S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine; D010396:Penicillamine