title: Sphinganine potentiation of dimethyl sulfoxide-induced granulocyte differentiation, increase of alkaline phosphatase activity and decrease of protein kinase C activity in a human leukemia cell line (HL-60).
abstract: The differentiation of HL-60 promyelocytic cells toward mature granulocytic cells induced by dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was accompanied by a quantitative similar increase in alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity and decrease in protein kinase C (PKC) activity. The combination of DMSO and sphinganine (SP), a potent inhibitor of PKC, increased in parallel the percentage of mature cells and the ALP activity. The enhancement of DMSO-induced differentiation and the potentiation of the decrease of PKC activity by SP also seemed to correlate with each other. Our results indicate that both ALP and PKC may play a role in the DMSO-induced granulocytic differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Chang Gung Medical College, Taiwan R.O.C.
authors.forename: B Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Yung
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Hsiao
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Hui
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002460:Cell Line; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D013110:Sphingosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D011493:Protein Kinase C; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D013110:Sphingosine; C005682:safingol; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide