title: Gene expression during phorbol ester-induced differentiation of cultured human megakaryoblastic cells.
abstract: Platelet protein makeup is determined during transformation of megakaryoblasts to mature megakaryocytes, the immediate precursor of circulating platelets. To better understand the molecular mechanisms of megakaryocyte formation, gene expression was characterized by Northern analysis and RNA fingerprinting of cultured human CHRF-288 megakaryoblastic cells undergoing phorbol ester-stimulated megakaryocytic differentiation or serum-stimulated megakaryoblast proliferation. Protooncogenes c-fos and c-jun were coordinately upregulated in both proliferating and differentiating cells, whereas c-myc transcripts were upregulated during proliferation only. In contrast, mRNAs for transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) and thromboxane receptors were coordinately upregulated during differentiation but differentially regulated during proliferation. RNA fingerprinting revealed multiple transcripts specific to either proliferating or differentiated cells. Three of these were identified by homology to known DNA sequence: CDw44 adhesion molecule (upregulated during differentiation), glutathione sulfhydryl peroxidase (downregulated during differentiation), and plectin cytoskeletal protein (upregulated during differentiation). Thus, although megakaryoblast proliferation and megakaryocyte differentiation both involve DNA and protein synthesis, each growth response is characterized by a distinct pattern of gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0542.
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Dorn
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D017931:DNA Primers; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects; D016762:Genes, fos / Q000187:drug effects; D016758:Genes, jun / Q000187:drug effects; D016259:Genes, myc / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007947:Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute; D008533:Megakaryocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes / Q000187:drug effects*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017482:Receptors, Thromboxane / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D017482:Receptors, Thromboxane; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate