title: Suppressive effect of interleukin-4 on the differentiation of M1 and HL60 myeloid leukemic cells.
abstract: The effect of interleukin-4 (IL-4) on the proliferation and differentiation of myeloid leukemic cell lines was studied in vitro. A culture of murine myeloid cell line, M1, with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Escherichia coli, induced differentiation into macrophages that expressed Fc receptors and phagocytic activity. IL-4 did not induce the differentiation of M1 cells but inhibited the differentiation of M1 cells induced with LPS. On the other hand, LPS arrested the proliferation of M1 cells. IL-4 had no effect on the proliferation of M1 cells but restored the LPS-induced arrest of the proliferation of M1 cells. IL-1, IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) also induced the differentiation of M1 cells into macrophages and arrested proliferation. IL-4 suppressed the IL-1-, IL-6-, and TNF-induced differentiation of M1 cells and restored the arrested proliferation with IL-1, IL-6, and TNF. Similar results were obtained with human myeloid cell line HL60. These results suggest that IL-4 has a suppressive effect on the differentiation of myeloid cells into macrophages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology and Parasitology, Hiroshima University, School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shirakawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000502:physiology*; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D015847:Interleukin-4