title: A quantitative ultrastructural and cytochemical study of TPA-induced differentiation in HL-60 cells.
abstract: The effects of the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate on morphometric and stereological parameters have been studied using the HL-60 cell line as a differentiation model for the monocytic pathway. Evaluation of the differentiation was carried out by quantification of endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, mitochondria and cytoplasmic granules. Changes in both nuclear and cytoplasmic volumes during TPA-induced differentiation led to a decrease of the nucleus-cytoplasmic ratio after 3 days of treatment. Plasma membrane glycoprotein pattern was also determined. The major change in cell surface was the presence of high amounts of glycoproteins containing N-acetyl glucosamine residues that make wheatgerm agglutinin lectin a valuable marker of the monocytic differentiation pathway in HL-60 cells.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Córdoba, Spain.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Burón
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Aguilera
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: González-Reyes
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Villalba
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Alcaín
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Navas
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009000:Monocytes / Q000473:pathology; D015388:Organelles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate