title: Hypophosphorylation of pRB and repression of cyclin D3 and cdc25A during the granulocytic differentiation of human myeloblastic leukemia ML-1 cells.
abstract: Recently we succeeded in inducing synergistic differentiation toward granulocytes in human myeloblastic leukemia ML-1 cells by treatment of ATRA in combination with GM-CSF. To research the mechanism of this differentiation process, we examined expression of cell cycle-related genes that are concerned with cell growth and differentiation. We detected change to the hypophosphorylated form of pRB and down-regulation of cyclin D3 and cdc25A during induced differentiation. Furthermore, these marked alterations were hardly detected in ML-1 cells treated with ATRA or GM-CSF alone. These results suggest that hypophosphorylation of pRB and repression of cyclin D3 and cdc25A are induced synergistically by treatment with ATRA plus GM-CSF in ML-1 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene-Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Awai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation; D056743:Cyclin D3; D016213:Cyclins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D020687:cdc25 Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C534696:CCND3 protein, human; D056743:Cyclin D3; D016213:Cyclins; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein; C517004:CDC25A protein, human; D020687:cdc25 Phosphatases