title: AMF/G6PI induces differentiation of leukemic cells via an unknown receptor that differs from gp78.
abstract: Autocrine Motility Factor (AMF)/maturation factor (MF)/neuroleukin (NLK) is a multifunctional protein, which acts as a glucose 6-phosphate isomerase (G6PI) intracellularly. Exto-G6PI stimulates invasion and metastasis of tumor cells, neurotropic growth and differentiation of leukemic cells. The cell motility and proliferation receptor is known to be gp78 (78 kilo-Dalton glycoprotein), which has seven transmembrane domains in its N-terminal region, but the maturation factor receptor remains unclear. The human acute monocytic leukemia line does not express gp78 and its motile activity is not enhanced by AMF though it is well differentiated by AMF exposure. The forced expression of gp78 in leukemic cells recovered acceptable motile stimulation, concomitant with reduced differentiation ability. Two unknown proteins were detected by crosslinking between AMF and leukemic cells. The results of this report suggest that the receptor molecule for AMF/NLK/MF in leukemic differentiation is not gp78.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Health and Environmental Science, Gifu Prefectural Government, Kakamigahara, Japan. haga-arayo@pref.gifu.lg.jp
authors.forename: Arayo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haga
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Komazaki
authors.forename: Tatsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Funasaka
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Hideomi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Avraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raz
authors.forename: Hisamitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagase
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002465:Cell Movement; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D005956:Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D060285:Receptors, Autocrine Motility Factor; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D014162:Transfection; D020298:U937 Cells; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018121:Receptors, Cytokine; D004247:DNA; C555000:AMFR protein, human; C555002:Amfr protein, mouse; D060285:Receptors, Autocrine Motility Factor; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D005956:Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase