title: Specific association of increased vascular endothelial growth factor expression and its receptors with macrophage differentiation of HL-60 leukemia cells.
abstract: We investigated the gene expression profiles of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors in HL-60 leukemia cells. In the VEGF family, both mRNA and protein expression of VEGF-C were up-regulated in phorbol myristate acetate (PMA)-differentiated HL-60 cells. We detected two bands of approximately 31 and approximately 60kDa in cell lysates, and the higher expression of approximately 31kDa band was further increased after stimulation with tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and lipopolysaccharide (LPS). A approximately 31kDa VEGF-C protein was also detected in conditioned media from PMA-differentiated HL-60 cells after LPS stimulation. The mRNA expression of VEGFR-1, VEGFR-2, and neuropilin-1 (NRP-1) was markedly up-regulated in PMA-differentiated HL-60 cells, corresponding to the results from VEGF binding studies, in which VEGF binding activity was increased in PMA-differentiated HL-60 cells. These did not occur in dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO)-differentiated HL-60 cells. The expression of VEGF-C and VEGF receptors is regulated specifically in HL-60 cells during macrophage differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transfusion Medicine and Stem Cell Regulation, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
authors.forename: Akimichi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohsaka
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirota-Komatsu
authors.forename: Miki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ezaki
authors.forename: Fumikazu
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation; D018922:HL-60 Cells; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D040262:Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D015854:Up-Regulation; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000378:metabolism*; D042582:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C467484:VEGFA protein, human; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D042582:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C; D040262:Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor