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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-4
pubmed:abstractText
The differentiation of promyelocytic leukemic cells into mature cells is the major strategy for drug-based treatment of leukemia. Higher efficient methods to differentiate promyelocytic leukemic cells have been developed using various differentiation inducers including interferon-alpha, interleukin-4, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as a single agent or in combination with each other. Here, we show that a combination of TNF-alpha with DMSO shows a synergic effect on HL-60 cell differentiation through the activation of ERK pathway. TNF-alpha enhanced CD11b expression and percent of cell population in the G1 phase induced by DMSO, which are hallmarks for HL-60 cell differentiation. Inhibition of ERK pathway abolished the synergic effect of TNF-alpha in combination with DMSO on HL-60 differentiation, but the inhibition NF-kappaB pathway did not. These results suggest that TNF-alpha synergistically increases DMSO-induced differentiation of HL-60 cells through the activation of ERK/MAPK-signaling pathway.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0925-5710
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
189-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha enhances DMSO-induced differentiation of HL-60 cells through the activation of ERK/MAPK pathway.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Science, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, South Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't