Synergistic effect of retinoic acid and calcium ionophore A23187 on differentiation, c-myc expression, and membrane tyrosine kinase activity in human promyelocytic leukemia cell line HL-60

MS Chapekar, KD Hartman, MC Knode and RI Glazer

The effect of the combination of retinoic acid (RA) and calcium ionophore A23187 on cellular differentiation was assessed in promyelocytic leukemia cell line HL-60. RA (10(-10)-2.5 X 10(-8) M) or A23187 (4 X 10(-7) M) alone produced 15-22% differentiated cells as assessed by nitroblue tetrazolium reduction. Exposure of cells for 48 hr to the combination of 4 X 10(-7) M A23187 and 10(-10)-2.5 X 10(-8) M RA resulted in 20-86% of the cells capable of reducing nitroblue tetrazolium, but with no measurable level of nonspecific esterase activity. The combination of A23187 and either dimethyl sulfoxide, 1,25- dihydroxyvitamin D3, or immune interferon failed to produce a synergistic effect on differentiation. Addition of either the calmodulin antagonists, N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloronaphthalenesulfonamide and trifluoperazine, or the protein kinase C inhibitor, 1-(5- isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine, during treatment with A23187 and RA did not block differentiation. Membrane tyrosine kinase activity was measured in cells treated with A23187 and RA in a nondenaturing gel system using the exogenous substrate poly(Glu:Tyr). Membrane-bound tyrosine kinase activity was not present in untreated or RA-treated cells but was induced by A23187 treatment alone and was markedly increased in cells 48 hr after treatment with the combination of A23187 and RA. Significantly greater reduction in c-myc mRNA levels was also observed 24 hr after treatment with RA and A23187 in comparison to that observed with either agent alone. These results suggest that a Ca2+- mediated process sensitizes cells to the differentiating effect of RA and that this effect is associated with a significant reduction of c- myc expression and the induction of membrane tyrosine kinase activity in this cell line.

Volume 31, Issue 2, pp. 140-145, 02/01/1987
Copyright © 1987 by American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

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