Abstract: | M1 cells, which are cell line cells established from myeloid leukemia cells of the SL strain mouse, can differentiate from blast cells () to mature macrophages () within 48 hr, when they are cultured with conditioned medium (CM) obtained from murine embryonic fibroblasts. While cells have no phagocytic activity nor Fc receptor (FcR), cells possess both characteristics. The appearance of FcR is temperature-dependent and inhibited by a metabolic inhibitor, cycloheximide. FcR on cells is resistant to trypsin and pronase. cells improve the viability of macrophage-depleted SL splenic lymphocytes and restore the in vitro secondary plaque forming cell response of macrophage-depleted spleen cells to particulate and soluble antigens. cells lack this macrophage-substituting capacity. Mm1 cells, mutant cells from M1 cells, having FcR and higher phagocytic activity than cells, are also devoid of this capacity. |