Induction of interdigitating reticulum cell-like differentiation in human monocytic leukemia cells by conditioned medium from IL-2-stimulated helper T-cells |
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Authors: | Kiyoshi Takahashi Katsuya Miyatani Hiroyuki Yanai Ho Jong Jeon Kotaro Fujiwara Tadashi Yoshino Kazuhiko Hayashi Tadaatsu Akagi Ken Tsutsui Koichi Mizobuchi |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Pathology, Okayama University Medical School, 700, Okayama, Japan 2. Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Okayama University Medical School, 700, Okayama, Japan 3. Department of Clinical Pathology, Kagawa Rosai Hospital, Kagawa, Marugame, Japan
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Abstract: | Monocytic leukemia (MoL) cells were obtained from the peripheral blood of a patient in whom the leukemic cells infiltrating various lymphoreticular organs exhibited features intermediate between interdigitating reticulum cells (IDC) and ordinary phagocytic macrophages, whereas the leukemic cells in the peripheral blood were essentially monocytic and lacked such features. Peripheral blood CD4+ T-cells were established as an interleukin-2-dependent T-cell line. When the MoL cells were exposed for a few days to conditioned medium from the T-cell line, they extended several dendritic cytoplasmic projections and became intensely positive for HLA-DR antigen, cytoplasmic S-100β protein, and CD1 antigen. Functionally, the conditioned medium significantly down-regulated Fc-mediated and Fc-independent phagocytic activities, and the levels of lysosomal enzymes such as lysozyme and nonspecific esterase in the MoL cells. Moreover, the conditioned medium significantly up-regulated the accessory cell function of the MoL cells as measured by the primary allogenic mixed leukocyte reaction (MLR). Furthermore, the conditioned medium significantly down-regulated the expression of CD14 antigen. Biochemical analysis indicated that the factor responsible for these changes is a protein which is distinct from known human cytokines and whose molecular weight is approximately 31 kDa. These findings suggest that IDC are closely related the monocytic lineage and that helper T-cells play an important role in constructing the microenvironment of T-lymphoid tissues which is necessary for the differentiation and maturation of IDC. |
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Keywords: | Interdigitating reticulum cells Monocytic leukemia cells Helper T-cells Cytokine Differentiation |
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