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M Morita, H Saito, T Honjo, Y Saito, S Tsuruta, KM Kim, M Tanaka, KJ Mori, M Mayumi and H Mikawa
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
Differentiation of a human eosinophilic leukemia cell line, EoL-1, induced
by the culture supernatant of a human ATL cell line, HIL-3 (HIL- 3 sup) was
compared with differentiation induced by defined cytokines. HIL-3 sup
induced EoL-1 cells to express eosinophilic granules and segmented nuclei
after 6 to 9 days of incubation. HIL-3 sup also induced the expression of
Fc epsilon receptor II (Fc epsilon RII/CD23) and an eosinophil
differentiation antigen EO-1 mainly on eosinophilic granule (+) cells.
Furthermore, HIL-3 sup induced EoL-1 cells to respond to an eosinophil
chemotactic factor, platelet activating factor. HIL-3 cells express
messenger RNA (mRNA) of interleukin-5 (IL- 5), macrophage
colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF), and IL-3 but not granulocyte CSF
(G-CSF). Granulocyte-macrophage CSF (GM-CSF) and tumor necrosis
factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) were detected in the HIL-3 sup. Recombinant IL-2
(rIL-2), rIL-3, rIL-4, rIL-5, rM-CSF, and rGM-CSF did not induce
eosinophilic granules. rG-CSF induced a few eosinophilic granule (+) cells,
and TNF-alpha, which did not induce eosinophilic granules by itself,
enhanced the ability of G-CSF to induce them. However, G-CSF and TNF-alpha
did not induce the expression of Fc epsilon RII and EO-1 antigen. Moreover,
anti-G-CSF, anti-TNF-alpha, anti-GM-CSF, anti-IL-3, and anti-IL-5
antibodies did not suppress the effect of HIL-3 sup on the differentiation
of EoL-1 cells. All the data suggest that HIL-3 sup contains an
unidentified factor that induces differentiation of EoL-1 cells, and that
EoL-1 cells and HIL-3 sup provide an important model for the examination of
differentiation mechanisms and functions of eosinophils.
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