Establishment and characterization of a human acute monocytic leukemia cell line (THP‐1)

Tsuchiya, Shigeru; Yamabe, Michiko; Yamaguchi, Yoshiko; Kobayashi, Yasuko; Konno, Tasuke; Tada, Keiya

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“…LLC-MK2 cells are normal monkey kidney cells that are also epithelial in nature [Hull et al, 1962]. THP-1 cells are a human acute monocytic leukemia cell line [Tsuchiya et al, 1980]. CGN and Type I astrocytes were also analyzed to compare primary neuronal and non-neuronal cell types.…”

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Differential localization of acetylcholinesterase in neuronal and non‐neuronal cells

Thullbery

Cox

Schule

et al. 2005

J of Cellular Biochemistry

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Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) expression is regulated in cell types at the transcriptional and translational levels. In this study, we characterized and compared AChE catalytic activity, mRNA, protein expression, and protein localization in a variety of neuronal (SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma and primary cerebellar granule neurons (CGN)) and non-neuronal (LLC-MK2, HeLa, THP-1, and primary astrocytes) cell types. All cell lines expressed AChE catalytic activity; however the levels of AChE-specific activity were higher in neuronal cells than in the non-neuronal cell types. CGN expressed significantly more AChE activity than SH-SY5Y cells. All cell lines analyzed expressed AChE protein at equivalent levels, as well as mRNA splice variants. Localization of AChE was characterized by immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy. SH-SY5Y, CGN, and nerve-growth factor-differentiated PC-12 cells exhibited a pattern of AChE localization characterized as diffuse in the cytoplasm and punctate staining along neurites and on the plasma membrane. The localization in HeLa, LLC-MK2, fibroblasts, and undifferentiated PC-12 cells was significantly different than in neuronal cells-AChE was intensely localized in the perinuclear region, without staining near or on the plasma membrane. Based on the evidence presented here, we hypothesize that the presence of AChE protein doesn't correlate with catalytic activity, and the diffuse cytoplasmic and plasma membrane localization of AChE is a property of neuronal cell types. Keywords acetylcholinesterase; confocal microscopy; cerebellar granule neuron; neuroblastoma; SH-SY5Y; HeLa; PC-12 Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) belongs to the serine hydrolase family that contains the α/β hydrolase fold as a common structural element [Ollis et al., 1992]. The catalytic active site of AChE is made up of a precise arrangement of active site functional groups that catalyze the hydrolytic breakdown of esters that bear quaternary ammonium groups. The biological importance of AChE-catalyzed hydrolysis is manifested in the rapid termination of the neuronal impulse that occurs when acetylcholine (ACh) is released into the synaptic cleft. AChE rapidly hydrolyzes ACh into acetic acid and choline at extremely fast turnover rates [Taylor and Radic, 1994].

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Differential localization of acetylcholinesterase in neuronal and non‐neuronal cells

Thullbery

Cox

Schule

et al. 2005

J of Cellular Biochemistry

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“…The U937 promonocytic /histocytic acute leukemia cell line, 23 THP -1 mature monocytic acute leukemia cell line, 24 and K562 chronic myelogenous in erythroblastic blast crisis cell line 25 were purchased from the Health Science Research Resources Bank (Osaka, Japan ).…”

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RNA interference is a functional pathway with therapeutic potential in human myeloid leukemia cell lines

2003

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Background: RNA interference (RNAi) is a cellular pathway of gene silencing in a sequence-specific manner at the messenger RNA level. The basic mechanism behind RNAi is the breaking of a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) matching a specific gene sequence into short pieces called short interfering RNA, which trigger the degradation of mRNA that matches its sequence. In this study, we explored the effects of RNAi in reducing the target gene expression in human myeloid leukemia cell lines. Methods: Four myeloid leukemia cell lines (HL-60, U937, THP-1, and K562) were transfected with dsRNA duplexes corresponding to the endogenous c-raf and bcl-2 genes and the gene expression inhibition was assessed. The effect of RNAi on cell differentiation was studied; the apoptosis induction and the sensitization of the leukemia cell lines to etoposide and daunorubicin were quantified by flowcytometric methods. Results: Transfection of the myeloid leukemia cell lines with dsRNA corresponding to c-raf and bcl-2 genes decreased the expression of Raf-1 and Bcl-2 proteins. RNAi for c-raf gene blocked the appearance of the monocytic differentiation induced by treatment with TPA. Combined RNAi for c-raf and bcl-2 induced apoptosis in HL-60, U937, and THP-1 cells and increased chemosensitivity to etoposide and daunorubicin. Conclusions: RNAi is a functional pathway in human myeloid leukemia cell lines and combined RNAi of c-raf and bcl-2 genes may represent a novel approach to leukemia, providing a means to overcome the resistance to chemotherapeutic agents and ultimately to augment the efficacy of chemotherapy in myeloid leukemia.

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“…To gain insight into the potential functions of high af~nity receptors, we assessed the physiological circumstances in which they were induced. We first studied the monocytic cell line THP-1, which takes on a number of macrophage-like characteristics when induced to differentiate by treatment with phorbol esters (53,54). These include changing from a suspension to an adherent phenotype in culture, with a moderate degree of spreading.…”

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Stimulation of integrin-mediated adhesion of T lymphocytes and monocytes: two mechanisms with divergent biological consequences.

Faull

Kovach

Harlan

et al. 1994

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

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SummaryWe show that the adhesion of T lymphoid cells to immobilized fibronectin can be increased by two distinct mechanisms. The first is by increasing the affinity of the fibronectin receptor/ligand interaction using the antiq~l integrin monodonal antibody 8A2. The second is by treating the ceUs with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), which alters events that occur after receptor occupancy (e.g., cell spreading) without affecting receptor affinity. The effects of these two mechanisms on adhesion in the presence of physiological concentrations of soluble fibronectin suggest that they have different biological consequences. Under these conditions, the net effect of increasing the affinity of the fibronectin receptors is to decrease cell adhesion, whereas the increase in adhesion induced by PMA is unaffected. This suggests that the high affinity receptors are not primarily available for cell adhesion under these circumstances, and that they have an alternative function. We further show that high affinity binding of soluble fibronectin can be induced by either differentiation of the monocytic cell line THP-1 or by cross-linking the T cell receptor complexes on the T lymphoid cell line HUT-78. The differentiated monocytic cells express two populations of fibronectin receptors: a minority in a high affinity state, and the majority in a low affinity state. Thus they will both continue to adhere in the presence of physiological concentrations of soluble fibronectin and bind significant amounts of soluble fibronectin at the cell surface.

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Establishment and characterization of a human acute monocytic leukemia cell line (THP‐1)

Cited by 1,962 publications

References 23 publications

Differential localization of acetylcholinesterase in neuronal and non‐neuronal cells

Differential localization of acetylcholinesterase in neuronal and non‐neuronal cells

RNA interference is a functional pathway with therapeutic potential in human myeloid leukemia cell lines

Stimulation of integrin-mediated adhesion of T lymphocytes and monocytes: two mechanisms with divergent biological consequences.

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