Regulation of transferrin receptor expression on human leukemic cells during proliferation and induction of differentiation. Effects of gallium and dimethylsulfoxide.

AUTOR(ES)

Chitambar, C R

RESUMO

The association of transferrin receptor expression with cellular proliferation has been studied extensively, but a number of events have not been defined. We therefore assayed receptor on promyelocytic leukemia (HL-60) cells at early times after exposure to a stimulus for proliferation (subculture), as well as agents that either induce differentiation (dimethylsulfoxide [DMSO] ) or inhibit iron uptake (transferrin-gallium). Within 4 h after subculture, we found that a significant increase in total cellular immunoreactive receptor occurred that preceded by 8 h the increase in cell-surface transferrin binding. Automated fluorocytometric analysis of cells in an immunofluorescent assay indicated that increased surface receptor density appeared on cells in the S, G2, and M phases of the cell cycle. DMSO-treated cells proliferated at the same rate as untreated (control) cells for the first 72 h, but as early as 12 h after treatment transferrin receptor was significantly decreased (65% of control cells). Further decreases occurred at later time points until transferrin receptor was undetectable after 7 d, when proliferation had ceased, cells were arrested in G1 phase of the cell cycle, and myeloid differentiation occurred. After exposure to transferrin-gallium, proliferation ceased, but cells exhibited increased surface receptor and were arrested at S phase of the cell cycle without associated myeloid differentiation. We conclude that events preceding cell division provide the regulatory stimulus for the synthesis and subsequent appearance of the transferrin receptor on the cell surface. Additionally, decreased receptor expression may be important in causing cessation of proliferation and/or differentiation. Finally, the way in which gallium salts are currently being investigated as chemotherapeutic agents should be reevaluated in light of our findings concerning transferrin-gallium effects on cellular proliferation.

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