Abstract
We have isolated and characterized a thrombopoietin (TPO)-dependent BF-TE22 cell line endogenously expressing murine Mp1, which is a subclone of murine pro-B Ba/F3 cells. TPO stimulated the proliferation of BF-TE22 cells in a dose-dependent manner, and also induced the expression of megakaryocyte lineage-specific AP-51 and CD61 cell surface antigens. The results indicate that the murine Mp1 on BF-TE22 cells can transmit both proliferation and megakaryocyte lineage-specific differentiation signals to cells. Furthermore, it was shown that IL-3 inhibits the TPO-induced differentiation signals of BF-TE22 cells. These results suggest that the signals mediated by IL-3 predominate over thor of TPO in BF-TE22 cells. Thus, BF-TE22 cells will be useful for the biological and biochemical studies of the TPO-Mp1 signal transduction mechanism.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 199-206 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Cytotechnology |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1998 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Differentiation
- Proliferation
- Thrombopoietin
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology
- Bioengineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Cell Biology