Early responses to tumor necrosis factor of human promyelocytic leukemia cell lines sensitive and resistant to the factor.

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Early cellular events with respect to protein synthesis and the steady-state level of cellular myc (c-myc) mRNA were analyzed in the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-sensitive human promyelocytic leukemia cell line HL-60 and in its TNF-resistant variant HL-60R after their exposure to TNF. Addition of TNF at 100 units (U)/ml induced de novo synthesis of two proteins with apparent molecular masses of 100 kDa and 40 kDa in HL-60 cells. The induced synthesis of the 100 kDa protein continued for 6 h, while that of the 40 kDa protein was transient. The 100 kDa protein was detectable in HL-60R cells which were maintained in medium containing 1,000 \ml TNF, whereas the synthesis of the 40 kDa protein could be transiently induced by TNF at 105 U/ml. Dot blot hybridization revealed that the steady-state level of c-myc mRNA in HL-60 cells was transiently reduced by TNF at 100/U ml but remained at a reduced level for 6 h when 105 U/ml TNF was present. In HL-60R cells, TNF at 105 U/ml could transiently reduce the c-myc mRNA level. These results showed that induction of the synthesis of a 40 kDa protein and a reduction in the steady-state level of c-myc mRNA were concomitant with cellular sensitivity to the cytostatic action of TNF in HL-60 cells.

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