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E Porfiri, AV Hoffbrand and RG Wickremasinghe
Department of Haematology, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London,
UK.
Inositol phosphates (InsPs) and diacyglycerol (DAG) are second messengers
derived via the breakdown of inositol phospholipids, and which play
important signalling roles in the regulation of proliferation of some cell
types. We have studied the operation of this pathway during the early
stages of retionic acid (RA)-induced granulocytic differentiation of HL60
myeloid leukemia cells. The autonomous breakdown of inositol lipids that
occurred in HL60 cells labeled with [3H] inositol was completely abolished
following 48 hours of RA treatment. The rate of influx of 45Ca2+ was also
significantly decreased at 48 hours, consistent with the role of inositol
lipid- derived second messengers in regulating Ca2+ entry into cells. The
downregulation of inositol lipid metabolism clearly preceded the onset of
reduced proliferation induced by RA treatment, and was therefore not a
consequence of decreased cell growth. The generation of InsPs in RA-
treated cells was reactivated by the fluoroaluminate ion, a direct
activator of guanine nucleotide-binding protein(s) (G proteins) that
regulate the inositol lipid signalling pathway. Subtle alterations to a
regulatory mechanism may therefore mediate the RA-induced downregulation of
this pathway. The data are consistent with the hypothesis that the
autonomous generation of inositol lipid-derived second messengers may
contribute to the continuous proliferation of HL60 cells, and that the
RA-induced downregulation of this pathway may, in turn, play a role in
signalling the cessation of proliferation that preceedes granulocytic
differentiation.
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