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The relationship between the effects of two types of inducers on the maturation of a line of human promyelocytic cells (HL-60) was studied. The dual potentiality of these promyelocytes was demonstrated by the ability of isolated colonies to differentiate into granulocytes, following induction by dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) or express properties specific to macrophages following exposure to 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). The differentiation process involved an irreversible step which occurred 48 h after exposure to DMSO, and a few h after exposure to TPA. This implies that the presence of the inducer in the culture medium is no more required for completion of the differentiation programme. Removal of the inducer prior to this step resulted in reversal of all the inducer-mediated effects. During the period of non-commitment the specific pathway of maturation was still undetermined; cells in which differentiation was initiated by exposure to DMSO were able to develop into macrophages after substitution of DMSO by TPA. Moreover, pre-exposure to DMSO and other inducers of granulocyte differentiation resulted in higher sensitivity to TPA, as indicated by the cell response to low TPA concentrations and more rapid expression of macrophage specific properties. These results suggest that the early stages in HL-60 differentiation are probably common to the granulocyte and the macrophage pathways.
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