The induction of monocytopoiesis in HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cells is inhibited by hydroquinone, a toxic metabolite of benzene
Chronic exposure of humans to benzene has been shown to have a cytotoxic effect on hematopoietic progenitor cells in intermediate stages of differentiation which can lead to aplastic anemia and acute myelogenous leukemia. This thesis examined the effect of hydroquinone, a toxic metabolite of benzene found in the bone marrow, on the human promyelocytic leukemia cell line (HL-60) which can be induced to differentiate to both monocyte and myeloid cells, and thus has been used as a surrogate for a granulocyte/macrophage progenitor cell. Exposure of HL-60 cells to noncytotoxic concentrations of hydroquinone for three hours prior to induction with 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate caused a dose-dependent inhibition of the acquisition of characteristics of monocytic differentiation. These included adherence, nonspecific esterase activity and phagocytosis. Hydroquinone had no effect on cell proliferation. Hydroquinone appeared to be affecting maturation beyond the monoblast/promonocyte stages. Hydroquinone also prevented differentiation induced by 1, 25-dihydroxy vitamin D[sub 3], however, the block occurred after the acquisition of adherence. Hydroquinone at concentrations that inhibited monocytic differentiation had no effect on differentiation to granulocytes, suggesting that the block in the differentiation of these bipotential cells is at a step unique to the monocytic pathway. Hydroquinone was unable to prevent differentiation induced by the macrophage-derived cytokine interleukin-1, a differentiation factor for cells of the monocytic lineage. These data demonstrate that treatment of Hl-60 cells with hydroquinone prior to induction of differentiation prevents the acquisition of the monocytic phenotype induced by TPA or 1, 25(OH)[sub 2]D[sub 3] by a mechanism which at present is unknown, but which appears to be specific for the monocytic pathway. These results are of considerable significance for benzene hematotoxicity.
- Research Organization:
- Thomas Jefferson Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 5579996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Induction of differentiation in human promyelocytic HL-60 leukemia cells activates p21, WAF1/CIP1, expression in the absence of p53.
Induction of granulocytic differentiation in a mouse model by benzene and hydroquinone
Related Subjects
560300* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANEMIAS
ANIMAL TISSUES
AROMATICS
BENZENE
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
BONE MARROW
CELL DIFFERENTIATION
CELL PROLIFERATION
CHRONIC EXPOSURE
DISEASES
HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM
HEMIC DISEASES
HYDROCARBONS
IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES
INHIBITION
LEUKEMIA
LEUKOCYTES
MATERIALS
MATURATION
METABOLITES
MONOCYTES
MYELOID LEUKEMIA
NEOPLASMS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PHAGOCYTOSIS
PHENOTYPE
SYMPTOMS
TISSUES
TOXICITY