Glucocorticoid receptors and corticosensitivity in the human monocytic cell line CM-S: changes during phorbol ester-induced differentiation

Cellular Immunology
F O RanellettiR P Revoltella

Abstract

CM-S is a line of human precursor mononuclear phagocytes inducible to macrophage differentiation in response to the tumor promoter phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). Untreated CM-S cells expressed a single class of high-affinity (KD = 4.5 +/- 2.3 nM) glucocorticoid receptor sites (GCr) (27,530 +/- 3752 sites/cell) as measured by a whole-cell assay at 37 degrees C using [3H]triamcinolone acetonide as tracer, while CM-S cells induced to macrophage differentiation by 10(-7) M TPA showed reduced levels of GCr (10,729 +/- 2135 sites/cell). Kinetic studies indicated that this reduction was progressive, reaching about 34% of the original value 96 hr after TPA addition. The GCr in untreated and TPA-induced cells were similar in their specificity for corticosteroids. In the precursor cell population dexamethasone enhanced both the rate of protein synthesis and the production of autostimulatory growth factor(s), while in TPA-induced cells it inhibited the rate of protein synthesis in a dose-dependent manner. Our data with the CM-S cell line thus suggest that in the monocytic cell line lineage both the number of GCr and the cell response to glucocorticoids depend on the degree of cell maturation.

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