PMID: 2123495Dec 1, 1990Paper

Melanocytic differentiation of human neuroblastoma: expression of a human melanosome-associated antigen

The Journal of Investigative Dermatology
K MaedaL M Jerry

Abstract

Five human neuroblastoma cell lines were examined for expression of a human melanosome-associated antigen (HMSA). Only cell line SK-N-SH reacted with a monoclonal antibody, HMSA-2, shown to recognize melanosomal glycoproteins. To further characterize the melanocytic lineages of SK-N-SH, three morphologically distinct clones designated SK-N-SH-N (neuroblast type), SK-N-SH-F (fibroblast type), and SK-N-SH-EP (epithelial type) were established by colony formation cloning. By fluorescence-activated cell sorter analysis and tyrosinase assay, we found that only SK-N-SH-EP and SK-N-SH-F reacted with HMSA-2 and had tyrosinase activity. These results suggest that epithelial-type and fibroblast-type cells appear to possess the melanocytic potential, but not neuroblast-type cells. Furthermore, SK-N-SH-EP was found to spontaneously convert to neuroblast-type or fibroblast-type cells, whereas SK-N-SH-N and SK-N-SH-F clones have remained morphologically stable. Our results suggest that at least one neuroblastoma cell line, SK-N-SH, may be an excellent model for investigating clonal maturation and the melanocytic differentiation of neuroblastoma.

Citations

Nov 1, 1993·The British Journal of Dermatology·D SchadendorfB M Czarnetzki
Dec 21, 2002·The European Journal of Neuroscience·Marina PizziPierFranco Spano
Jan 16, 1999·The Journal of Biological Chemistry·M R RaniR M Ransohoff

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