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Association of the ether lipid, 1-O-octadecyl-2-O-methyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (ET-18-OCH3) with liposomes (ELL-12) reduces acute toxicity while maintaining or enhancing anticancer activity in experimental tumor models. ELL-12 has been shown to induce apoptosis by a cytochrome-c-dependent caspase-mediated pathway, which results in proteolytic cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase and lamins, but the antitumor effects of ET-18-OCH3 or ELL-12 could result from tumor cell differentiation or activation. Here we compared the effects of ET-18-OCH3 and ELL-12 on the expression of cell-surface proteins associated with cell differentiation and/or activation in U-937 cells. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and all-trans-retinoic acid, which induce differentiation in U-937 cells, up-regulated CD11b (MAC1 α-integrin) and CD82 and down-regulated CD71 (transferrin receptor) in a time- and dose-dependent manner. In contrast, ET-18-OCH3 and ELL-12 up-regulated both CD71 and CD11b and did not have any effect on expression of CD82 in U-937 cells, suggesting that the ELL-12 may activate these cells rather than induce differentiation. Further evidence of activation was that ET-18-OCH3 and ELL-12 strongly induced tumor necrosis factor α production by U-937 cells.
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Received: 25 February 1999 / Accepted: 4 August 1999
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Pushkareva, M., Wannberg, S., Janoff, A. et al. Increased cell-surface receptor expression on U-937 cells induced by 1-O-octadecyl-2-O-methyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine. Cancer Immunol Immunother 48, 569–578 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00006675
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00006675