Journal article
A NOVEL CELLULAR-MODEL (SPGM-1) OF SWITCHING BETWEEN THE PRE-B-CELL AND MYELOMONOCYTIC LINEAGES
M MARTIN, A STRASSER, N BAUMGARTH, FM CICUTTINI, K WELCH, E SALVARIS, AW BOYD
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY | AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS | Published : 1993
Abstract
The suspension pro granulocyte/macrophage (SPGM1) cell line was established from a transplantable mouse progranulocytic/promacrophage tumor. Surprisingly, SPGM1 cells expressed a typical CD5 pre-B cell phenotype, being positive for Ly-1 (CD5), PB76, B220 (CD45RA), and the pre-B Ig receptor complex (microH chains, lambda 5 and vpre-B surrogate L chains, and the IgM alpha (mb-1) and Ig beta (B29) co-receptor molecules). Southern Blot analysis revealed clonal rearrangement of the microH chain locus and germ-line L chain loci. SPGM1 formed blast cell-, macrophage-, and occasional granulocytic colonies in soft agar in the presence of murine IL-3. IL-3 also induced macrophage differentiation of SP..
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