Expression of an Activation Antigen, Mo3e, Associated With the Cellular Response to Migration Inhibitory Factor by HL‐60 Promyelocytes Undergoing Monocyte‐Macrophage Differentiation

Abstract

HL‐60 promyelocytic cells acquire the surface expression of the Mo3e antigenic determinant after exposure to PMA or compounds that raise intracellular concentrations of cyclic AMP (dibutyryl cyclic AMP or a combination of cholera toxin and IBMX). The expression of Mo3e by these stimulated HL‐60 cells coincides with the development of features of monocyte‐macrophage differentiation (characteristic morphology, nonspecific esterase activity, and respiratory burst activity). During in vitro monocyte‐macrophage differentiation, HL‐60 cells become responsive to migration inhibitory factor (MIF); the MIF responsiveness of differentiated HL‐60 cells is blocked by anti‐Mo3e monoclonal antibody. These findings further support the relationship between the expression of Mo3e and the cellular response to MIF.