Retinoic acid-induced neural differentiation of P19 embryonal carcinoma cells is potentiated by leukemia inhibitory factor
Retinoic acid-induced neural differentiation of P19 embryonal carcinoma cells is potentiated by leukemia inhibitory factor
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DOI:
10.33549/physiolres.930705
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发表时间:
2005-01-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Dvorák, P
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作者:
Pacherník, J;Bryja, V;Dvorák, P
Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is a cytokine that exhibits proliferation, survival and differentiation in a wide range of cell types. Here we show that LIF potentiates retinoic acid-mediated neural induction in pluripotent P19 embryonal carcinoma cells. This activity of LIF was demonstrated by a profounded neural morphology followed by increased expression of neural-specific proteins (N-CAM, III beta-tubulin, and GA-P-43), up-regulation of early neural lineage-specific gene Mash-1, and down-regulation of early endoderm-specific genes alpha-fetoprotein and GATA-4. Moreover, LIF also slows growth and increases the level of apoptosis in differentiating cells.