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Inhibition by palmitoylcarnitine of adhesion and morphological changes in HL-60 cells induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate.

Effects of DL-palmitoylcarnitine (PC), an inhibitor of calciumactivated, phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C), on 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced cell differentiation were investigated in human promyelocytic leukemia cells (HL-60). TPA caused HL-60 cell adhesion concomitant with morphological changes, and an increase in acid phosphatase activity. The median effective concentration was 1 nM, which corresponded well to the dissociation constant of [3H]TPA binding to the cell extract. [3H]TPA binding to the cell extract was saturable and reversible. The maximal number of [3H]TPA-binding sites was 1.5 pmol/mg protein and a Hill coefficient was unity, indicating noncooperative interactions. PC, but neither palmitic acid nor DL-carnitine, inhibited the TPA-induced cell adhesion and morphological changes with the median inhibitory concentration of 1 microM, whereas a TPA-induced increase in acid phosphatase activity was not affected by 3 microM PC. Addition of PC 1 or 2 days after the addition of TPA was also effective in inhibiting the cell adhesion. Among various acylcarnitines, PC had the largest effect. [3H]TPA binding to the cell extract was not inhibited by PC at the concentration which was effective in inhibiting the TPA-induced cell adhesion. These results indicate that protein kinase C possibly mediates HL-60 cell differentiation induced by TPA.[1]

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