PMID- 3264880 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19890223 LR - 20210526 IS - 0270-7306 (Print) IS - 1098-5549 (Electronic) IS - 0270-7306 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 8 DP - 1988 Aug TI - Induction of neuronal differentiation in PC12 cells by B-cell stimulatory factor 2/interleukin 6. PG - 3546-9 AB - B-cell stimulatory factor 2 (BSF-2) is a lymphokine which induces the final maturation of B cells. BSF-2 acts on a variety of cells other than B cells, and moreover, expression of BSF-2 mRNA is detected in interleukin-1 beta-stimulated glioblastoma and astrocytoma cell lines. Here, we studied the function of BSF-2 on pheochromocytoma PC12 cells, a model system for induction of neuronal differentiation. PC12 cells possess specific receptors for BSF-2. The BSF-2-stimulated PC12 cells expressed the c-fos proto-oncogene transiently, and they began to change morphologically to neurite-extending cells after several days. The number of voltage-dependent Na+ channels was also increased. FAU - Satoh, T AU - Satoh T AD - Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Nakamura, S AU - Nakamura S FAU - Taga, T AU - Taga T FAU - Matsuda, T AU - Matsuda T FAU - Hirano, T AU - Hirano T FAU - Kishimoto, T AU - Kishimoto T FAU - Kaziro, Y AU - Kaziro Y LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Mol Cell Biol JT - Molecular and cellular biology JID - 8109087 RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (Interleukins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) SB - IM MH - Adrenal Gland Neoplasms MH - Animals MH - Cell Differentiation/*drug effects MH - Cell Line MH - Interleukin-6 MH - Interleukins/*pharmacology MH - Kinetics MH - Neurons/*cytology MH - Oncogenes/drug effects MH - Pheochromocytoma MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics MH - Transcription, Genetic/drug effects PMC - PMC363593 EDAT- 1988/08/01 00:00 MHDA- 1988/08/01 00:01 PMCR- 1988/08/01 CRDT- 1988/08/01 00:00 PHST- 1988/08/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1988/08/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1988/08/01 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 1988/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1128/mcb.8.8.3546-3549.1988 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cell Biol. 1988 Aug;8(8):3546-9. doi: 10.1128/mcb.8.8.3546-3549.1988.