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  • Title: Effects of c-mpl ligand on cytoplasmic maturation of murine megakaryocytes and on platelet production.
    Author: Ishida Y, Ito T, Kuriya Si.
    Journal: J Histochem Cytochem; 1998 Jan; 46(1):49-57. PubMed ID: 9405494.
    Abstract:
    To test the hypothesis that the c-mpl ligand is not a primary factor in thrombocytopoiesis, we investigated the biological effects of recombinant human (rh) c-mpl ligand on differentiation of murine progenitor cells and on maturation of the cultured murine megakaryocytes under serum-free conditions on the basis of ploidy distribution, megakaryocyte/platelet-specific surface antigen CD 61 [glycoprotein (GP) IIIa], and cytoplasmic acetylcholinesterase (AchE) expression in vitro. In addition, we studied the effect of c-mpl ligand on proplatelet formation (PPF) by murine mature megakaryocytes. AchE was less strongly expressed in cultured megakaryocytic cells stimulated by c-mpl ligand than in those stimulated by recombinant murine (rm) IL-3 + rh IL-6 during the differentiation of progenitor cells. Less CD 61 was expressed by c-mpl ligand during both the differentiation of progenitor cells and the maturation of megakaryocytes compared with that by rm IL-3 + rh IL-6. Endomitosis, however, was more stimulated by c-mpl ligand than by rm IL-3 + rh IL-6 under both conditions. Furthermore, PPF of mature megakaryocytes was not stimulated by c-mpl ligand. These results indicate that c-mpl ligand stimulates the nuclear development of megakaryocytic cells but that it does not stimulate cytoplasmic maturation and PPF as much as IL-6. These data strongly suggest that c-mpl ligand is not a primary factor in platelet pro-duction. (J Histochem Cytochem 46:49-57, 1998)
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