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Increase in histamine content and enhancement of high affinity IgE receptor FcεRI expression in the human leukemia KU812 cells upon treatment with hydrocortisone

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Hydrocortisone was investigated for its ability todifferentiate human leukemia KU812 cells into maturehematopoietic cells including basophils. Hydrocortisonetreatment increased the amount of intracellular histamine byup-regulation of L-histidine decarboxylase (HDC) mRNA andenhanced cell surface expression of the high affinity IgEreceptor FcεRI. Histamine is catalyzed from L-histidine byHDC, which in blood cell types is only expressed in basophilsand mast cells. Cells, on which the FcεRI expression wasenhanced by hydrocortisone, were shown to release histaminewhen stimulated with anti-IgE antibody after sensitizationwith myeloma IgE, implying that the induced FcεRI moleculeswere able to transduce a signal for degranulation. Theseresults suggest that hydrocortisone promotes differentiationof KU812 cells into functionally mature basophilic cells.

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  1. Division of Bioresources and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

    Takashi Hara & Koji Yamada

  2. Division of Bioresources and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

    Hirofumi Tachibana

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Hara, T., Tachibana, H. & Yamada, K. Increase in histamine content and enhancement of high affinity IgE receptor FcεRI expression in the human leukemia KU812 cells upon treatment with hydrocortisone. Cytotechnology 34, 213–223 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008183400709

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