Fig. 5.
Differentiation specificity of the peptides.
HL60 cells were cultured in RPMI medium containing 20% fetal calf serum. To induce differentiation of the cells into granulocytes, the cells were cultured in the presence 1.25% DMSO for 4 days. Healthy HL60 (■) and differentiated HL60 cells (dHL60, ▪) were loaded with fura-2 and treated with various concentrations of HFYLPM (A), MFYLPM (B), and HFYLPm (C). The peak level of the [Ca++]i increase was recorded. The data are means ± SE from 4 independent experiments. *P < .01 versus vehicle treatment.