Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 23, 2026

Isolation of Mouse Megakaryocyte Progenitors
Published on: May 20, 2021
Augmentation of megakaryocyte expression of FcgammaRIIa by interferon gamma
David J Schneider1, Heidi S Taatjes-Sommer
1Cardiology Unit, and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA. david.schneider@uvm.edu
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to identify factors that alter expression of FcgammaRIIa by megakaryocytes.
Methods And Results:
Effects of selected cytokines and growth factors on megakaryocyte expression of FcgammaRIIa were assessed with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-differentiated human erythroleukemia (HEL) cells and with thrombopoietin-differentiated CD34 stem cells and compared with those obtained with myelocytic cell lines and a monocytic cell lines. Expression of FcgammaRIIa was quantified with the use of Western blots and real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Megakaryocyte differentiation was identified by expression of CD41, CD42, and von Willebrand factor with the use of flow cytometry. Interferon (IFN) gamma increased protein expression of FcgammaRIIa by HEL cells and CD34 stem cells after megakaryocyte differentiation (maximal approximately 4-fold, P<0.001 for each). IFNgamma did not increase expression of FcgammaRIIa by undifferentiated HEL and CD34 cells. Expression of FcgammaRIIa mRNA was increased (2-fold, P<0.001) in megakaryocyte-differentiated HEL cells. IFNgamma did not increase expression of FcgammaRIIa by undifferentiated myelocytic or monocytic cell lines.
Conclusions:
IFNgamma appears to selectively increase expression of FcgammaRIIa by cells exhibiting characteristics of megakaryocytes. This effect of IFNgamma may contribute to greater platelet expression of FcgammaRIIa in patients with atherosclerotic vascular disease.
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
Differentiation of Common Myeloid Progenitor Cells
Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells
TGF - β Signaling Pathway
Cytomegalovirus Disease
Transcytosis of IgG
IgG molecules from a mother undergo transcytosis starting around 13 weeks of gestation. The amount of IgG transferred and entering the fetal blood circulation increases with...
Role of Hematopoietic Growth Factors
Thrombopoietin (TPO), mainly released by the liver,...

