title: Effect of recombinant human D-factor on the growth of leukemic blast progenitors from acute myeloblastic leukemia patients.
abstract: We studied the effects of D-factor on the growth of leukemic blast progenitors from 15 patients with acute myeloblastic leukemia and two leukemia cell lines in methylcellulose and suspension cultures. When stimulated by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor or interleukin-3, leukemic blast progenitors undergo terminal division with limited differentiation in methylcellulose culture, forming blast colonies. Leukemic blast progenitors can renew themselves. The self-renewal can be detected as secondary colony formation after replating primary blast colonies in fresh methylcellulose media and by the growth of clonogenic cells in suspension culture. D-Factor suppressed primary and secondary colony formation in methylcellulose culture. Furthermore, D-factor suppressed clonogenic cell recovery in suspension culture. The suppression by D-factor of the growth of leukemic blast progenitors was not significantly dependent upon the colony-stimulating factors used as growth-stimulating factors. High concentration of G-CSF did not overcome the suppressive effect of D-factor. The results indicate that D-factor is effective in suppressing not only terminal division but also self-renewal of leukemic blast progenitors.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001752:Blast Crisis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6; D053605:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000473:pathology*; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014410:Tumor Stem Cell Assay / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D006131:Growth Inhibitors; D015850:Interleukin-6; C507837:LIF protein, human; D053605:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor; D008222:Lymphokines; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor