title: Effects of tumor necrosis factor-alpha on normal feline hematopoietic progenitor cells.
abstract: The effects of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) on feline bone marrow hematopoietic progenitors were evaluated by exposing bone marrow mononuclear cells from specific pathogen-free cats to different concentrations of TNF-alpha (ranging from 50 to 800 pg/ml) for 2 h before plating for clonal assays of colony-forming units. TNF-alpha caused a dose-dependent suppression of feline erythroid colony-forming units (CFU-E) and erythroid burst-forming units (BFU-E), whereas granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming units (CFU-GM) were minimally affected. TNF-alpha concentrations as low as 200 pg/ml significantly inhibited growth of erythroid progenitors. Addition of polyclonal rabbit anti-TNF-alpha antibodies completely neutralized the suppressive effect of TNF-alpha on erythroid progenitors. At higher concentrations of TNF-alpha (800 pg/ml), 35% of CFU-E and 21% of BFU-E still survived, indicating that some erythroid progenitors are not sensitive to a single exposure of TNF-alpha in vitro. These results suggest that TNF-alpha may play a role in regulating hematopoiesis in cats and may be involved in the pathogenesis of erythroid aplasia in cats infected with feline leukemia virus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Kociba
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Wellman
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Reiter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002415:Cats; D004913:Erythrocytes, Abnormal / Q000187:drug effects; D015672:Erythroid Precursor Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D005256:Leukemia Virus, Feline; D016582:Leukemia, Feline / Q000097:blood; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha