Recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor stimulates superoxide anion and hydrogen peroxide production in human neutrophils.
The effect of purified recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) on the oxidative metabolism of human peripheral blood granulocytes was investigated. The respiratory burst of granulocytes was assessed in individual cells by flow cytometry utilizing the oxidation of the nonfluorescent 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein (DCFH) to the highly fluorescent DCF by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Treatment with GM-CSF caused granulocytes to produce H2O2 without addition of a second stimulus. The amount of H2O2 produced correlated with the concentration of GM-CSF administered. Also, GM-CSF did not prime the granulocytes for enhanced H2O2 production in response to N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (f-MLP). Consecutive stimulation of granulocytes with GM-CSF and f-MLP resulted in additive production of H2O2. GM-CSF also induced granulocytes to release superoxide anion (O2-) in a dose-dependent manner, when the respiratory burst was assessed by a conventional cytochrome c reduction assay. In contrast to hydrogen superoxide production, GM-CSF significantly (p < 0.001) enhanced f-MLP-stimulated release of superoxide anion over that expected from the additive effects of the two agonists.
Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10021.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000097:blood*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D016897:Respiratory Burst / Q000187:drug effects*; D013481:Superoxides / Q000097:blood*
D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013481:Superoxides; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide