title: Suppressive effect of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor on the generation of natural killer cells in vitro.
abstract: We investigated the effects of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) and recombinant human granulocyte-CSF (rhG-CSF) on the generation of natural killer (NK) cells in vitro. NK cells were cultured from selected human bone marrow cells obtained after the elimination of mature T and NK cells. rhGM-CSF significantly suppressed the generation of CD56+ cells and NK activity (P less than .01) in a dose-dependent manner. The generation of large granular lymphocytes (LGL) was also suppressed in the presence of rhGM-CSF (P less than .01). In contrast, rhG-CSF had no effect on LGL (P greater than .05). Both rhGM-CSF and rhG-CSF had no influence on the CD56+ cell count in the peripheral blood. These results suggest that rhGM-CSF suppresses the in vitro generation of NK cells.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inazawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000032:analysis; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D019002:CD56 Antigen; D002455:Cell Division; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D007700:Kinetics; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D019002:CD56 Antigen; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor