title: Interleukin-6 reduces the optimal growth in vitro of leukemic blast progenitors from acute myeloblastic leukemia patients.
abstract: The combined effects of five cytokines; recombinant human (rHu) granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), rHu granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), rHu interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), rHu interleukin-3 (IL-3), and rHu interleukin-6 (IL-6) on blast colony formation in methylcellulose by leukemic blast progenitors from 10 patients with acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) were studied. Combination of G-CSF, GM-CSF, IL-1 beta, and IL-3 stimulated maximum blast colony formation in 9 patients. Further addition of IL-6 reduced the combined effect of the four cytokines on blast colony formation. IL-6 regulates the proliferation of leukemic blast progenitors and may play an important role in the regulation of hematopoiesis.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bessho
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirashma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tohda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nara
mesh_terms: D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D002455:Cell Division; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000473:pathology*; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D007377:Interleukin-3; D015850:Interleukin-6; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor