Synergistic effects between GM-CSF and G-CSF or M-CSF on highly enriched human marrow progenitor cells.
The human multilineage hematopoietic growth factor granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) induces multipotent, erythroid, and eosinophil colony formation from highly enriched normal bone marrow cells. We have examined the effects of GM-CSF combined with granulocyte-CSF (G-CSF) or macrophage-CSF (M-CSF) on the monolineage granulocytic, eosinophilic, and macrophage progenitor cells (CFU-G, CFU-Eo, and CFU-M) in accessory cell depleted marrow fractions. GM-CSF effects were assessed in direct comparison with those of interleukin-3 (IL-3) plus G-CSF or M-CSF. GM-CSF strongly synergized with G-CSF in the formation of granulocytic colonies with respect to number and size and enhanced the in vitro survival of CFU-G. More immature cells were present in colonies induced by the mixture of GM-CSF and G-CSF than by G-CSF alone. GM-CSF also synergized with M-CSF in the formation of macrophage colonies (number and size). The addition of G-CSF and M-CSF did not influence eosinophil colony formation induced by GM-CSF or IL-3. Experiments directly comparing GM-CSF and IL-3 revealed that the effects of GM-CSF on G and M colony-forming cells were significantly greater than those of IL-3. The potent positive effects between GM-CSF and G-CSF as well as between GM-CSF and M-CSF provide a powerful mechanism of amplification of granulopoiesis and monocytopoiesis.
Dr. Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002469:Cell Separation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000166:cytology; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology
D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D006133:Growth Substances; D007377:Interleukin-3; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor