title: Effects of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on neutrophil function in normal rats.
abstract: We studied the effects of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rG-CSF) on neutrophil functions in vitro using neutrophils isolated from the venous blood of normal rats. FMLP-induced superoxide anion (O2-) release, phagocytosis, and FMLP-induced chemotaxis were evaluated. These functions were significantly enhanced by rG-CSF treatment. In addition to performing neutrophil function assays, we evaluated FMLP binding to rat neutrophils after rG-CSF treatment. FMLP specific binding was not changed by rG-CSF treatment. In addition, we intravenously injected rG-CSF (10 micrograms/kg) or control vehicle into rats for 7 consecutive days, and evaluated the functions of neutrophils isolated from venous blood at 6 h after the final injection. The neutrophil count in the peripheral blood of rG-CSF-treated rats was increased significantly compared with that in control rats. FMLP-induced O2- release, phagocytosis, FMLP-induced chemotaxis and spontaneous migration of rG-CSF-treated neutrophils were significantly enhanced in comparison with those in control rats. These findings demonstrate that rG-CSF not only increases neutrophil counts in peripheral blood, but that it also enhances neutrophil functions, both in vitro and in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Fujigotemba Research Laboratories, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ono
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor