title: Reduced response to granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in W/Wv and Sl/Sld mice.
abstract: The response of W/Wv and Sl/Sld mice to recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rG-CSF) was investigated. Purified rG-CSF was injected every day for 1 week in doses up to 1000 micrograms/kg. Both untreated Sl/Sld and W/Wv mice initially showed an ordinary number of neutrophils and then an increase in neutrophils in response to rG-CSF injections. However, the effective dose of rG-CSF was much higher than that for normal mice. An increase in splenic CFU-GM was observed in both types of mice receiving 1000 micrograms/kg of rG-CSF, regardless of the reported defects in their hemopoietic system. These results indicate that W/Wv and Sl/Sld mice show a reduced response to exogenous rG-CSF and that a large amount of exogenous rG-CSF may allow an increase in neutrophils in certain hemopoietic defects.
authors.affiliation: Fujigotemba Research Laboratories Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cynshi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimonaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirashima
mesh_terms: D000748:Anemia, Macrocytic / Q000097:blood*; D000818:Animals; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor