title: Effect of protein kinase inhibitors on the proliferation of leukemic cells stimulated by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor or interleukin-3.
abstract: The effects of the inhibitor for protein kinase A or C, or tyrosine kinase (H-8, staurosporine, or genistein, respectively) on the proliferation of leukemic and normal bone marrow cells stimulated by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), or interleukin-3 (IL-3) were studied using the MTT assay. These inhibitors suppressed the proliferation of leukemic and normal bone marrow cells in a dose-dependent manner. Although the suppressive effect of each inhibitor on cell proliferation was varied in each instance, the effects were almost similar whichever CSF was added. A significant difference was not recognized between leukemic and normal bone marrow cells in terms of sensitivity to these inhibitors. The data indicate that protein kinase inhibitors have an inhibitory effect on leukemic and normal hematopoietic cell proliferation and that further studies are required to determine if this effect is due to the inhibition of protein kinases acting as the second messenger of CSFs.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tohda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aoki
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007938:Leukemia / Q000473:pathology*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D007377:Interleukin-3; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D011493:Protein Kinase C