title: The role of interleukin-1 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in the paracrine stimulation of an in vivo-derived murine myeloid leukemia.
abstract: WEHI-274.3 is a cell line isolated from an in vivo-derived, murine myelomonocytic leukemia. Although the survival and growth of WEHI-274.3 cells in vitro is absolutely dependent on the addition of exogenous growth factors such as interleukin-3 (IL-3), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), or colony-stimulating factor-1, when injected into syngeneic mice the cell line is tumorigenic. Sera from normal mice contain low levels of an activity that sustains survival of WEHI-274.3 but does not stimulate growth. In contrast, sera from mice bearing the WEHI-274.3 leukemia contained levels of CSF-1 and GM-CSF that stimulated the growth of WEHI-274.3 cells. Supernatants of cultures of WEHI-274.3 cells contained an activity that stimulated 3T3 fibroblasts to release an activity that stimulated the growth of the WEHI-274.3 cells. The 3T3-stimulatory activity released by the WEHI-274.3 cells was neutralized completely with an antiserum specific for murine IL-1 alpha, but not with antiserum specific for IL-1 beta. Moreover, WEHI-274.3 cells both in vitro and in vivo contained high levels of IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta mRNAs. The leukemia-stimulatory activity released by the 3T3 cells was neutralized by an antiserum specific for GM-CSF. We postulate that the IL-1 alpha constitutively released by the WEHI-274.3 cells stimulates the production of GM-CSF from host cells such as fibroblasts or endothelial cells. A similar paracrine mechanism of growth stimulation may occur in acute myeloid leukemias in humans.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Leslie
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Ziltener
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Schrader
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000502:physiology*; D015479:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D015477:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D007377:Interleukin-3; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor