title: Activation of human monocytes by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor: increased urokinase-type plasminogen activator activity.
abstract: Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) raised the plasminogen activator (PA) activity of cultured human monocytes. This activity was characterized to be urokinase-PA (u-PA) by incubation with specific IgG and by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis zymography. Increased u-PA activity reflected GM-CSF-induction of u-PA mRNA levels. The stimulatory properties of GM-CSF for monocyte PA activity differed from those of interleukin-4, which induced monocyte tissue-type PA (t-PA) activity, and of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), which alone was not stimulatory but augmented lipopolysaccharide-induced t-PA activity. GM-CSF alone did not stimulate detectable monocyte t-PA activity but combined with IFN-gamma to promote this activity. Plasmin formation arising from GM-CSF-induced u-PA in monocytes may contribute to the matrix turnover involved in, eg, cell migration and inflammation, and may explain some of the pathology seen in GM-CSF transgenic mice.
authors.affiliation: University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Vitti
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Whitty
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Royston
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D009000:Monocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D010960:Plasminogen Activators; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator