title: Effects of interleukin 4 on stromal cell-associated bone marrow culture.
abstract: We examined the effect of murine interleukin 4 (IL-4) on in vitro hemopoiesis associated with an endothelial-adipose cell line derived from a murine bone marrow stroma and termed 14F1.1. The addition of IL-4 to the co-culture led to the rapid disappearance of hemopoietic progenitors, and when greater than or equal to 20 U/ml IL-4 was added, this effect became remarkable. The stimulation of 14F1.1 cells by IL-4 before the start of co-culture accelerated the disappearance of hemopoietic progenitors, although continuous stimulation by IL-4 was needed. When IL-4 was added to the co-culture 2 weeks after initial incubation, the myeloid lineage progenitor cells disappeared within 1 week. When we examined whether the inhibitory activity on hemopoiesis was induced by 14F1.1 cells stimulated with IL-4, we found no distinct inhibitory activity in the 14F1.1-cell supernatant, but there was a slight increase in colony-stimulating activity. Colony formation of bone marrow cells seeded on top of 14F1.1 cells but separated by a thin 'empty' agar layer was enhanced by IL-4-treated 14F1.1 cells. We also noted the disappearance of the 'cobblestone' area, which had been the site of active hemopoiesis in this culture, together with the disappearance of any granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming units (CFU-GM), thereby implying that IL-4 alters the interaction between hemopoietic progenitors and stromal cells.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chifu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay / Q000379:methods*; D006098:Granulocytes; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008264:Macrophages; D051379:Mice
chemical_list: D015847:Interleukin-4