title: Role of interleukin-4 in the negative regulation of proliferation of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia cells.
abstract: We studied the effects of interleukin-4 (IL-4) on the spontaneous proliferation of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMMoL) cells in vitro to clarify whether IL-4 can act as a negative regulator of hematopoiesis. The results clearly show that IL-4 suppressed spontaneous DNA synthesis and colony formation by CMMoL cells in vitro. Colony formation by CMMoL cells was substantially suppressed by adding either an anti-IL-6 or anti-GM-CSF antibody to the colony assay system. This suppression was abrogated by the treatment of IL-4 with an anti-IL-4 antibody. Furthermore, the production of IL-6 or GM-CSF was markedly inhibited by adding IL-4 to the culture system. These observations indicate that IL-4 can act as a negative regulator for the autocrine growth of CMMoL cells by inhibiting their production of IL-6 and/or GM-CSF.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takamatsu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niho
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007700:Kinetics; D015477:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6; D015847:Interleukin-4; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor