title: The effect of rhGM-CSF on the proliferation of osteogenic sarcoma cells.
abstract: Recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) promotes the growth of a variety of hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic cells, both benign and malignant. There is now evidence that osteoblast-like cells produce GM-CSF and their growth is stimulated by this cytokine in vitro. We have studied the effect of rhGM-CSF on DNA synthesis and cell proliferation in the human osteogenic sarcoma cell lines U-20S, G-292, MG-63, and HOS. RhGM-CSF stimulated a dose-dependent increase in radioactive thymidine incorporation in each of the four cell lines in the presence of serum-free media, and in two cell lines (HOS and U-20S) in the presence of fetal bovine serum (FBS). In addition, rhGM-CSF produced significant increases in cell proliferation in two cell lines (MG-63 and U-20S) in the presence of 2% FBS. These results suggest that GM-CSF may have an important role in the biology of human osteogenic sarcoma cells. The clinical implications of these findings merit further investigation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Hargis
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Danesi
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: La Rocca
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D004247:DNA