title: Comparative studies on lipid and colony-stimulating factor-induced macrophage growth.
abstract: We previously reported that lipids such as cholesterol esters, triglycerides, and some phospholipids that constitute cell membranes or serum lipoproteins induced growth of mouse peritoneal macrophages in vitro. In this paper, we compared the macrophage growth-stimulating activity of cardiolipin (CL), an active phospholipid with that of CSF-1. Growth kinetics and maximal degree of growth of exudated macrophages induced by CL were similar to those of CSF-1. CL did not stimulate macrophages to release soluble macrophage growth factors. Also, the activity of CL was not blocked as much by anti-CSF-1, suggesting that most of the effect of CL was direct and not mediated by CSF-1 or other protein factors. There was no synergistic effect between CL and CSF-1. CL induced growth of both exudate and resident macrophages, whereas CSF-1 induced very little resident macrophage growth. Furthermore, although the growth-stimulating activities of both substances were inhibited by IFN-gamma and TNF, CL was more resistant to these inhibitory effects. These results suggest that the lipid has some different characters from CSF-1 and may induce the growth of resident macrophages in inflammations or tumors.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016590:Aphidicolin; D002308:Cardiolipins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002455:Cell Division; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D004357:Drug Synergism; D006003:Glycogen / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D008262:Macrophage Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002308:Cardiolipins; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D004224:Diterpenes; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016590:Aphidicolin; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D006003:Glycogen