title: The effect of carbamylcholine on CFU-s differentiation.
abstract: The proportion of spleen colony-forming units (CFU-s) killed by hydroxyurea was greatly increased after bone marrow cells (BMCs) from LACA mice were exposed to carbamylcholine (Cach; 1 X 10(-13) to 1 X 10(-9) in vitro and there was a marked change in the proportion of spleen colony types. Following treatment with Cach, granulocytic and mixed erythroid-type colonies increased from 20 to 26.3% and 16.1 to 29.6% in 9-day colonies and from 8.3 to 28.2% and 21.7 to 39.4% in 13-day colonies, respectively. Single cell suspensions of spleen colonies were made for granulocyte-macrophage progenitor (CFU-gm) and late erythroid progenitor (CFU-e) assays. The number of CFU-gm from Cach-treated BMC was about twice that from control BMC for both day 9 and day 13 groups; the number of CFU-e decreased relatively. The results suggest that cholinergic receptors on CFU-s may increase the tendency to differentiate into the granulocytic/monocytic line.
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory of Blood Physiology, Hunan Medical University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: X T
authors.initials: XT
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D005260:Female; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation
chemical_list: D002217:Carbachol