title: Examination of survival, proliferation and cell surface antigen expression of human monocytes exposed to macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF).
abstract: The effects of macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF or CSF-1) on the survival, proliferation, maturation and activation of human blood monocytes were examined. M-CSF (100-1,000 U/ml) doubled the number of monocytes surviving after eight days in culture and accelerated the usual increase in cell volume. Antiserum to M-CSF abolished both of these effects. There was no sizable increase in 3H-thymidine incorporation in monocytes over this time period. Of various factors tested, including gamma-interferon (gamma-IFN), interleukin (IL) 1 alpha, granulocyte CSF (G-CSF), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), and lipopolysaccharide (LPS), only granulocyte-macrophage CSF (GM-CSF) could also enhance survival and augment cell volume. While antiserum to human M-CSF eliminated the increase in survival induced by GM-CSF, it could not ablate the GM-CSF-stimulated increase in monocyte cell volume. Monocyte cell surface markers that increase with maturation (i.e., Fc gamma RIII) or with activation (i.e., Fc gamma RI) were unaffected by incubation with M-CSF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Erickson-Miller
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Brennan
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Abboud
mesh_terms: D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division; D002470:Cell Survival; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009000:Monocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D011961:Receptors, Fc / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D011961:Receptors, Fc; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine; D013936:Thymidine