title: Effects of recombinant human G-CSF and GM-CSF on primary human leukemic cells.
abstract: The effects of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) and recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) on primary human leukemic cells were studied. Phagocyte-depleted mononuclear cells containing more than 88% blasts were obtained from peripheral blood of 11 AML and 2 ALL patients and from bone marrow aspirates from 2 ALL patients. The leukemic cells were incubated with these CSF in suspension cultures or in methylcellulose cultures. In suspension cultures, the spontaneous proliferation was observed in 1 M4 patient. RhG-CSF stimulated the leukemic cell proliferation in 5 AML, cases and rhGM-CSF that in 4 AML cases. In methylcellulose cultures, spontaneous colony formation occurred in 3 M4 patients. RhG-CSF and rhGM-CSF stimulated the leukemic colony formation in 8 AML cases. The CSFs had an additive effect in both cultures. Neither CSF induced O2- production or phagocytic activity. From these results, we concluded that both CSFs stimulated the proliferation of leukemic cells without inducing differentiation.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Itoh
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Bessho
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Hirashima
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014410:Tumor Stem Cell Assay
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D006133:Growth Substances; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor