title: Substance P augmentation of CSF-1-stimulated in vitro myelopoiesis. A two-signal progenitor restricted, tuftsin-like effect.
abstract: The inflammatory neuropeptide substance P acted as a costimulant for macrophage CSF-1-induced clonal proliferation of murine marrow-derived two signal-dependent mononuclear phagocyte progenitors. Substance P had no effect on clonal proliferation by progenitors responding solely to CSF-1. Substance P fragment 2-11 had no costimulatory activity; however, SP fragment 1-4 retained the full activity of the parent undecapeptide. Fragment 1-4 (ARG-PRO-LYS-PRO), a peptide containing a PRO residue between two positive charges, is a tuftsin-like (THR-LYS-PRO-ARG) tetrapeptide, and tuftsin exerted an identical costimulatory effect. Substance P, SP:1-4, and tuftsin were optimally effective as costimulants at 10(-7) to 10(-6) M. (ALA1)-tuftsin, an inhibitory analog of tuftsin, was a potent negative regulator of two signal-dependent colony formation. (ALA1)-tuftsin at concentrations less than or equal to 10(-9) M exerted dose-dependent inhibition of the positive effects of optimal concentrations of all of the co-stimulants tested, including bacterial LPS. The inhibitory tetrapeptide was equivalent in activity to ferritin, an established inhibitor of two signal-dependent colony formation. The results indicated that SP may influence myelopoiesis in addition to its other inflammatory and immunopotentiating properties. In addition, a potentially valuable modulator of SP and LPS responses in this system, (ALA1)-tuftsin, was identified.
authors: Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996-0845.
authors: R N
authors: RN
authors: Moore
authors: A P
authors: AP
authors: Osmand
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Dunn
authors: J G
authors: JG
authors: Joshi
authors: B T
authors: BT
authors: Rouse
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005260:Female; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D013373:Substance P / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014405:Tuftsin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D013373:Substance P; D014405:Tuftsin