title: Measurement of human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
abstract: An IgG monoclonal antibody against recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), designated HGM1, was produced by fusion of immune mouse splenocytes with HAT-sensitive murine myeloma cells. A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for measurement of human GM-CSF was developed using this HGM1 and a polyclonal antibody against GM-CSF raised in a rabbit. GM-CSF in culture supernatants of phytohemagglutinin (PHA)- or concanavalin A (Con A)-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were measured by this ELISA system and the conventional CFU-GM colony formation method. The data indicated that the ELISA was highly efficient and sensitive for the detection of as little as 50 pg/ml recombinant GM-CSF. The CFU-GM colony assay may be influenced by other cytokines which can enhance or suppress colony formation, and ELISA for GM-CSF is more useful for kinetic studies of precise levels of production from PBMC.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Center, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Omori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamaga
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirota
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000201:enzymology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D006133:Growth Substances; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor