title: Effect of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor on chemiluminescence of human neutrophils.
abstract: We investigated the capacity of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) to enhance the function of neutrophils. Neutrophil function was measured in terms of N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP)-induced luminol-dependent chemiluminescence (LDCL). LDCL of fMLP-stimulated neutrophils was enhanced up to 4.5 fold following preincubation with rhGM-CSF. This enhancement depended on the length of preincubation, reaching an optimal level at 120 min. The dose-response relationship for fMLP-induced LDCL of neutrophils preincubated with rhGM-CSF revealed that half-maximum enhancement was achieved at an approximately 20-fold higher concentration than that of colony-forming units in culture-derived colony formation. These results suggest that differences in dose dependency may be explained by differences in the distribution of receptor(s) for GM-CSF. This may also enable GM-CSF to affect the hematopoietic system, which contains cells at various levels of differentiation, thus mediating the host-defense mechanism.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamaga
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niho
mesh_terms: D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D006133:Growth Substances; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor