title: Transforming growth factor beta: possible roles in the regulation of normal and leukemic hematopoietic cell growth.
abstract: We have recently demonstrated that transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta 1 and TGF-beta 2 are potent inhibitors of the growth and differentiation of murine and human hematopoietic cells. The proliferation of primary unfractionated murine bone marrow by interleukin-3 (IL-3) and human bone marrow by IL-3 or granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) was inhibited by TGF-beta 1 and TGF-beta 2, while the proliferation of murine bone marrow by GM-CSF or murine and human marrow with G-CSF was not inhibited. Mouse and human hematopoietic colony formation was differentially affected by TGF-beta 1. In particular, CFU-GM, CFU-GEMM, BFU-E, and HPP-CFC, the most immature colonies, were inhibited by TGF-beta 1, whereas the more differentiated unipotent CFU-G, CFU-M, and CFU-E were not affected. TGF-beta 1 inhibited IL-3-induced growth of murine leukemic cell lines within 24 h, after which the cells were still viable. Subsequent removal of the TGF-beta 1 results in the resumption of normal growth. TGF-beta 1 inhibited the growth of factor-dependent NFS-60 cells in a dose-dependent manner in response to IL-3, GM-CSF, G-CSF, CSF-1, IL-4, or IL-6. TGF-beta 1 inhibited the growth of a variety of murine and human myeloid leukemias, while erythroid and macrophage leukemias were insensitive. Lymphoid leukemias, whose normal cellular counterparts were markedly inhibited by TGF-beta, were also resistant to TGF-beta 1 inhibition. These leukemic cells have no detectable TGF-beta 1 receptors on their cell surface. Last, TGF-beta 1 directly inhibited the growth of isolated Thy-1-positive progenitor cells. Thus, TGF-beta may be an important modulator of normal and leukemic hematopoietic cell growth.
authors.affiliation: Biological Carcinogenesis Development Program, Program Resources, Inc., Frederick, Maryland.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Sing
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Ellingsworth
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Ruscetti
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000473:pathology; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015291:Transforming Growth Factors