title: Murine recombinant GM-CSF-driven rat bone marrow cell differentiation and factors suppressing cell proliferation.
abstract: Rat or mouse bone marrow cells (BMC) cultured for one week with a crude mouse L929 cell supernatant or with purified colony stimulating factor type 1 (CSF-1) differentiate into an essentially pure population of macrophages (M phi). Surprisingly, 90 to 95% of the cells obtained by culturing rat BMC for seven days with recombinant murine granulocyte-macrophage CSF (rmGM-CSF), regardless of concentrations, were classified as M phi. The majority of the remaining cells were granulocytes. This effect is in contrast to that on mouse BMC cultures, where the percentage of granulocytes increased with higher concentrations of rmGM-CSF. The proliferative capacity of rat BMC was demonstrated by colony formation in soft-agar, enumerating total cell number in liquid cultures or measuring 3H-thymidine uptake. A crude L929 cell supernatant and rmGM-CSF induced cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner. Maximal DNA-synthesis was observed on the fifth day of incubation when BMC were cultured at a density of greater than or equal to 1 x 10(5) cells/well. In cultures initiated with lower cell density, prolonged DNA synthesis was observed. Thereafter, the rate of proliferation declined rapidly. Simultaneous incubation of BMC with GM-CSF and indomethacin led to increased levels of DNA synthesis, suggesting that prostaglandins may suppress cell proliferation. Furthermore, the CSF-induced BMC proliferation was dose dependently inhibited by dexamethasone and 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D3 as well as by interferon-gamma and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. The suppressive effect of both cytokines could be abrogated by the addition of the respective anticytokine antibodies.
authors.affiliation: Institute of General and Experimental Pathology, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wiltschke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nemet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Holzinger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gessl
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pernerstorfer
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Förster
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boltz-Nitulescu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D006133:Growth Substances; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D003907:Dexamethasone; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D004247:DNA; D007213:Indomethacin