title: Effect of recombinant hemopoietic growth factors on human megakaryocyte colony formation in serum-free cultures.
abstract: The effects of recombinant hemopoietic factors on the clonal growth of human megakaryocyte progenitors were explored using serum-free cultures of nonadherent and T-cell-depleted marrow cells. Recombinant granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rGM-CSF) supported megakaryocyte colony formation in a dose-dependent manner, the activity being lower than that of recombinant interleukin 3 (rIL-3). Recombinant IL-3 and rGM-CSF acted synergistically on megakaryocyte colony formation when rGM-CSF was added to cultures containing suboptimal concentrations of rIL-3. However, the number and size of colonies did not increase with rGM-CSF when cultures were plated with an optimal dose of rIL-3. Recombinant erythropoietin (rEpo) by itself did not stimulate the growth of megakaryocyte progenitors. Recombinant Epo did, however, produce a significant increase in the number and size of megakaryocyte colonies in the presence of rIL-3 or rGM-CSF. Other factors, including recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, recombinant interleukin 1 alpha, recombinant interleukin 4, and recombinant interleukin 6 showed no capacity to generate or enhance megakaryocyte colony formation when added to cultures alone or in combination with varying concentrations of rIL-3. These results show that rIL-3, rGM-CSF, and rEpo affect human megakaryocytopoiesis by themselves or by interacting with each other.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teramura
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Katahira
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Motoji
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oshimi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mizoguchi
mesh_terms: D001790:Blood Physiological Phenomena; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000494:pharmacology; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007378:Interleukins / Q000494:pharmacology; D008533:Megakaryocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D006133:Growth Substances; D007377:Interleukin-3; D007378:Interleukins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004921:Erythropoietin; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor