title: The kinetic response of haemopoietic precursor cells, in vivo, to highly purified, recombinant interleukin-3.
abstract: Interleukin-3 is a murine haemopoietic cell growth factor which has now been prepared in recombinant form, rIL-3. This purified material has been shown to act, in vitro, in a comparable manner to the native material and has recently been shown to have an in vivo effect on the committed, in vitro colony-forming cells. We have examined the effects, in vivo, of low acute and chronic infusion doses on the pluripotent haemopoietic spleen colony-forming cells, CFU-S, (stem cells). The proliferation rate of CFU-S is rapidly increased after administration of rIL-3. This is followed by a migration of the more mature CFU-S to the spleen where, particularly under chronic rIL-3 treatment there is a large increase in CFU-S numbers. The increased proliferation of CFU-S is accompanied by increased differentiation in the form of a large increase in in vitro IL-3 responsive cells. The changes observed were not the result of endotoxin contamination in the rIL-3 preparation. Significantly, however, larger doses of lipopolysaccharide, did mimic the effects of rIL-3 in vivo. IL-3 was not detected in the blood following LPs treatment but it is suggested that LPS acts indirectly on haemopoietic precursor cells by eliciting local production of IL-3, perhaps from adjacent T cells or stromal cells.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D007377:Interleukin-3; D007700:Kinetics; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D007377:Interleukin-3; D008222:Lymphokines; D014316:Tritium; D013936:Thymidine