title: Granulocyte progenitors (CFU-D) in neutrophilic leukemoid reaction are hyporesponsive to macrophage-induced inhibition.
abstract: The responsiveness of marrow granulocyte progenitors (CFU-D) to macrophage-derived stimulatory and inhibitory factors has been studied using diffusion chamber technique in 12 patients with neutrophilic leukemoid reaction (with granulocyte count in the range between 10-40 G/l) and ten healthy subjects. CFU-D from patients with neutrophilic leukemoid reaction (NLR) revealed a normal reactivity to colony-stimulating activity, whereas they were hyporesponsive to macrophage-derived indomethacin-sensitive inhibition. This altered response was correlated both with the concentration of granulocyte progenitors in the S phase and with blood neutrophilic leukocytosis. In patients with higher granulocyte count and increased concentration of CFU-D during active DNA synthesis a more pronounced hyporesponsiveness of granulocyte progenitors to macrophage-induced inhibition has been found.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Hematology, Academy of Medicine, Poznań, Poland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hansz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sawiński
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D005260:Female; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000473:pathology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D007213:Indomethacin