title: Macrophage colony-stimulating factor in nerve growth factor preparations.
abstract: Following a report that nerve growth factor preparations have granulocyte-colony-stimulating activity, we investigated the presence of colony-stimulating factors in 7s mouse submaxillary nerve growth factor and its subunits. Macrophage colonies were formed in mouse bone marrow cultures after exposure to preparations of 7s nerve growth factor, the gamma subunit, and, to a small extent, the alpha subunit; the beta subunit, which is responsible for the nerve growth function, did not stimulate colony growth. Furthermore, the esteropeptidase activity of the gamma subunit was not detected in preparations of macrophage colony-stimulating factor purified from the giant cell tumor (GCT) cell line. Immunoprecipitation of radiolabeled gamma subunit with a polyclonal antibody to L-cell macrophage colony-stimulating factor showed a protein band that could represent the gamma subunit of nerve growth factor. Separation of the macrophage activity from the esteropeptidase activity of the gamma subunit was accomplished on the basis of molecular size. Thus, macrophage colony-stimulating factor was a contaminant of nerve growth factor produced by the mouse submaxillary gland and copurified with the gamma subunit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, NY 14642.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Erickson-Miller
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Abboud
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Stach
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Frantz
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Brennan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002642:Chick Embryo; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D001121:Lysine Carboxypeptidase / Q000378:metabolism; D008264:Macrophages; D051379:Mice; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D001121:Lysine Carboxypeptidase