title: Effect of recombinant human M-CSF on the proliferation of leukemic blast progenitors in AML patients.
abstract: We studied the effects of recombinant human macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) on the leukemic blast progenitors from 10 acute myeloblastic leukemia patients. Recombinant human (rh)M-CSF stimulated leukemic blast progenitors in methylcellulose in four patients, but the colonies by rhM-CSF were smaller in size and number than those by rh-granulocyte-CSF or human bladder carcinoma cell line 5637 conditioned medium. rhM-CSF did not increase the number of clonogenic cells in long-term suspension culture. The blast colony formation in methylcellulose and the exponential growth of clonogenic cells in long-term suspension culture are considered to reflect the terminal divisions and the self-renewal of blast progenitors, respectively. The results show that M-CSF stimulates terminal divisions weakly but does not stimulate self-renewal of leukemic blast progenitors. M-CSF did not induce differentiation of blasts either in methylcellulose or in suspension culture.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Murohashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nara
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000473:pathology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D006133:Growth Substances; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor