title: Analysis in serum-free culture of the targets of recombinant human hemopoietic growth factors: interleukin 3 and granulocyte/macrophage-colony-stimulating factor are specific for early developmental stages.
abstract: We have used a serum-free culture system for enriched human hemopoietic progenitors to analyze the developmental stages and lineage specificities of the human hemopoietic colony-stimulating factors. None of the individual factors alone efficiently supported hemopoietic colony formation. Neither interleukin 3 nor granulocyte/macrophage-colony-stimulating factor alone or in combination effectively supported proliferation of progenitor cells. However, when combined with granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor or erythropoietin, these factors yielded neutrophil colonies or erythroid bursts, respectively. Serial observations of interleukin 3-supported cultures revealed sequential emergence and subsequent degeneration of clusters of cells. These observations suggest that the primary targets of interleukin 3 and granulocyte/macrophage-colony-stimulating factor are multipotent progenitors at the early stages of development rather than cells in the terminal process of maturation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sonoda
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001769:Blood; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D003470:Culture Media; D004357:Drug Synergism; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000502:physiology*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000502:physiology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D003470:Culture Media; D006133:Growth Substances; D007377:Interleukin-3; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor