title: Mode of action of human urinary colony-stimulating factor.
abstract: Human urinary colony-stimulating factor (CSF-HU) has been highly purified using procedures containing DEAE cellulose, phenyl Sepharose CL-4B, Sephadex G-200, hydroxylapatite, and high performance liquid chromatography. The final preparation had a specific activity of 3.3 X 10(7) U/mg protein. Although the purified CSF-HU was not active on human monocyte-depleted bone marrow cells, it stimulated human peripheral blood monocytes obtained from five healthy volunteers to produce human active granulocytic colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), which stimulated human monocyte-depleted bone marrow cells to form granulocytic colonies. The human G-CSF-producing activity of CSF-HU was not neutralized by polymyxin B, which is known to inhibit the effect of endotoxin. Newly produced G-CSF had an approximate molecular weight of 24,000 daltons as judged by chromatography on Sephadex G-150. These results indicate that CSF-HU stimulates human monocytes to produce human G-CSF in vitro.
mesh_terms: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000652:urine*; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000652:urine; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009000:Monocytes / Q000502:physiology; D011112:Polymyxin B / Q000494:pharmacology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D004731:Endotoxins; D011112:Polymyxin B