title: Effects of recombinant interferons on the clonogenic growth of leukemic cells and normal hemopoietic progenitors.
abstract: We have examined the effects of recombinant immune and leukocyte interferons (rIFN-gamma and rIFN-alpha) on the clonogenic growth of leukemic cells and normal hemopoietic progenitors using in vitro colony assays. Both interferons suppressed the colony formation by granulocyte-macrophage progenitors (CFU-gm) and erythroid progenitors (CFU-e and BFU-e) in a dose-dependent manner. Six myeloid leukemic cell lines were less sensitive to rIFN-gamma than CFU-gm. The colony formation of some myeloid leukemic cell lines was suppressed more potently by rIFN-alpha than by CFU-gm. Four lymphoid leukemic cell lines of the T-cell type were very resistant to both recombinant interferons. Reduced sensitivity of leukemic cells to rIFN-gamma, a possible hemopoietic regulator, may explain partially the unregulated proliferation of leukemic cells in vivo.
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004920:Erythropoiesis / Q000187:drug effects; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007938:Leukemia / Q000473:pathology*; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000473:pathology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D007370:Interferon Type I; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D007371:Interferon-gamma