title: Absence of G-CSF receptors and absent response to G-CSF in childhood Burkitt's lymphoma and B-ALL cells.
abstract: The expression of the granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) receptor in childhood Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) cells, and the mitogenic effect of G-CSF on these cells, was studied in a panel of 13 Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) positive and negative BL cell lines derived from nine children. G-CSF receptor mRNA expression was investigated by Northern blot analysis and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Binding of G-CSF to BL cell lines was measured by chemical crosslinking of 125I-G-CSF, and proliferation by thymidine incorporation. Inducibility of the G-CSF receptor was studied by stimulation with interleukin-1 beta, tumour necrosis factor-alpha, Staphylococcus aureus Cowan A, anti-human IgM, phorbol myristate acetate, calcium ionophore A23187, and by infection in vitro by immortalizing and non-immortalizing strains of EBV. BL cell lines, unstimulated or stimulated by biological reagents or EBV infection, did not bind radioionated G-CSF in crosslinking experiments. No stimulation by recombinant human G-CSF was observed in 3H-thymidine incorporation assays. No G-CSF receptor mRNA was detected by Northern blot analysis or RT-PCR in BL cell lines. It is concluded that G-CSF plays no direct stimulatory role in the growth of these malignant B-cells, making a deleterious influence of G-CSF in the clinical treatment situation unlikely.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics IV, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tomeczkowski
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yakisan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wieland
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reiter
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Welte
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Sykora
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D002648:Child; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D016188:Receptors, Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016188:Receptors, Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor