title: Synergism of interleukin 12, interleukin 3 and serum factor on primitive human hematopoietic progenitor cells.
abstract: Interleukin 12 (IL-12), or natural killer cell stimulatory factor (NKSF), has multiple biologic effects on T lymphocytes and natural killer cells. In this study, we evaluated the effect of IL-12 on human hematopoiesis by analyzing the growth of CD34+33- cells in methylcellulose culture with or without serum. Blood cells were collected by apheresis from an expanded stem cell pool during the rebound phase of hematopoiesis after chemotherapy and purified by combined purification procedures to yield target CD34+33- cells. IL-12, by itself or in combination with IL-3 and erythropoietin (Epo), had no effect on the formation of colonies from the unfractionated blood mononuclear cells. In the presence of fetal bovine serum (FBS), IL-12 increased the number of colony forming units for granulocyte-macrophage (CFU-GM) from CD34+33- cells which responded to IL-3, but not the number of CFU-GM from those which responded to stem cell factor (SCF) or granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF). This effect was not abolished by the addition of monoclonal antibodies against tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), IL-1 alpha, IL-6, G-CSF, or granulocyte/macrophage CSF (GM-CSF). However, the stimulatory effect of IL-12 was abolished in secondary plating in serum-containing methylcellulose culture after short-term (48 h) liquid incubation with IL-3.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takaue
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzue
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawahito
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Makimoto
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic / Q000032:analysis; D001781:Blood Component Removal; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002648:Child; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000097:blood; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D063268:Sialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 3; D019089:Stem Cell Factor
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic; C571163:CD33 protein, human; D006133:Growth Substances; D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors; D007377:Interleukin-3; D063268:Sialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 3; D019089:Stem Cell Factor; D004921:Erythropoietin; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D018664:Interleukin-12