title: Effects of macrophage colony-stimulating factor on antifungal activity of mononuclear phagocytes against Aspergillus fumigatus.
abstract: The effects of recombinant human macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) on antifungal activity of human monocytes (MNC), MNC-derived macrophages (MDM), and rabbit pulmonary alveolar macrophages (PAM) against Aspergillus fumigatus were studied. MNC-induced hyphal damage was augmented by incubation with M-CSF (P = .027); PAM-induced hyphal damage was moderately enhanced by M-CSF (P = .046). Phagocytosis of Aspergillus conidia by MDM and PAM was strongly enhanced by M-CSF (P < .01). MNC pretreated with M-CSF exhibited enhanced superoxide anion production in response to PMA (P = .026). This effect was not associated with increased levels of mRNA transcripts of the components of NADPH oxidase, the enzyme responsible for superoxide anion production. M-CSF augments antifungal activity of mononuclear phagocytes against both conidia and hyphae of Aspergillus fumigatus partly by enhancement of oxidation-dependent mechanisms and may have an important immunomodulatory role in prevention and treatment of invasive aspergillosis in leukopenic patients.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Section, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roilides
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chanock
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Pizzo
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000276:immunology; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000276:immunology*; D018893:Bronchoalveolar Lavage; D002469:Cell Separation; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000187:drug effects*; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000187:drug effects; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000187:drug effects*; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013481:Superoxides; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate