title: Cytokine production by calvariae of osteopetrotic mice.
abstract: In the osteopetrotic op/op mouse, the absence of macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) prevents the growth of macrophages and osteoclasts and, consequently, bone resorption. In the present study, we investigated whether this deficiency in M-CSF production alters the production of cytokines in op/op bones. Calvariae of phenotypically normal (+/?) and op/op mice were stimulated in vitro with lipopolysaccharide or Pasteurella multocida toxin to produce cytokines. Interleukin-3 (IL-3) and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) synthesis was the same both in calvaria from osteopetrotic and phenotypically normal animals. However, the production of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) was lower in calvaria from op/op animals than was the case in +/? calvaria. Thus, the lack of biologically active M-CSF causes defects which are not compensated by cells independent of M-CSF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology, University of Berne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Felix
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Genolet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Löwik
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Cecchini
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hofstetter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000633:toxicity; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000633:toxicity; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012886:Skull / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D016207:Cytokines; D007377:Interleukin-3; D015850:Interleukin-6; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor