title: CD1 molecule expression on human monocytes induced by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor.
abstract: In this paper we demonstrate that granulocyte-macrophage CSF (GM-CSF) specifically induces the expression of CD1 molecules, CD1a, CD1b and CD1c, upon human monocytes. CD1 molecules appeared upon monocytes on day 1 of stimulation with rGM-CSF, and expression was up-regulated until day 3. Monocytes cultured in the presence of LPS, FMLP, PMA, recombinant granulocyte-CSF, rIFN-gamma, rTNF-alpha, rIL-1 alpha, rIL-1 beta, and rIL-6 remained negative. The induction of CD1 molecules by rGM-CSF was restricted to monocytes, since no such effect was observed upon peripheral blood granulocytes, PBL, and the myeloid cell lines Monomac1, Monomac6, MV4/11, HL60, U937, THP1, KG1, and KG1A. CD1a mRNA was detectable in rGM-CSF-induced monocytes but not in those freshly isolated. SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting analyses of CD1a mAb VIT6 immunoprecipitate from lysate of rGM-CSF-activated monocytes revealed an appropriate CD1a polypeptide band of 49 kDa associated with beta 2-microglobulin. Expression of CD1 molecules on monocytes complements the distribution of these structures on accessory cells, and their specific induction by GM-CSF strengthens the suggestion that CD1 is a family of crucial structures required for interaction between accessory cells and T cells.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Immunology-Vienna International Research Cooperation Center, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kasinrerk
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baumruker
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Majdic
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Knapp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stockinger
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D018949:Antigens, CD1; D002460:Cell Line; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015703:Antigens, CD; D018949:Antigens, CD1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor