title: Effects of immunosuppressants, FK506, deoxyspergualin, and cyclosporine A on immature human hematopoiesis.
abstract: Effects of the immunosuppressants, FK506, deoxyspergualin (DSG), and cyclosporine A (CsA) on the growth of human hematopoietic progenitor cells were tested in the presence of interleukin-3 (IL-3) with purified bone marrow and blood cells as targets in methylcellulose culture. FK506 had a significant stimulatory effect on the growth of colony-forming units/granulocyte-macrophage (CFU-GM) and burst-forming units/erythroid (BFU-E) from peripheral blood and cord blood cells but not from bone marrow cells. Neither DSG nor CsA had an effect on any type of target cell. Liquid-suspension-limiting dilution assay with IL-3 showed that FK506 directly stimulated the growth of blood progenitors in a dose-dependent manner with single-hit kinetics. Liquid-suspension preincubation of blood cells with FK506 before culture in methylcellulose induced a significant increase in the amount of IL-3-supported growth of CFU-GM and BFU-E, whereas initial preincubation with IL-3 and subsequent culture with FK506 plus IL-3 exerted its stimulatory effect only on BFU-E. These data suggest that the stimulation of hematopoietic progenitor cells by FK506 occurs at a very early stage of maturation and diminishes with further myeloid development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takaue
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D002648:Child; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006146:Guanidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D006146:Guanidines; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D007377:Interleukin-3; D016572:Cyclosporine; C037258:gusperimus; D016559:Tacrolimus