title: Effects of interleukin-4 on myelopoiesis: localization of the action of IL-4 in the CD34+HLA-DR++ subset and distinction between direct and indirect effects of IL-4.
abstract: We compared the myelopoietic effects of interleukin-4 (IL-4) on CD34+HLA-DR+ and on CD34+HLA-DR++ bone marrow progenitor cells stimulated by either granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) or interleukin-3 (IL-3). IL-4 stimulates G-CSF-induced colony-forming unit-granulocyte (CFU-G) and inhibits all colony types induced by GM-CSF and IL-3 in the HLA-DR++ population, but not in the HLA-DR+ population. In CD34+HLA-DR+ cells, however, a stimulation of G-CSF-supported CFU-G was also seen with sequential application of IL-4 in liquid cultures followed by G-CSF in agar cultures. In order to confirm that these are direct effects of IL-4, single-cell culture experiments were performed with CD34+HLA-DR++ cells. In these cultures IL-4 stimulates G-CSF-induced CFU-G and only inhibits colony-forming unit-macrophage (CFU-M) regardless of the CSF used to generate them.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, University of Antwerp (UZA), Edegem, Belgium.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Snoeck
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lardon
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Van Bockstaele
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Peetermans
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis*; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004357:Drug Synergism; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006801:Humans; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D007377:Interleukin-3; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D015847:Interleukin-4; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor