title: Effects of interleukin-4 (IL4) on myelopoiesis: studies on highly purified CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells.
abstract: We studied the effects of interleukin 4 (IL4) on myelopoiesis supported by either granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte-macrophage CSF (GM-CSF) or IL3 on purified CD34+ bone marrow progenitor cells. IL4 stimulates the colony-forming unit granulocyte (CFU-G) induced by G-CSF and inhibits all colony types supported by either IL3 and GM-CSF, although inhibition of CFU-M (macrophage) was significantly stronger than that of CFU-G and CFU-GM. When the cells were first incubated in liquid culture for 4 days in IL4, followed by agar culture in G-CSF, there was a significant increase in the number of CFU-G compared to cells which had been incubated in medium alone for 4 days before plating out in agar containing G-CSF. The inhibitory effects of IL4 on GM-CSF or IL3 supported colony formation, however, disappear with sequential incubation in IL4 in liquid culture followed by culture in agar with either GM-CSF or IL3.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, University of Antwerp (UZA), 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; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects*; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015847:Interleukin-4; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor