title: Effects of 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 on macrophage colony-stimulating factor production and proliferation of human monocytic cells.
abstract: 1 alpha-25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1 alpha,25(OH)2D3] stimulates the proliferation of human monocytes in vitro. In the present study, we investigated a possible role of macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) in 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3-induced proliferation of human circulating monocytes and the effects of 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 on M-CSF production by human monocytic cells. Both 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 and recombinant human M-CSF increased 2.5-fold the nucleus number of human circulating monocytes on day 6 of the culture. These effects were inhibited by antihuman M-CSF antibody as well as by anti-c-fms antibody, although these antibodies themselves did not affect the nucleus number when added to control culture. These results indicated that M-CSF is required for 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3-stimulated monocyte proliferation. In addition, 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 stimulated M-CSF secretion from human circulating monocytes. Secretion and mRNA expression of M-CSF by 12-0-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-treated THP-1 cells (human monocytic leukemia cell line) and TPA-treated HL-60 cells (human promyelocytic leukemia cell line) were also increased by 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3. M-CSF secretion from TPA-treated THP-1 cells was increased by 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 in a dose-dependent and metabolite-specific manner. The present study demonstrates that 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 is a potent stimulator for M-CSF production by human monocytic cells and that the proliferative effect of 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 on human monocytes may be attributed, at least in part, to the stimulated secretion of M-CSF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaneki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hosoi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akedo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ikegami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shiraki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzu
mesh_terms: D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D016186:Receptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000502:physiology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016186:Receptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D002117:Calcitriol; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate