title: Human recombinant GM-CSF selectively primes receptor mediated respiratory burst of neutrophils in vitro.
abstract: The influence of human recombinant granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rH GM-CSF) on respiratory burst response of isolated human neutrophils was examined. Preincubation of cells with rH GM-CSF significantly increased the respiratory burst in response to formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP), measured by luminol-dependent chemiluminescence (CL) assay. This priming effect of rH GM-CSF was independent of extracellular Ca2+ and Mg2+. On the other hand, the pretreatment of cells with rH GM-CSF could not enhance the neutrophil CL responses to unopsonized, serum complement-opsonized or immunoglobulin G (IgG)-opsonized zymosan particles. rH GM-CSF directly induced a weak CL signal in neutrophils. This signal, however, was abolished when extracellular Ca2+ and Mg2+ were removed. Exposure to rH GM-CSF caused a divalent cation-dependent up-regulation of complement receptors (CR1 and CR3) on neutrophil cell surface, while the expression of IgG Fc-receptors (FcRII and FcRIII) was not markedly changed by rH GM-CSF. The results indicate that rH GM-CSF primes FMLP-induced CL but not zymosan particle-induced respiratory burst in human neutrophils. It is hypothesized that the reason for the different sensitivity of FMLP-receptors and receptors to zymosan particles to rH GM-CSF priming may lie in differences in the signal-transduction pathways of these receptor types.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Hematology, Turku University Central Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Leino
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nuutila
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Pelliniemi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rajamäki
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009895:Opsonin Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D018000:Receptors, Peptide / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D016897:Respiratory Burst / Q000187:drug effects*; D015054:Zymosan / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D009895:Opsonin Proteins; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D018000:Receptors, Peptide; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D015054:Zymosan; D008274:Magnesium; D002118:Calcium