title: Interleukin-10 promotes the growth of megakaryocyte, mast cell, and multilineage colonies: analysis with committed progenitors and Thy1loSca1+ stem cells.
abstract: The growth-promoting activities of interleukin-10 (IL-10) were assessed in hematopoietic colony-forming assays. We found that IL-10 failed to support the clonal growth of normal and lineage-depleted (Lin-) bone marrow (BM) cells. Furthermore, IL-10 neither enhanced nor suppressed colony formation by eosinophil, neutrophil, or macrophage progenitors when combined with a variety of factors. IL-10 stimulated a modest increase in erythropoietin (Epo)-dependent erythroid colonies but had no effect on the burst-promoting activities of IL-3. However, the combination of IL-10 plus IL-3 resulted in the enhanced growth of mast cell progenitors. In addition to its mast cell stimulating activity, IL-10 promoted the growth of megakaryocyte (Mk) and Mk-mixed colonies when combined with Epo or with Epo plus IL-3, IL-6, or IL-11. Comparative studies showed that the megakaryocyte potentiating activity of IL-10 is roughly equivalent to that of IL-6 and IL-11. In experiments using Thy1loSca1+ stem cells, IL-10 was shown to enhance the number of cells initiating IL-3-dependent colony formation. IL-10 also costimulated increased colony formation when used with IL-3 and another factor such as IL-1, IL-6, and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). Cellular analysis of the resulting colonies indicated that IL-10 increases the formation of multilineage colonies containing erythrocytes, megakaryocytes, and/or mast cells. The ability of IL-10 to cooperatively regulate various stages of hematopoietic development is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, DNAX Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA 94304.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rennick
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hunte
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thompson-Snipes
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hudak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015672:Erythroid Precursor Cells / Q000166:cytology; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D008533:Megakaryocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D007377:Interleukin-3; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004921:Erythropoietin; D016753:Interleukin-10