title: Single dose of filgrastim (rhG-CSF) increases the number of hematopoietic progenitors in the peripheral blood of adult volunteers.
abstract: Hematopoietic progenitor cell levels were monitored in the peripheral blood of ten healthy adults receiving a single dose of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF). The objective was to determine the time and number of progenitor cells released into the peripheral blood, induced by a single dose of 15 micrograms/kg rhG-CSF administered intravenously. In all cases the absolute number of circulating progenitor cells including granulocyte-macrophage and erythroid lineages increased up to 12-fold (median 9.4-fold) 4 days after treatment. These findings were based on flow cytometric quantification of CD34+ cells and on progenitor assays. The relative distribution of granulocyte/macrophage and erythroid progenitors remained unchanged. rhG-CSF was well tolerated; mild to moderate bone pain was the most common side-effect and was noted in 6 of 10 subjects. Thus a single dose of rhG-CSF is effective in mobilizing progenitor cells into the peripheral blood in healthy adults. If these progenitors are capable of reconstituting bone marrow, peripheral progenitor cell separation following rhG-CSF administration could be a reasonable alternative to conventional bone marrow harvest in healthy adults.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology/Oncology, University Kinderklinik Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schwinger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mache
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Beaufort
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Töglhofer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D000069585:Filgrastim; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D000069585:Filgrastim