title: Effect of systemic interleukin-3 administration on epithelial cell proliferation in mouse intestine.
abstract: The effect of interleukin-3 (IL-3) on the crypt cell production rate (CCPR) in the intestine of mice was studied using a stathmokinetic technique combined with crypt microdissection. Interleukin-3 (0.71 micrograms/injection) was administered subcutaneously (s.c.) as two injections per day for 7 successive days and small mucosal pieces (duodenum, jejunum, ileum and colon) removed at necropsy were organ cultured in the presence of the metaphase arrest agent vincristine sulfate for two hours. The number of metaphases was enumerated in dissected crypts and CCPR calculated. The results demonstrated that the CCPR was significantly increased in all mucosal segments in the IL-3 treated animals compared to saline injected controls. These results suggest that the growth promoting properties of IL-3 are not restricted to hematopoietic cells when used in vivo and may directly or indirectly increase epithelial cell turnover in gut mucosa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198-6395.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Crouse
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Sharp
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007377:Interleukin-3; D011994:Recombinant Proteins