title: Modulation of lymphohematopoiesis in long-term cultures by gamma interferon: direct and indirect action on lymphoid and stromal cells.
abstract: Gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) is the product of multiple cell types within the bone marrow microenvironment and has been demonstrated to act as a potent inhibitor of myelopoiesis in vitro and in vivo. The action of this cytokine on lymphohematopoiesis has now been examined on both long-term bone marrow cultures and representative cloned cellular components of the bone marrow microenvironment. In myelopoietic (Dexter) cultures, the half maximal inhibitory concentration of IFN-gamma was between 1 and 10 U/mL. In comparable lymphopoietic (Whitlock/Witte) cultures, IFN-gamma inhibited the production of B-lineage lymphoid cells with a half maximal effective concentration of less than 1 U/mL. In a clonal assay for pre-B cells, IFN-gamma inhibited colony formation with a half maximal concentration of 1 to 5 U/mL. Not all B-lineage lymphoid cells displayed the same sensitivity, however. Growth of the IL-7-dependent B cell line (2E8) in methylcellulose assays was unaffected by IFN-gamma while the replication of other lymphoid lines was partially or completely inhibited. IFN-gamma induced the expression of cell surface proteins (MHC Class I and II) on both B-lineage cells and stromal cells. In cloned stromal cell lines, IFN-gamma increased the steady state mRNA levels for the cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6) and JE, a member of the IL-8 family. These data indicate that IFN-gamma acts within the lymphohematopoietic microenvironment through both direct and indirect actions on the hemopoietic and stromal cell populations.
authors.affiliation: Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City 73104.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gimble
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Medina
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hudson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Kincade
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000235:genetics; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D007371:Interferon-gamma