Effect of interleukin-3 pretreatment on granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor induced mobilization of circulating haemopoietic progenitor cells.
Recombinant human colony stimulating factors (CSFs) as single agents are increasingly used for mobilizing peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPCs) for stem cell transplantation. We have shown in rhesus monkeys that interleukin-3 (IL-3) pretreatment markedly potentiated the increase in PBPC numbers of subsequent administration of granulocyte/macrophage-CSF (GM-CSF). Here we studied the effect of IL-3 pretreatment on GM-CSF-induced mobilization of PB progenitors in patients who were potential candidates for autologous stem cell transplantation (n = 16). Patients were treated with GM-CSF at a dose of 5 micrograms/kg/d for 5 d and after a treatment free interval received another cycle of GM-CSF immediately following pretreatment with IL-3 at different doses and duration: 2.5 micrograms/kg/d (n = 4), 5 micrograms/kg/d (n = 3) and 10 micrograms/kg/d (n = 3) for 3 d, 5 micrograms/kg/d for 7 d (n = 4) and 5 micrograms/kg/d for 14 d (n = 2), respectively. Only 7 d pretreatment with IL-3 showed consistent effects. Although IL-3 did not mobilize by itself, pretreatment with 5 micrograms/kg/d of IL-3 for 7 d significantly potentiated GM-CSF-induced mobilization of PB CFU-GM numbers, leading to a mean increase in PB CFU-GM numbers over baseline by 18.5 +/- 5.2 (SEM) fold by IL-3/GM-CSF as compared to a 4.7 +/- 1.7-fold increase by GM-CSF alone. A significant enhancement by the 7 d IL-3 pretreatment was also observed for erythroid (BFU-E) and multipotential progenitor cells (CFU-mix) which were 3.3 +/- 1.3- and 3.4 +/- 0.9-fold, respectively, mobilized by GM-CSF alone, as compared to 8.5 +/- 2.3- and 19.2 +/- 3.4-fold, respectively, by the IL-3/GM-CSF combination. Our results suggest that 7 d pretreatment with IL-3 may be a useful mean to augment mobilization of circulating progenitors by more lineage-restricted CSFs. These findings may be important for the design of mobilization strategies that use growth factors without preceding chemotherapy.
Division of Haematology of the 1st Medical Department, University of Vienna, Austria.
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Geissler
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Peschel
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Niederwieser
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Goldschmitt
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Hladik
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Fritz
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Ohler
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Bettelheim
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Huber
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Lechner
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D005260:Female; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D010976:Platelet Count
D007377:Interleukin-3; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor