title: The in vivo effect of recombinant human interleukin-1 receptor antagonist on spleen colony forming cells after radiation induced myelosuppression.
abstract: It is known that IL-1 influences in vitro growth of hemopoietic stem cells (HSC) in a synergistic pattern with hemopoeitic growth factors and has a radioprotective activity in vivo. It is possible that these effects of IL-1 on HSC involve a previous up-regulation of IL-1 receptors. In this work the effects of rhIL-1Ra treatment on the proliferation of subpopulations of HSC (CFU-Sd12 and CFU-Sd8) were investigated in normal and irradiated mice (2 Gy, X rays). CBA/H mice were treated with two i.p. injections of rhIL-1Ra (2 x 50 micrograms per mouse) seventeen hours and two hours before sacrifice on day three after irradiation. Normal, non-irradiated control animals were treated in the same way. The proliferation rate of bone marrow CFU-Sd12 and CFU-Sd8 was determined by the in vitro Ara-C suicide technique. In normal mice, treatment with rhIL-1Ra did not significantly influence the number and proliferation rate of CFU-Sd12 and CFU-Sd8. In the regenerating bone marrow of irradiated animals the cycling of CFU-Sd12 and CFU-Sd8 was increased. In irradiated animals, rhIL-1Ra treatment clearly reduced the cycling of CFU-Sd12 but not significantly alter CFU-Sd8. Our results indicate a role of IL-1 in the regulation of sustained proliferation of HSC in regenerating bone marrow.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medical Research, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Milenkovíc
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ivanovíc
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stosić-Grujicić
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001855:Bone Marrow Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D006411:Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary / Q000187:drug effects*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D053590:Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D011833:Radiation Injuries, Experimental / Q000473:pathology*; D011837:Radiation-Protective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013154:Spleen / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: C507763:IL1RN protein, human; C507764:Il1rn protein, mouse; D053590:Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein; D007375:Interleukin-1; D011837:Radiation-Protective Agents; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins