title: Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor immunomodulation in the rat cardiac transplantation model.
abstract: Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) administration decreases tumor necrosis factor(TNF) release, an important mechanism in allograft rejection. to study G-CSF's possible antirejection effects, 30 Lewis rats underwent heart transplantation using Brown-Norway donors and were assigned varying dosages of recombinant human G-CSF (0, 20, 100, 250 and 500 microgram/kg/day) for 14 days following the operation. Recipients receiving 250 microgram/kg/day experienced an improvement in graft survival (12.3+/-4 days vs. 7.0+/-0.6 days, P>0.05, Breslow). In a separate cohort, G-CSF-treated recipients (250 microgram/kg/day x 14) killed at 2,4,and 6 days after transplantation revealed improved serial allograft biopsy grading scores versus untreated controls (P<0.001 stratified Wilcoxon). Significant reduction in serum TNF levels was noted in the G-CSF-treated animals (P<0.025, analysis of variance). These data describe a moderate antirejection effect of G-CSF administration. Inhibition of circulating TNF in the G-CSF-treated recipients may describe a marker or possible mechanism of this antirejection effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery and Immunology, Section of transplantatioln Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian / St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kociss
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Sankary
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mital
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006085:Graft Survival; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011914:Rats, Inbred BN; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor