title: Phenotypic change and proliferation of murine Kupffer cells by colony-stimulating factors.
abstract: Kupffer cells were isolated from C57BL/6 mice by collagenase perfusion and assessed for response to colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) in terms of their phenotypic change and proliferation. Kupffer cells expressed F4/80, but not Mac-1, CD71, or asialo-GM1 initially. This phenotype pattern was different from that of alveolar and peritoneal macrophages. After stimulation with recombinant human macrophage CSF (M-CSF) or mouse granulocyte-macrophage CSF (GM-CSF), Kupffer cells expressed Mac-1 and a low level of CD71 in addition to F4/80 and increased in phagocytotic activity in association with the expression of CR3. Both M-CSF and GM-CSF, but not human IL-3, induced the proliferation of Kupffer cells in a dose-dependent manner, and after 7 days, the number of the cells increased to about four to six times the initial number. The relatively high dose of GM-CSF downmodulated the M-CSF receptor on Kupffer cells and inhibited the cell proliferation induced by the optimal dose of M-CSF. These data indicated that murine Kupffer cells have a different phenotype from other macrophages and that they respond to M-CSF and GM-CSF, leading to functional maturation and proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Biochemical Research Laboratory, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yanai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Motoyoshi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007728:Kupffer Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000187:drug effects; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010641:Phenotype
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor