title: Interleukin-1 production following T-cell-depleted and unmodified marrow grafts.
abstract: Interleukin-1 (IL-1) production by endotoxin-stimulated cultured monocytes from 31 participants in grafts of marrow depleted of mature cellular elements by treatment with soybean agglutinin and sheep red blood cells (SBA-E-) and 12 recipients of unfractionated bone marrow were studied and compared with normal controls. Patients were studied prior to marrow transplant (BMT) and at 1 month, 2 to 4 months, and 5 to 6 months post-transplant. Deficiencies in IL-1 production (<50 units) were detected in both transplant groups prior to and at 1 month post-BMT. From 2 to 4 months post-transplant, 67% of the recipients of unmodified marrow and 45% of the recipients of SBA-E- marrow grafts produced a normal level of IL-1. By 5 to 6 months post-transplant and thereafter, the proportions of patients exhibiting deficiencies in IL-1 production in each group were equally low. We also evaluated the impact of early deficiencies of IL-1 on engraftment, hematopoietic function, and immunological reconstitution. Deficiencies in IL-1 production persisting to 2 to 4 months post-BMT did not significantly affect the degree of chimerism or the time to recovery of neutrophil counts to 500/mu l in recipients of either unmodified or T-cell-depleted marrow. Platelet recovery during the first 50 days post-transplant was significantly slower in the IL-1-deficient group, but thereafter rebounded, so that by 4 months post-BMT patients with initial deficiencies in IL-1 production achieved levels comparable with those attained by patients with normal production of IL-1. When we looked at the lymphocyte response to phytohemagglutinin (PHA), there was no difference detected among patients with or without IL-1 deficiency receiving unmodified transplants. In contrast, recipients of T-cell-depleted grafts exhibiting a prolonged deficiency of IL-1 experienced a slower rate of recovery of PHA responses. Our results suggest that IL-1 may play an important role in the early expansion of megakaryocytic precursors following an allogeneic marrow transplant and may facilitate the functional development of allogeneic lymphoid progenitors following a T-cell-depleted marrow graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, North Shore University Hospital/Cornell University Medical College, New York, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sahdev
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heller
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008212:Lymphocyte Depletion; D008297:Male; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004731:Endotoxins; D007375:Interleukin-1