title: Complex effects of interleukin 6 on clonogenic blast cell growth in acute myeloblastic leukemia.
abstract: The present in vitro study shows how interleukin (IL)-6 modulates clonogenic blast cell growth in complex ways in acute myeloblastic leukemia when used either as a single factor or in different hematopoietic growth factor combinations. In the presence of IL-6, the colony numbers in culture assay decreased to 50 +/- 29% from the basal values (p < 0.001) in 10 cases and increased to 384 +/- 278% of the basal values (p < 0.01) in 5. The inhibitory effect of IL-6 on blast cell colony formation was retained when IL-6 was combined with granulocyte colony stimulating factor, but was lost if IL-6 was used in combination with mast cell growth factor, IL-3, granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor, or IL-4. The stimulatory effect of IL-6 was diminished in the presence of granulocyte colony stimulating factor, but preserved in the presence of other growth factor combinations. IL-6 had a neutral effect on colony growth in 7 cases with acute myeloblastic leukemia. In these cases, however, IL-6 stimulated significantly clonogenic cell growth if combined with mast cell growth factor or granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Koistinen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Säily
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Poromaa
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Savolainen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002455:Cell Division; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019089:Stem Cell Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D007377:Interleukin-3; D015850:Interleukin-6; D019089:Stem Cell Factor; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D015847:Interleukin-4; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor