title: Influence of circadian rhythm on 41.8 degrees C whole body hyperthermia induction of haematopoietic growth factors.
abstract: It has previously been reported by the authors that the induction of a series of cytokines by 41.8 degrees C Whole Body Hyperthermia (WBH), i.e., interleukin (IL)-1 beta, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, tumour necrosis factor alpha, and granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF). As cytokine levels are known to fluctuate as a function of time, i.e. circadian rhythm, the influence of circadian time structure on specific haemotopoetic growth factors is studied, i.e. granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), G-CSF and IL-3. Samples derived from four cancer patients undergoing extracorporeal WBH resulted in the following observations: G-CSF is induced by WBH, but unaffected by circadian rhythm, IL-3 fluctuates with circadian rhythm, but is unaffected by WBH. Specifically, a biphasic temporal pattern of IL-3 (i.e. with a peak at 2:00 and 5:00 a.m. and a nadir concentration at 5:00 p.m.) was found by analysis of variance. GM-CSF was below the lower detection limit pre and post WBH. The data show the importance of measuring cytokines as a function of time to circumvent conflicting results in the inter-relationship of 'true' cytokine induction and circadian rhythm. The implications of the differential induction of G-CSF, GM-CSF, and IL-3 for myeloprotection after WBH are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine, Madison 53792, USA.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Katschinski
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Wiedemann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mentzel
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Mulkerin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Touhidi
authors.forename: H I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Robins
mesh_terms: D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005260:Female; D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors