title: Generation of rat eosinophils by recombinant rat interleukin-5 in vitro and in vivo.
abstract: The addition of recombinant rat interleukin-5 (IL-5), which was purified from the hemolymph of silkworm Bombyx mori larvae infected with IL-5-expressing recombinant virus, to cultures of rat bone marrow cells resulted in an increase in the number of Luxol-fast-blue staining eosinophils in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. After 6 days culture with 100 pM recombinant rat IL-5, more than 90% of the bone marrow cells were eosinophil. The contents of major basic protein (MBP) in the bone marrow cells determined by Western blot analysis using a polyclonal antibody to rat MBP were also increased by recombinant rat IL-5 (100 pM). Furthermore, intravenous injections of recombinant rat IL-5 twice a day for six consecutive days increased the population of eosinophils in peripheral blood cells and in bone marrow cells. These findings indicate that rat IL-5 induces terminal differentiation and proliferation of progenitor cells to mature eosinophils in rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiological Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mue
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohuchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D015848:Interleukin-5 / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015848:Interleukin-5; D011994:Recombinant Proteins