title: Does macrophage-colony stimulating factor stimulate rat haematopoietic cells?
abstract: It is known that colony stimulating factors (CSFs) stimulate the myeloid cells of bone marrow and splenic cells in rodents. The effects of macrophage (M)-CSF on the activities of thymidylate synthase and thymidine kinase, involved in de novo and salvage pathways for pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis, respectively, in haematopoietic cells of bone marrow and spleen were investigated in rats. A single M-CSF injection did not elevate the mRNA expression levels of the enzymes in bone marrow cells 6 h after treatment, but it enhanced the splenic thymidylate synthase mRNA expression. M-CSF stimulated the splenic thymidylate synthase activity without an increase of the peripheral granulocytes. The effect of M-CSF on granulocytes is considered to be weak compared with that of granulocyte (G)-CSF, because of the indirect secretion of endogenous G-CSF from the cells with M-CSF receptors stimulated by exogenous M-CSF. Since M-CSF was able temporarily to lead progenitor cells from long G1-phase into S-phase, M-CSF might accelerate the anticancer effects when used together with anticancer agents.
authors.affiliation: Division of Blood Transfusion, Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokuto General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mitamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maemura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakayama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000201:enzymology; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000201:enzymology*; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology; D013937:Thymidine Kinase / Q000235:genetics*; D013940:Thymidylate Synthase / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D013940:Thymidylate Synthase; D013937:Thymidine Kinase