title: Synthetic cytokines containing interleukin-3 exert potent megakaryopoietic activity.
abstract: The shared properties of haematopoietic cytokines and their receptors have enabled the genetically engineered construction of several synthetic cytokines with increased haematopoietic activity and/or more desirable pharmacological characteristics. Thrombocytopenia remains a significant cause of morbidity in cancer patients undergoing allogeneic or autologous bone marrow/blood stem cell transplantation after myeloablative therapy including total body irradiation. Several in vitro, in vivo and preliminary clinical studies have demonstrated the efficacy of synthetic cytokines containing interleukin-3 in accelerating platelet recovery after radiotherapy-induced myelosuppression, enhancing G-CSF-mobilisation of CD34 positive cells for transplantation and increasing the ex-vivo expansion of myeloid and megakaryocytic progenitor cells. More randomised controlled clinical trials are needed to study the efficacy of the pre-transplant platelet mobilisation and the acceleration of the post-transplant platelet recovery. This also applies to cohort in vitro studies for expanding the production of CD41+ megakaryocytes from human bone marrow, mobilised peripheral blood and cord blood CD34 positive cells using myelopoietin as the only accepted synthetic cytokine containing interleukin-3.
authors: Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom.
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Ahmed
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Khokher
authors: H T
authors: HT
authors: Hassan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D019650:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization; D006801:Humans; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D008533:Megakaryocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D007377:Interleukin-3; D010446:Peptide Fragments