title: Effect of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating growth factor on interferon and tumor necrosis factor production in whole blood cell cultures of patients with acute myelogenous leukemia.
abstract: The effect of recombinat human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating growth factor (rHuGM-CSF) treatment on in vitro interferon (IFN) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) production in peripheral blood cells of 46 patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) was examined. GM-CSF significantly enhanced virus-induced IFN-alpha production in blood cells (containing 68% of blasts) of 28 patients with M4-M5 AML according to the French-American-British (FAB) classification and also phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-induced IFN-gamma production in blood cells (containing 70% of blasts) of 18 patients with AML MO-M3 type. In control blood cells (25 healthy persons) GM-CSF enhanced PHA-induced IFN-gamma but did not influence IFN-alpha production. In the presence of GM-CSF, TNF-alpha titers induced with lipopolysaccharide were also higher in control blood cells but not in cells of patients with M0-M3 or M4-M5 type of AML. The significance of GM-CSF-enhanced IFN-alpha and IFN-gamma production in antimicrobial and anti-leukemic immune reactions which can develop during GM-CSF therapy is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamińska
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hus
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dmoszyńska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kandefer-Szerszeń
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007372:Interferons / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D007372:Interferons