title: Drugs elevating extracellular adenosine administered in vivo induce serum colony-stimulating activity and interleukin-6 in mice.
abstract: Our previous studies have shown that the combined administration of drugs elevating extracellular adenosine, i.e. dipyridamole (DP) and adenosine monophosphate (AMP), enhances murine hematopoiesis and potentiates the action of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). In this study, colony-stimulating activity (CSA) of blood serum of mice treated with DP+AMP, G-CSF or all these drugs in combination, i.e. the ability of the sera to stimulate the growth of GM-CFC colonies, was assayed in vitro. Furthermore, the concentration of GM-CSF and IL-6 in the sera was determined. Administration of DP+AMP was found to enhance significantly serum CSA at all time intervals of serum sampling including 24 h after the last injection of the tested drugs. Additive effects of DP+AMP and G-CSF on serum CSA were noted at early intervals after administration of the drugs. Furthermore, IL-6 levels were significantly elevated in the sera of mice which were administered DP+AMP either alone or in combination with G-CSF. Our results show that the effects of DP+AMP are indirect, mediated through the induction of some cytokine(s) and/or growth factor(s) and that extracellular adenosine can act in cooperation with G-CSF. These findings contribute to the further elucidation of the role of adenosine in hematopoiesis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic. weit@ibp.cz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weiterová
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hofer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pospíšil
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Znojil
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Streitová
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D004176:Dipyridamole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D013997:Time Factors; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate; D004176:Dipyridamole; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D000241:Adenosine