scholarly journals Granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor from mouse lung conditioned medium. Purification of multiple forms and radioiodination

1986 ◽  
Vol 235 (3) ◽  
pp. 805-814 ◽  
Author(s):  
A W Burgess ◽  
D Metcalf ◽  
L G Sparrow ◽  
R J Simpson ◽  
E C Nice

Four forms of mouse granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) were purified 100,000-fold from mouse lung conditioned medium. Each of the CSF species stimulated the formation of both granulocyte and macrophage colonies, and half-maximal stimulation in the semi-solid mouse bone-marrow colony assay occurred at 1 pm. The four GM-CSF species exhibited similar charge microheterogeneity, focusing between pH 4.2 and pH 5.2. On SDS/polyacrylamide gels two of the GM-CSF sub-species had apparent Mr values of 23,000, and the other two, 21, 000. Treatment with neuraminidase decreased the Mr values of these two sets to 21,000 and 19,000 respectively. Incubation with endoglucosidase F decreased the charge heterogeneity and the Mr of all species to 16,500. A gas-phase radioiodination procedure was used to incorporate 2-3 atoms of 125I/molecule into purified GM-CSF without any loss of biological activity. The 125I-labelled GM-CSF was analysed on a microbore reversed-phase h.p.l.c. column to determine its specific radioactivity directly. This 125I-labelled GM-CSF molecule is suitable for cell-surface receptor-binding studies.

1987 ◽  
Vol 166 (5) ◽  
pp. 1484-1498 ◽  
Author(s):  
M D Witmer-Pack ◽  
W Olivier ◽  
J Valinsky ◽  
G Schuler ◽  
R M Steinman

A panning method has been developed to enrich Langerhans cells (LC) from murine epidermis. In standard culture media, the enriched populations progressively lose viability over a 3-d interval. When the cultures are supplemented with keratinocyte-conditioned medium, LC viability is improved and the cells increase in size and number of dendritic processes. Accessory function, as monitored by stimulating activity in the mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR), increases at least 10-20-fold. The conditioned media of stimulated macrophages and T cells also support the viability and maturation of cultured LC. A panel of purified cytokines has been tested, and only granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) substitutes for bulk-conditioned medium. The recombinant molecule exhibits half-maximal activity at 5 pM. Without activity are: IL-1-4; IFN-alpha/beta/gamma; cachectin/TNF; M- and G-CSF. A rabbit anti-GM-CSF specifically neutralizes the capacity of keratinocyte-conditioned medium to generate active LC. However, GM-CSF is not required for LC function during the MLR itself. We conclude that the development of immunologically active LC in culture is mediated by GM-CSF. The observation that these dendritic cells do not respond to lineage-specific G- and M-CSFs suggests that LC represent a distinct myeloid differentiation pathway. Because GM-CSF can be made by nonimmune cells and can mediate the production of active dendritic cells, this cytokine provides a T-independent mechanism for enhancing the sensitization phase of cell-mediated immunity.


2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 2734-2742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Hung Lin ◽  
Chang-Jen Huang ◽  
Jyh-Rong Chao ◽  
Shui-Tsung Chen ◽  
Shern-Fwu Lee ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The receptors for interleukin-3 (IL-3) and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) share a common β subunit, the distal cytoplasmic domain of which is essential for the promotion of cell survival by these two cytokines. Genes whose expression is specifically induced by signaling through the distal cytoplasmic domain of this receptor β subunit were screened by a subtraction cloning approach in derivatives of a mouse pro-B-cell line. One gene thus identified was shown to encode a protein highly homologous (with only 7 amino acid substitutions) to murine osteopontin (OPN), a secreted adhesion protein. Conditioned medium from cells expressing wild-type OPN, but not that from cells expressing a deletion mutant lacking residues 79 to 140, increased the viability of a non-OPN-producing cell line in the presence of human GM-CSF. Antibody blocking experiments revealed that OPN produced as a result of IL-3 or GM-CSF signaling was secreted into the medium and, through binding to its cell surface receptor, CD44, contributed to the survival-promoting activities of these two cytokines. Furthermore, coupling of the OPN-CD44 pathway to the survival response to IL-3 was also demonstrated in primary IL-3-dependent mouse bone marrow cells. These results thus show that induction of an extracellular adhesion protein and consequent activation of its cell surface receptor are important for the antiapoptotic activities of IL-3 and GM-CSF.


2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Rumore-Maton ◽  
J. Elf ◽  
N. Belkin ◽  
B. Stutevoss ◽  
F. Seydel ◽  
...  

Defects in macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) signaling disrupt myeloid cell differentiation in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice, blocking myeloid maturation into tolerogenic antigen-presenting cells (APCs). In the absence of M-CSF signaling, NOD myeloid cells have abnormally high granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) expression, and as a result, persistent activation of signal transducer/activator of transcription 5 (STAT5). Persistent STAT5 phosphorylation found in NOD macrophages is not affected by inhibiting GM-CSF. However, STAT5 phosphorylation in NOD bone marrow cells is diminished if GM-CSF signaling is blocked. Moreover, if M-CSF signaling is inhibited, GM-CSF stimulationin vitrocan promote STAT5 phosphorylation in nonautoimmune C57BL/6 mouse bone marrow cultures to levels seen in the NOD. These findings suggest that excessive GM-CSF production in the NOD bone marrow may interfere with the temporal sequence of GM-CSF and M-CSF signaling needed to mediate normal STAT5 function in myeloid cell differentiation gene regulation.


Blood ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 597-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Yamamoto-Yamaguchi ◽  
M Tomida ◽  
M Hozumi

Abstract The effects of mouse L-cell interferon (IFN) on growth of mouse bone marrow cells and their differentiation into macrophages and granulocytes were investigated in a liquid suspension culture system with two different types of colony-stimulating factor (CSF). Within 7 days, most bone marrow cells differentiated into macrophages in the presence of macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) derived from mouse fibroblast L929 cells, but into both granulocytes (40%) and macrophages (23%) in the presence of a granulocyte-macrophage colony- stimulating factor (GM-CSF) from mouse lung tissue. IFN inhibited growth of bone marrow cells with both M-CSF and GM-CSF, but had 20 times more effect on bone marrow cells stimulated with M-CSF than on those stimulated with GM-CSF. A low concentration of IFN (50 IU/ml) stimulated production of macrophages by GM-CSF in liquid culture medium, whereas it selectively inhibited colony formation of macrophages in semisolid agar culture. IFN caused no detectable block of late stages of differentiation; mature macrophages and granulocytes were produced even when cell proliferation was inhibited by IFN. These results indicate that IFN preferentially affects growth and differentiation of the cell lineage of macrophages among mouse bone marrow cells.


Blood ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 597-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Yamamoto-Yamaguchi ◽  
M Tomida ◽  
M Hozumi

The effects of mouse L-cell interferon (IFN) on growth of mouse bone marrow cells and their differentiation into macrophages and granulocytes were investigated in a liquid suspension culture system with two different types of colony-stimulating factor (CSF). Within 7 days, most bone marrow cells differentiated into macrophages in the presence of macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) derived from mouse fibroblast L929 cells, but into both granulocytes (40%) and macrophages (23%) in the presence of a granulocyte-macrophage colony- stimulating factor (GM-CSF) from mouse lung tissue. IFN inhibited growth of bone marrow cells with both M-CSF and GM-CSF, but had 20 times more effect on bone marrow cells stimulated with M-CSF than on those stimulated with GM-CSF. A low concentration of IFN (50 IU/ml) stimulated production of macrophages by GM-CSF in liquid culture medium, whereas it selectively inhibited colony formation of macrophages in semisolid agar culture. IFN caused no detectable block of late stages of differentiation; mature macrophages and granulocytes were produced even when cell proliferation was inhibited by IFN. These results indicate that IFN preferentially affects growth and differentiation of the cell lineage of macrophages among mouse bone marrow cells.


Blood ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 290-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
EM Mazur ◽  
JL Cohen ◽  
J Newton ◽  
P Sohl ◽  
A Narendran ◽  
...  

Abstract Sera from patients with bone marrow megakaryocyte aplasia are a rich source of megakaryocyte colony-stimulating activity (Meg-CSA). Other biologic materials exhibiting Meg-CSA include phytohemagglutinin- stimulated human lymphocyte-conditioned medium (PHA-LCM), recombinant interleukin-3 (IL-3), and recombinant granulocyte macrophage colony- stimulating factor (GM-CSF). Neutralizing antisera to both recombinant IL-3 and GM-CSF were used to evaluate the relationship among these sources of Meg-CSA. Varying dilutions of IL-3 and GM-CSF antisera were tested in plasma clot cultures of normal human peripheral blood megakaryocyte progenitors optimally stimulated by either IL-3 (1 U/mL), GM-CSF (1 U/mL), PHA-LCM (2.5% to 5% vol/vol), or aplastic human serum (10% vol/vol). IL-3 antiserum at dilutions up to 1/2,000 totally abrogated megakaryocyte colony growth stimulated by IL-3. A 1/500 dilution of GM-CSF antiserum completely eliminated GM-CSF-induced megakaryocyte colony development. A combination of anti-IL-3 and anti- GM-CSF, each at a 1/500 dilution, inhibited all megakaryocyte colony growth stimulated by optimal concentrations of IL-3 and GM-CSF together. There was no neutralizing crossreactivity between the IL-3 and GM-CSF antisera. At maximally neutralizing concentrations, IL-3 antiserum inhibited 66% of the megakaryocyte colony growth stimulated by PHA-LCM. Residual megakaryocyte colony growth was eliminated by the addition of a 1/500 dilution of anti-GM-CSF.


1996 ◽  
Vol 313 (2) ◽  
pp. 625-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genji IMOKAWA ◽  
Yukihiro YADA ◽  
Mitsutoshi KIMURA ◽  
Naoko MORISAKI

Recently we demonstrated that endothelins secreted from human keratinocytes act as intrinsic mitogens and melanogens for human melanocytes in UVB-induced melanosis. We show here that UVA-induced melanosis is associated with other keratinocyte-derived growth factors, secretion of which is specifically stimulated after exposure of human keratinocytes to UVA. Medium conditioned by UVA-exposed human keratinocytes elicited a significant increase in DNA synthesis by cultured human melanocytes in a UVA dose-dependent manner. Analysis of endothelin-1 and interleukin (IL)-1α in the conditioned medium by ELISA, both of which are major keratinocyte-derived cytokines involved in UVB-associated melanocyte activation, revealed that UVA exposure did not cause human keratinocytes to stimulate the secretion of the two cytokines. In contrast, the levels of several other cytokines such as IL-6, IL-8 and granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) were significantly increased in the conditioned medium of human keratinocytes after exposure to UVA at a dose of 1.0 J/cm2. The gel chromatographic profile of UVA-exposed keratinocyte-conditioned medium demonstrated that there were two factors (P-1 and P-2) with molecular masses of approx. 20 and 1 kDa respectively that stimulate DNA synthesis in human melanocytes, and the larger species (P-1) also increased melanization as assessed by [14C]thiouracil incorporation. Quantitative analysis of cytokines in chromatographic fractions by ELISA revealed the P-1 fraction to be consistent with the molecular mass profile of GM-CSF. Furthermore the stimulatory effect of the P-1 fraction on DNA synthesis in human melanocytes was neutralized by antibodies to GM-CSF, but not to basic fibroblast growth factor or stem cell factor. Binding and proliferation assays with recombinant GM-CSF demonstrated that human melanocytes possess specific binding sites for GM-CSF(Kd 2.11 nM; binding sites, 2.5-3.5×104 per cell), and recombinant GM-CSF at concentrations of more than 10 nM significantly stimulated DNA synthesis and melanization. These findings suggest that GM-CSF secreted by keratinocytes plays an essential role in the maintenance of melanocyte proliferation and UVA-induced pigmentation in the epidermis.


Blood ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 290-297
Author(s):  
EM Mazur ◽  
JL Cohen ◽  
J Newton ◽  
P Sohl ◽  
A Narendran ◽  
...  

Sera from patients with bone marrow megakaryocyte aplasia are a rich source of megakaryocyte colony-stimulating activity (Meg-CSA). Other biologic materials exhibiting Meg-CSA include phytohemagglutinin- stimulated human lymphocyte-conditioned medium (PHA-LCM), recombinant interleukin-3 (IL-3), and recombinant granulocyte macrophage colony- stimulating factor (GM-CSF). Neutralizing antisera to both recombinant IL-3 and GM-CSF were used to evaluate the relationship among these sources of Meg-CSA. Varying dilutions of IL-3 and GM-CSF antisera were tested in plasma clot cultures of normal human peripheral blood megakaryocyte progenitors optimally stimulated by either IL-3 (1 U/mL), GM-CSF (1 U/mL), PHA-LCM (2.5% to 5% vol/vol), or aplastic human serum (10% vol/vol). IL-3 antiserum at dilutions up to 1/2,000 totally abrogated megakaryocyte colony growth stimulated by IL-3. A 1/500 dilution of GM-CSF antiserum completely eliminated GM-CSF-induced megakaryocyte colony development. A combination of anti-IL-3 and anti- GM-CSF, each at a 1/500 dilution, inhibited all megakaryocyte colony growth stimulated by optimal concentrations of IL-3 and GM-CSF together. There was no neutralizing crossreactivity between the IL-3 and GM-CSF antisera. At maximally neutralizing concentrations, IL-3 antiserum inhibited 66% of the megakaryocyte colony growth stimulated by PHA-LCM. Residual megakaryocyte colony growth was eliminated by the addition of a 1/500 dilution of anti-GM-CSF.


Blood ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 252-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Kreitman ◽  
Ira Pastan

Abstract The granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor (GM-CSFR) is a potential target for toxin-directed therapy, because it is overexpressed on many leukemias and solid tumors and apparently not on stem cells. To investigate the potential therapeutic use of GM-CSF toxins, we fused human GM-CSF to truncated forms of either Pseudomonas exotoxin (PE) or diphtheria toxin (DT) and tested the cytotoxicity of the resulting GM-CSF–PE38KDEL and DT388–GM-CSF on human gastrointestinal (GI) carcinomas and leukemias. Toward gastric and colon cancer cell lines, GM-CSF–PE38KDEL was much more cytotoxic than DT388–GM-CSF, with IC50s (concentration resulting in 50% inhibition of protein synthesis) of 0.5 to 10 ng/mL compared with 4 to 400 ng/mL, respectively. In contrast, toward leukemia lines and fresh bone marrow cells DT388–GM-CSF was more cytotoxic than GM-CSF–PE38KDEL. The cytotoxicity of both GM-CSF–PE38KDEL and DT388–GM-CSF toward the human cells was specific, because it could be competed by an excess of GM-CSF. Binding studies indicated that human GM-CSF receptors were present on all of the human GI and leukemic cell lines tested, at levels of 540 to 3,700 sites per cell (kd = 0.2 to 2 nmol/L), and the number of sites per cell did not correlate with the cell type. A similar pattern of cytotoxicity was found with recombinant immunotoxins binding to the transferrin receptor, in that anti-TFR(Fv)–PE38KDEL was much more cytotoxic than DT388–anti-TFR(Fv) toward GI cells, but both were similar in their cytotoxic activity toward leukemia cells. The fact that PE is more effective than DT in killing GI but not leukemic tumor cells targeted by GM-CSF indicates a fundamental difference in the way PE or DT gains access to the cytosol in these cells. GM-CSF–PE38KDEL and DT388–GM-CSF deserve further evaluation as possible treatments for selected tumors.


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