Interactions between Vitamin D Derivatives, Retinoids and Granulocyte Macrophage - Colony Stimulating Factor in Leukemic Cell Differentiation

Vitamin D ◽  
1994 ◽  
pp. 461-462
Blood ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 971-979 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Tsuda ◽  
D Wong ◽  
J Dolovich ◽  
J Bienenstock ◽  
J Marshall ◽  
...  

Abstract We have recently shown that nerve growth factor (NGF) promotes human granulopoiesis, specifically augmenting basophilic cell differentiation observed in methylcellulose hematopoietic colony assays of human peripheral blood. Because the NGF effect was seen in the presence of conditioned medium derived from a human T-cell line (Mo-CM) containing granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), we examined interactions of purified NGF and recombinant human GM-CSF (rhGM-CSF) on granulocyte growth and differentiation. rhGM-CSF stimulated a dose- dependent increase in methylcellulose colony growth at concentrations between 0.1 U/mL and 10 U/mL, and in the presence of NGF at 500 ng/mL this effect was enhanced. The number of basophilic cell colony-forming units (CFU-Baso) and histamine-positive colonies increased synergistically when NGF was added to rhGM-CSF. Furthermore, because Mo- CM acts with sodium butyrate to promote basophilic differentiation of alkaline-passaged myeloid leukemia cells, HL-60, we also examined the interaction of NGF and Mo-CM or rhGM-CSF using this assay. In the presence of NGF, Mo-CM at concentrations of 0.5% to 20% vol/vol, and rhGM-CSF at concentrations of 0.1 U/mL to 100 U/mL synergistically increased histamine production by butyrate-induced, alkaline-passaged HL-60 cells; this was associated with the appearance of metachromatic, tryptase-negative, IgE receptor-positive cells. The effects of rhGM-CSF or Mo-CM were completely abrogated by a specific anti-rhGM-CSF neutralizing antibody in methylcellulose, with or without NGF; the NGF synergy with rhGM-CSF in the HL-60 assay was also inhibited by either anti-rhGM-CSF or anti-NGF antibody. These studies support the notion that differentiation in the basophilic lineage may be enhanced by NGF acting to increase the number of GM-CSF-responsive basophilic cell progenitors.


1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 4191-4199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terri L. Towers ◽  
Teodora P. Staeva ◽  
Leonard P. Freedman

ABSTRACT We previously described a control element in the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) enhancer that is necessary and sufficient to mediate both transcriptional activation in response to T-cell stimuli and transcriptional repression by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3[1,25(OH)2D3] through the vitamin D3 receptor (VDR). This DNA element is a composite site that is recognized by both Fos-Jun and NFAT1; it is directly bound by VDR in the absence of a retinoid X receptor as an apparent monomer, and it is bound in a unique tertiary conformation. We describe here the mechanism by which VDR elicits its transcriptional inhibitory effect. Firstly, VDR outcompetes NFAT1 for binding to the composite site. Overexpression of NFAT1 in vivo by transient transfection is able to relieve the 1,25(OH)2D3-dependent repression. Secondly, VDR stabilizes the binding of a Jun-Fos heterodimer to the adjacent AP-1 portion of the element. This appears to occur through a direct interaction between VDR and c-Jun, as demonstrated in vitro by direct glutathione S-transferase coprecipitation assays. In vivo, overexpression of c-Jun, but not c-Fos, leads to a rescue of the 1,25(OH)2D3-mediated repression. Transfected FLAG-VDR bound to the NFAT1–AP-1 DNA binding element can be selectively precipitated from nuclear extracts that are made from cells treated with activating agents in the presence of 1,25(OH)2D3. VDR is not detected in the complex in the absence of the ligand. Thus, VDR acts selectively on the two components required for activation of this promoter/enhancer: it competes with NFAT1 for binding to the composite site, positioning itself adjacent to Jun-Fos on the DNA. Co-occupancy apparently leads to an inhibitory effect on c-Jun’s transactivation function. These two events mediated by VDR effectively block the NFAT1–AP-1 activation complex, resulting in an attenuation of activated GM-CSF transcription.


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 ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 78 (9) ◽  
pp. 2261-2268 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Chiba ◽  
F Takaku ◽  
T Tange ◽  
K Shibuya ◽  
C Misawa ◽  
...  

We have established a new nonlymphoid leukemic cell ine from a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), which progressed to overt leukemia. The parental cell line and a subline derived from this line have absolute dependency on several cytokines for their long-term survival and growth. The parental line designated F-36P requires granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) or interleukin-3 (IL-3) for continuous growth, while a subline designated F-36E can be maintained in the presence of erythropoietin (Epo) alone. When these cytokines are depleted, both the parental and the subline cells die within several days, even in medium supplemented with fetal calf serum (FCS). F-36E, maintained in the presence of Epo, constitutively synthesizes hemoglobin at a significant level. F-36P, which is usually maintained in the presence of GM-CSF or IL-3, can be induced to synthesize hemoglobin when GM-CSF or IL-3 is substituted by Epo. The surface marker profile shows that the F-36P cells are positive for the leukocyte common antigen (CD45) and some common multilineage markers such as CD13, CD33, and CD34, and negative for T- and B-cell antigens and mature myelomonocytic antigens. However, some monoclonal antibodies recognizing erythroid and platelet glycoproteins react with these cells. Thus, this cell line has a multilineage phenotype, suggesting that the transformation event occurred in a multipotent stem cell. It is also evident that the F-36 cells can be induced to differentiate into the erythroid lineage in the presence of Epo. This, to our knowledge, is the first description of a human leukemic cell line that can be stimulated to synthesize hemoglobin by Epo.


Blood ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 96 (12) ◽  
pp. 3748-3756
Author(s):  
Bruno Canque ◽  
Sandrine Camus ◽  
Ali Dalloul ◽  
Edmond Kahn ◽  
Micaël Yagello ◽  
...  

To better characterize human dendritic cells (DCs) that originate from lymphoid progenitors, the authors examined the DC differentiation pathways from a novel CD7+CD45RA+ progenitor population found among cord blood CD34+ cells. Unlike CD7−CD45RA+ and CD7+CD45RA− progenitors, this population displayed high natural killer (NK) cell differentiation capacity when cultured with stem cell factor (SCF), interleukin (IL)-2, IL-7, and IL-15, attesting to its lymphoid potential. In cultures with SCF, Flt3 ligand (FL), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α (standard condition), CD7+CD45RA+ progenitors expanded less (37- vs 155-fold) but yielded 2-fold higher CD1a+ DC percentages than CD7−CD45RA+ or CD7+CD45RA− progenitors. As reported for CD34+CD1a− thymocytes, cloning experiments demonstrated that CD7+CD45RA+ cells comprised bipotent NK/DC progenitors. DCs differentiated from CD7−CD45RA+ and CD7+CD45RA+ progenitors differed as to E-cadherin CD123, CD116, and CD127 expression, but none of these was really discriminant. Only CD7+CD45RA+ or thymic progenitors differentiated into Lag+S100+Langerhans cells in the absence of exogenous transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1. Analysis of the DC differentiation pathways showed that CD7+CD45RA+ progenitors generated CD1a+CD14− precursors that were macrophage-colony stimulating factor (M-CSF) resistant and CD1a−CD14+ precursors that readily differentiated into DCs under the standard condition. Accordingly, CD7+CD45RA+ progenitor-derived mature DCs produced 2- to 4-fold more IL-6, IL-12, and TNF-α on CD40 ligation and elicited 3- to 6-fold higher allogeneic T-lymphocyte reactivity than CD7−CD45RA+ progenitor-derived DCs. Altogether, these findings provide evidence that the DCs that differentiate from cord blood CD34+CD7+CD45RA+ progenitors represent an original population for their developmental pathways and function.


Blood ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 1045-1051
Author(s):  
M Nishimura ◽  
K Kaku ◽  
Y Azuno ◽  
K Okafuji ◽  
Y Inoue ◽  
...  

Phosphoinositol turnover, diacylglycerol generation, protein kinase C (PK-C) activity, and intracellular cyclic nucleotides were studied in an established human leukemia cell line, HL-60, in response to one of the hematopoietic cytokines, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). Continuous exposure of HL-60 cells to GM-CSF induced the cell differentiation that was evaluated by the nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) reducing activity. GM-CSF also exhibited a proliferative effect on HL-60 cells. GM-CSF at 1 nmol/L, an optimal concentration for cell growth and cell differentiation, induced significant changes in the intracellular inositoltriphosphate (IP3). Diacylglycerol generation was also stimulated by GM-CSF treatment. GM- CSF increased the membrane PK-C activity by 10-fold of the control, whereas no measurable change in cyclic nucleotides was observed. These data indicated that phosphoinositol turnover and the activation of PK-C were included in the GM-CSF signal transducing pathway in HL-60 cell. Phosphoinositol response leading to PK-C activation may act as a trigger signal of cell differentiation by GM-CSF.


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