TY - JOUR
T1 - Induction of proliferation of acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) cells with hemopoietic growth factors
AU - Lista, Patrizia
AU - Brizzi, Maria Felice
AU - Avanzi, Giancarlo
AU - Veglia, Fabrizio
AU - Resegotti, Luigi
AU - Pegoraro, Luigi
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - Like their normal counterparts, leukemic blasts have recently been shown to respond to hemopoietic growth factors in both suspension culture and in semisolid media. In the present study, we have evaluated the proliferative response of 35 AML cases to colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) containing conditioned media derived from the human cell lines GCT, 5637, MO and MG U87, and to human recombinant IL-1 (rh-IL1), IL-3 (rhIL-3), GM-CSF (rhGM-CSF) and G-CSF (rhG-CSF). In the great majority of cases, an increase of 3H-thymidine (3H-TdR) uptake was obtained in response to at least one conditioned medium. The labeling index (LI) and the growth fraction (GF), evaluated in a restricted group of cases, were also increased by the growth factors, suggesting that they act by recruiting leukemic cells in cycle from the resting compartment. The ability of blast populations to form colonies was also studied. Conditioned media were found to induce or significantly increase the clonogenic capacity in 20 cases out of 22. The response of leukemic cells to human recombinant CSFs and rhIL-1, used alone or in combination, was also assayed. The results, in agreement with those obtained with conditioned media, show that each leukemic case displays a different pattern of response to CSFs, and that optimal growth conditions must be individually assessed. The possibility of increasing the fraction of cycling cells in AML populations may represent a way to render them more sensitive to cytostatic agents, with a view to new therapeutic strategies.
AB - Like their normal counterparts, leukemic blasts have recently been shown to respond to hemopoietic growth factors in both suspension culture and in semisolid media. In the present study, we have evaluated the proliferative response of 35 AML cases to colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) containing conditioned media derived from the human cell lines GCT, 5637, MO and MG U87, and to human recombinant IL-1 (rh-IL1), IL-3 (rhIL-3), GM-CSF (rhGM-CSF) and G-CSF (rhG-CSF). In the great majority of cases, an increase of 3H-thymidine (3H-TdR) uptake was obtained in response to at least one conditioned medium. The labeling index (LI) and the growth fraction (GF), evaluated in a restricted group of cases, were also increased by the growth factors, suggesting that they act by recruiting leukemic cells in cycle from the resting compartment. The ability of blast populations to form colonies was also studied. Conditioned media were found to induce or significantly increase the clonogenic capacity in 20 cases out of 22. The response of leukemic cells to human recombinant CSFs and rhIL-1, used alone or in combination, was also assayed. The results, in agreement with those obtained with conditioned media, show that each leukemic case displays a different pattern of response to CSFs, and that optimal growth conditions must be individually assessed. The possibility of increasing the fraction of cycling cells in AML populations may represent a way to render them more sensitive to cytostatic agents, with a view to new therapeutic strategies.
KW - AML stem cell
KW - Hemopoietic growth factors
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U2 - 10.1016/0145-2126(88)90064-1
DO - 10.1016/0145-2126(88)90064-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 3288816
AN - SCOPUS:0023694837
VL - 12
SP - 441
EP - 447
JO - Leukemia Research
JF - Leukemia Research
SN - 0145-2126
IS - 5
ER -