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Pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma producing granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor: report of a case. Surg Today 2011; 42:288-91. [DOI: 10.1007/s00595-011-0043-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2010] [Accepted: 03/03/2011] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Hovgaard DJ, Nissen NI. Effect of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor on Chemotherapy-Related Neutropenia in Patients with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas—A Phase I/II Study of Dose and Mode of Administration. Leuk Lymphoma 2009; 6:39-48. [DOI: 10.3109/10428199109064877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Calabrese EJ. Cancer biology and hormesis: human tumor cell lines commonly display hormetic (biphasic) dose responses. Crit Rev Toxicol 2006; 35:463-582. [PMID: 16422392 DOI: 10.1080/10408440591034502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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This article assesses the nature of the dose-response relationship of human tumor cell lines with a wide range of agents including antineoplastics, toxic substances (i.e., environmental pollutants), nonneoplastic drugs, endogenous agonists, and phyto-compounds. Hormetic-like biphasic dose responses were commonly reported and demonstrated in 136 tumor cell lines from over 30 tissue types for over 120 different agents. Quantitative features of these hormetic dose responses were similar, regardless of tumor cell line or agent tested. That is, the magnitude of the responses was generally modest, with maximum stimulatory responses typically not greater than twice the control, while the width of the stimulatory concentration range was usually less than 100-fold. Particular attention was directed to possible molecular mechanisms of the biphasic nature of the dose response, as well as clinical implications in which a low concentration of chemotherapeutic agent may stimulate tumor cell proliferation. Finally, these findings further support the conclusion that hormetic dose responses are broadly generalizable, being independent of biological model, endpoint measured, and stressor agent, and represent a basic feature of biological responsiveness to chemical and physical stressors.
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- Edward J Calabrese
- Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003, USA.
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Watanabe M, Ono K, Ozeki Y, Tanaka S, Aida S, Okuno Y. Production of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in a patient with metastatic chest wall large cell carcinoma. Jpn J Clin Oncol 1998; 28:559-62. [PMID: 9793030 DOI: 10.1093/jjco/28.9.559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Recent reports of cancers that produce colony-stimulating factors (CSF) and which are associated with leukocytosis indicate that most are granulocyte CSF-producing tumors. A 71-year-old man with metastatic chest wall tumors from large cell lung cancer with marked leukocytosis and eosinophilia was reported. His maximal leukocyte count was 48300/microliter with 37.5% eosinophils. Granulocyte-macrophage CSF (GM-CSF) activity detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in serum was 112 pg/ml (normal range < 2.0 pg/ml), but G-CSF was normal. Immunohistochemical detection of GM-CSF protein on a chest wall tumor sample was positive. Irradiation of the chest wall tumor was performed and the leukocyte count decreased temporally. However, he died of respiratory failure due to progressive tumor growth 56 days after admission. Based on these results it appears that autocrine production of GM-CSF is a possible cause of this leukemoid reaction.
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- M Watanabe
- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
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Siu LL, Attardo G, Izbicka E, Lawrence R, Cerna C, Gomez L, Davidson K, Finkle C, Marsolais C, Rowinsky EK, Von Hoff DD. Activity of (-)-2'-deoxy-3'-oxacytidine (BCH-4556) against human tumor colony-forming units. Ann Oncol 1998; 9:885-91. [PMID: 9789612 DOI: 10.1023/a:1008387019062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND BCH-4556 ((-)-2'-deoxy-3'-oxacytidine) is an L-nucleoside analogue shown to have broad preclinical anti-cancer activity, particularly against solid neoplasms such as prostate, renal, and hepatoma in vitro and in vivo, in contrast to cytosine arabinoside (ara-C) which is preferentially active against leukemia. MATERIALS AND METHODS The antitumor activity of BCH-4556 was evaluated using human tumor colony-forming unit (HTCFU) assay, in which fresh tumor specimens were taken directly from patients with and without prior chemotherapy. RESULTS Overall, in vitro responses (50% or less survival compared to untreated controls) were observed in 11% (two of 18), 29% (five of 17) and 50% (nine of 18) of specimens treated for one hour with BCH-4556 at 1, 10 and 100 micrograms/ml, respectively; and 16% (nine of 55), 32% (24 of 74), 48% (35 of 73) and 65% (11 of 17) of specimens treated continuously with BCH-4556 at 0.1, 1, 10 and 100 micrograms/ml, respectively. With the one-hour schedule, a significant difference in response rates was noted between 100 micrograms/ml and 1 microgram/ml (P = 0.02). With the continuous schedule, significant differences in response rates were observed between 1 microgram/ml and 0.1 microgram/ml (P = 0.02), between 10 micrograms/ml and 0.1 microgram/ml (P = 0.0001), as well as between 10 micrograms/ml and 1 microgram/ml (P = 0.01). A trend suggesting the superiority of continuous exposure was observed in paired specimens (n = 18) at comparable drug concentrations. Activity was noted against ovarian (nine of 16 = 56%), renal (three of four = 75%), and melanoma (two of two = 100%) HTCFU at 10 micrograms/ml using the continuous schedule. Comparisons between BCH-4556 and paclitaxel were made in 32 specimens at 10 micrograms/ml using the continuous exposure. Twenty-three specimens showed similar responses with both drugs; seven showed better responses with BCH-4556; and two showed better responses with paclitaxel (P = 0.18). CONCLUSIONS Promising activity was observed with BCH-4556 against ovarian, renal, and melanoma HTCFU. There appeared to be a positive relationship between BCH-4556 concentration and response using both one-hour and continuous exposures. Continuous exposure to BCH-4556 provided high response rates especially at concentrations above 10 micrograms/ml. For both one-hour and continuous exposures, BCH-4556 had similar, and at times, greater potency than paclitaxel against the same tumor specimens in the present study.
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- L L Siu
- Institute for Drug Development, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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Savarese DM, Valinski H, Quesenberry P, Savarese T. Expression and function of colony-stimulating factors and their receptors in human prostate carcinoma cell lines. Prostate 1998; 34:80-91. [PMID: 9465939 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0045(19980201)34:2<80::aid-pros2>3.0.co;2-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND The predeliction for prostate carcinoma cells to metastasize to bone suggests the hypothesis that bone and/or bone marrow-derived factors may promote prostate carcinoma cell growth or survival, or serve as chemoattractants for these cells. METHODS We screened three prostate carcinoma cell lines, DU-145, PC-3, and LNCaP, for the expression of several hematopoiesis-associated colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) and their receptors using RT-PCR (reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction) and immunohistochemical methods, and examined their functional effects. RESULTS All of these cell lines express granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF), and the DU-145 and PC-3 lines express stem-cell factor (SCF), as determined by RT-PCR and ELISA. Each of these cell lines expresses the receptors for SCF, GM-CSF, M-CSF, and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). M-CSF enhanced the soft-agar clonogenicity of PC-3 and DU-145 cells, and GM-CSF stimulated all three cell lines. SCF stimulated the clonogenic growth of DU-145 cells. G-CSF marginally abrogated the induction of cell death in the PC-3 and LNCaP cell lines under serum-free conditions. GM-CSF and M-CSF stimulated modest chemotaxis of PC-3, DU-145, and LNCaP cells (most prominently in PC-3 cells). CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that 1) CSFs may be part of a network of paracrine and autocrine loops that modulate prostate carcinoma cell activity, and 2) the growth-stimulatory, survival-enhancing, and/or chemotactic actions of bone marrow-derived CSFs on prostate carcinoma cells may explain in part why bone is a preferential site of prostatic carcinoma metastases.
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- D M Savarese
- Cytokine/Cytokine Receptor Laboratory, LINK Laboratories, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655, USA
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Feleszko W, Giermasz A, Gołatb J, Lasek W, Kuc K, Szperl M, Jakóbisiak M. Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor accelerates growth of Lewis lung carcinoma in mice. Cancer Lett 1996; 101:193-7. [PMID: 8620469 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(96)04134-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) has not been found to exert any influence on the proliferation of Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) cells in vitro. Nevertheless, when administered intraperitoneally, GM-CSF accelerated the growth of subcutaneously growing LLC in mice.
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- W Feleszko
- Department of Immunology, Medical School, Warsaw, Poland
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Herzog TJ, Horiuchi TK, Williams S, Camel HM, Mutch DG. Growth modulatory effects of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor on human cell lines derived from gynecologic malignancies. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1996; 174:161-8. [PMID: 8572001 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9378(96)70389-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE In spite of increased expression of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor surface receptors on solid tumors, the growth modulatory effects of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor have not been well defined in gynecologic malignancies. We assessed the in vitro growth effects of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor on such cell lines. STUDY DESIGN By use of a chromium 51 incorporation assay the in vitro growth effects of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor on 12 cell lines derived from human malignancies were measured. RESULTS No growth stimulatory or inhibitory effect was mediated by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor on six cell lines, whereas three lines showed consistent but not statistically significant dose-dependent growth stimulation. There was, however, a statistically significant increase in growth of short duration in three other cell lines at clinically relevant doses of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. Fluorometric cell cycle analysis demonstrated no change in cell-cycle distribution. CONCLUSION Within this in vitro system, stimulation of gynecologic malignancies in patients receiving granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor for mitigation of the myelosuppressive effects of cytotoxic chemotherapy does not appear to be widespread nor sustained beyond 48 hours.
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- T J Herzog
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Papadimitriou CA, Topp MS, Serve H, Oelmann E, Koenigsmann M, Maurer J, Oberberg D, Reufi B, Thiel E, Berdel WE. Recombinant human stem cell factor does exert minor stimulation of growth in small cell lung cancer and melanoma cell lines. Eur J Cancer 1995; 31A:2371-8. [PMID: 8652271 DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(95)00438-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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We have previously reported on the stimulation of clonal growth of a glioblastoma cell line by rhSCF (Berdel et al., Cancer Res 1992, 52, 3498-3502). Within an extensive screening programme of haematopoietic growth factor activity on malignant cells, the effects of rhSCF were further tested on the growth of 29 different human cell lines derived from a wide range of solid tumours, among them six lung cancers and five melanomas. RhSCF (0, 1, 10, 100 ng/ml) was tested in a human tumour cloning assay (HTCA) which reliably detects growth modulation of tumour cells by cytokines. Additionally, a tritiated thymidine uptake test was used. Growth of 27 of the 29 cell lines tested was not affected by rhSCF. However, growth of the small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cell line HTB 120 was slightly stimulated (1.5 fold that of controls), and that of the melanoma cell line MeWo was stimulated up to 1.3-fold. This activity was eliminated dose-dependently by the tyrosine kinase inhibitor, genistein. We further analysed the cell lines for expression of the proto-oncogene C-KIT and its ligand SCF. All melanoma and lung cancer cell lines expressed SCF as assessed at the mRNA level. Northern blotting also revealed clear C-KIT mRNA expression in three melanoma (HAS, MeWo, SK-MEL-28), one NSCLC (HTB 53), and four SCLC cell lines (HTB 119, HTB 120, HTB 171, HTB 175). Furthermore, C-KIT protein expression was detected by flow cytometric analysis on the cell surface of MeWo, HTB 119 and HTB 120 cells. Our data indicate that SCF can be operative in growth modulation of non-haematopoietic malignant cells, especially SCLC and melanoma. However, our extensive screening of SCF/tumour cell interaction shows that this interaction is rare and makes potential hazards, such as tumour stimulation upon clinical use of rhSCF in conjunction with chemotherapy in cancer patients, unlikely for the majority of other tumour histologies.
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- C A Papadimitriou
- Department of Haematology and Oncology, Universitaetsklinikum Benjamin Franklin (Steglitz), Berlin, Germany
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Izquierdo MA, Degen D, Myers L, Levitt DJ, Von Hoff DD. Effects of the hematopoietic growth factors GM-CSF, IL-3, and IL-6 on human tumor colony-forming units taken directly from patients. Ann Oncol 1995; 6:927-32. [PMID: 8624297 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.annonc.a059361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND One concern regarding the use of hematopoietic growth factors (e.g., GM-CSF, IL-3, and IL-6) to accelerate hematologic recovery after treatment of solid tumors with high doses of chemotherapy is that these factors may stimulate tumor growth. MATERIALS AND METHODS We tested the effects of GM-CSF, IL-3 or IL-6 (continuous exposure to 1, 10, and 100 ng/ml of each cytokine) on tumor cells taken directly from patients with solid tumors using the human tumor cloning assay. The range of concentrations of the cytokines used in our study included the concentrations that appear to be clinically relevant. RESULTS Of the evaluable samples, stimulation of tumor growth was noted in 0/16 exposed to GM-CSF, in 3/72 (4%) exposed to IL-3, and in 1/65 (2%) exposed to IL-6. Inhibition of tumor proliferation was noted in no sample exposed to GM-CSF, in 7 (10%) exposed to IL-3 and in 7 (10%) exposed to IL-6. CONCLUSIONS The use of GM-CSF, IL-3 or IL-6 to reduce myelosuppression after high dose chemotherapy appears unlikely to result in stimulation of the growth of the most common solid tumors. It is also unlikely that either IL-3 and IL-6 alone will be useful as antitumor agents against solid tumors.
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- M A Izquierdo
- Institute for Drug Development, San Antonio, TX, USA
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Trillet-Lenoir VN. The role of hematopoietic growth factors in small cell lung cancer: a review. Cancer Treat Res 1995; 72:273-292. [PMID: 7535555 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2630-8_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Thacker JD, Dedhar S, Hogge DE. The effect of GM-CSF and G-CSF on the growth of human osteosarcoma cells in vitro and in vivo. Int J Cancer 1994; 56:236-43. [PMID: 7508889 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910560216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The human osteosarcoma cell line, MG63, responds both to GM-CSF and to G-CSF in vitro. To assess the significance of these observations to tumor growth in vivo, MG63 cells were engineered by retroviral infection to produce human GM-CSF or G-CSF. These retrovirally infected cells become autostimulatory as measured by increased [3H]-thymidine incorporation (3- to 7-fold) and anchorage-independent colony formation (7- to 10-fold) as compared with uninfected MG63 cells or cells infected with control (neor) retrovirus. The increased proliferation induced by exogenous GM-CSF or G-CSF on uninfected MG63 cells in both assays could be completely inhibited by anti-GM-CSF or anti-G-CSF antibodies, while the same antibodies only partially abrogated proliferation by the growth-factor-producing cells. None of 34 nude or SCID mice developed tumors when injected s.c. with uninfected or neor-virus-infected cells. In contrast, all 30 mice injected with GM-CSF- or G-CSF-producing MG63 cells developed tumors which were G418-resistant and factor-producing. Tumor cell DNA showed a polyclonal retroviral integration pattern indistinguishable from that in the DNA of cells injected into mice. Tumors that formed following injection of a mixture of G418-resistant, GM-CSF-producing cells and cells infected with virus containing only the hygror gene contained hygromycin-resistant cells in the same proportion as was present in the original cell mixture. These data indicate that GM-CSF and G-CSF can support the growth of an osteosarcoma cell line both in vitro and in vivo whether the factor is supplied by autocrine production or from exogenous sources.
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- J D Thacker
- Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada
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The colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) have emerged as effective drugs in a variety of clinical situations. These drugs stimulate the production and activity of haematopoietic cells in vitro and in vivo. Two members of this group, granulocyte CSF (G-CSF) and granulocyte-macrophage CSF (GM-CSF), have been approved in the US and Europe for use following cytotoxic chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow transplantation. Other uses of the CSFs include myelodysplastic syndromes, aplastic anaemia, the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and cyclic and congenital neutropenias. Although CSFs have generally been well tolerated in clinical use there are a number of theoretical concerns, including disease acceleration, biased stem cell commitment and bone marrow exhaustion. New CSFs are currently under development. Combinations of growth factors in the future may maximise effectiveness while minimising toxicity.
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- J R Schriber
- Department of Medicine (Hematology), Stanford University Hospital, California
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Hansson M, Söderström T. The colony stimulating factors. MEDICAL ONCOLOGY AND TUMOR PHARMACOTHERAPY 1993; 10:5-12. [PMID: 8258995 DOI: 10.1007/bf02987762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Hematopoiesis is a dynamic process, which generate in the range of 10(9) cells/kg each day of erythroid and myeloid cells respectively. In vitro assays that were developed 20 years ago, have been used to define factors that can stimulate growth and differentiation of bone marrow (BM) derived progenitor cells. These growth factors for hematopoiesis were termed Colony Stimulating Factors (CSFs) since the assay system was to induce colonies. With the application of molecular biologic approaches, the genes encoding for these CSFs have been localized and cloned. Production of CSFs and other soluble signal substances (cytokines) as pure proteins have led to important insights into how hematopoiesis is regulated by a complex network made up by interactions between cells and cytokines. The availability of CSFs in clinically useful amounts has also led to clinical trials with new strategies for treating hematopoietic dysfunctions, congenital or acquired. Because others have recently reviewed clinical applications or basic science studies on the colony stimulating factors, we will summarize the two with focus on common features between the different CSFs.
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- M Hansson
- Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Analysis of G-CSF-producing lung cancer cell lines and non-growth-stimulatory effects of rhG-CSF on lung cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Lung Cancer 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/0169-5002(92)90001-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Baldwin GC. The biology of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor: effects on hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic cells. Dev Biol 1992; 151:352-67. [PMID: 1601172 DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(92)90175-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is one of a family of glycoprotein cytokines that have potent effects in stimulating the proliferation, maturation, and function of hematopoietic cells. Deriving its name from its ability to stimulate the formation of macroscopic colonies containing neutrophils, eosinophils, macrophages, or mixtures of these cell types, GM-CSF stimulates the proliferation and maturation of myeloid progenitors, as well as functionally activating mature neutrophils, eosinophils, and macrophages. As most of the effects observed using GM-CSF in vitro have been shown to occur in vivo either in animal models or in human subjects, it is important to consider that GM-CSF may also exert some biological effects on nonhematopoietic cells. In response to immunologic stimuli, immunologic surveillance cells and cells of the microenvironment are capable of producing GM-CSF. In vitro experiments indicate that GM-CSF production is tightly regulated. In that regard, GM-CSF is not present in measurable quantities in normal serum, but little is known about the in vivo process of GM-CSF production and regulation. The biologic capabilities of GM-CSF have triggered its widespread clinical use in situations where hematopoiesis is compromised. GM-CSF can act as a potent growth factor in vivo, increasing the number and enhancing the function of hematopoietic progenitors and mature cells. However, the precise in vivo effect that GM-CSF may have on normal and neoplastic cells of nonhematopoietic origin remains undefined. The full range of GM-CSF bioactivity is mediated following binding to its receptor. The presence of specific receptors for GM-CSF has been demonstrated in all responsive cells of hematopoietic lineage, as well as in nonhematopoietic cells, both responsive and unresponsive. In conclusion, a large body of work from a number of laboratories has defined the biology of GM-CSF. Currently available reagents and technology will provide additional insights into the biology of this molecule, thereby expanding our present definition and allowing us to explore the mechanisms regulating hematopoiesis.
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- G C Baldwin
- Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90024-1678
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Berdel WE, Zafferani M, Senekowitsch R, Kreuser ED, Thiel E. Effect of interleukin-3 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor on growth of xenotransplanted human tumour cell lines in nude mice. Eur J Cancer 1992; 28:377-80. [PMID: 1317197 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(05)80057-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The clonal growth of cell lines from some human solid tumours can be stimulated by haematopoietic growth factors such as recombinant human (rh) interleukin-3 (IL-3) and rh granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in vitro. Among these cell lines are the human colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line HTB 38 and the human small-cell lung cancer cell line HTB 119. Here we report on a series of experiments studying the influence of subcutaneously administered rhIL-3 and rhGM-CSF on the in vivo growth of HTB 38 and HTB 119 cell lines as xenografts in athymic nu/nu BALB/c mice. Beginning 1 day after transplantation of the tumour the cytokines were administered daily for 20 days as a subcutaneous bolus distant from the tumour lesion at dose levels up to 1 mg/m2/day. The cytokines caused no significant and reproducible growth modulation of the tumours in vivo.
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- W E Berdel
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Klinikum Steglitz, Freie Universitaet Berlin, F.R.G
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Grosh WW, Quesenberry PJ. Recombinant human hematopoietic growth factors in the treatment of cytopenias. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1992; 62:S25-38. [PMID: 1728985 DOI: 10.1016/0090-1229(92)90038-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The hemolymphopoietic growth factors, including the colony-stimulating factors (CSF) and interleukins (IL), are described and categorized on the basis of their biological features in laboratory systems. Although these agents are varied and exceptions exist, in general they lack lineage specificity although they may express lineage-predominant activity. They act at multiple levels of hemolymphopoietic cell differentiation, demonstrate additive or synergistic effects when combined in vitro, require surface receptors on target cells to directly express their activity, and may be produced by a variety of cells. This framework of behavioral generalizations, completed by the specifics of each factor's activity, despite the artifactual and simplified nature of in vivo systems, forms the basis for concepts of in vitro activity and for clinical applications. Hemolymphopoietic growth factors studied in the clinic have demonstrated impressive and important activity, validating much of the in vitro data. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) have clearly reduced neutropenia and infection rates when administered following conventional chemotherapy and high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous bone marrow transplantation. To a varying degree, similar results with G-CSF and/or GM-CSF have been described in other diseases including acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) treated following induction chemotherapy, myelodysplastic syndrome, hairy cell leukemia, aplastic anemia, and chronic neutropenias. In preliminary studies IL-3 has been shown to have similar qualitative activities. However, these agents have not demonstrated a reproducible salutary impact on platelet or red cell lineages. Adverse effects on platelet counts and/or platelet recovery have been noted. Additionally, hemolymphopoietic growth factor receptors have been identified on malignant cells, suggesting that these factors could stimulate neoplastic growth. Studies with GM-CSF and IL-3 have demonstrated blast proliferation in some cases of AML and myelodysplasia, underscoring the capacity of these agents to stimulate the growth of myeloid leukemia. No clinically evident impact of these factors upon the growth of solid tumors has been identified but this issue has not been adequately studied. The toxicity of these agents has been surprisingly limited and appears to be related to their biologic activities. Hemolymphopoietic growth factors as single agents have broad clinical applications in cytopenias. Several methods for enhancing the clinical activity of these agents are under study, including the use of combinations of growth factors synergistic in vitro.
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- W W Grosh
- University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908
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- J H Scarffe
- Department of Medical Oncology, Christie Hospital, Withington, Manchester, U.K
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Baker WJ, Hargis JB, Danesi R, La Rocca RV. The effect of rhGM-CSF on the proliferation of osteogenic sarcoma cells. Am J Hematol 1991; 37:84-7. [PMID: 2069168 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.2830370205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) promotes the growth of a variety of hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic cells, both benign and malignant. There is now evidence that osteoblast-like cells produce GM-CSF and their growth is stimulated by this cytokine in vitro. We have studied the effect of rhGM-CSF on DNA synthesis and cell proliferation in the human osteogenic sarcoma cell lines U-20S, G-292, MG-63, and HOS. RhGM-CSF stimulated a dose-dependent increase in radioactive thymidine incorporation in each of the four cell lines in the presence of serum-free media, and in two cell lines (HOS and U-20S) in the presence of fetal bovine serum (FBS). In addition, rhGM-CSF produced significant increases in cell proliferation in two cell lines (MG-63 and U-20S) in the presence of 2% FBS. These results suggest that GM-CSF may have an important role in the biology of human osteogenic sarcoma cells. The clinical implications of these findings merit further investigation.
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- W J Baker
- Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C
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Klingemann HG, Shepherd JD, Eaves CJ, Eaves AC. The role of erythropoietin and other growth factors in transfusion medicine. Transfus Med Rev 1991; 5:33-47. [PMID: 1802275 DOI: 10.1016/s0887-7963(91)70191-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- H G Klingemann
- Division of Hematology, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada
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Human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor modulates in vitro growth in only a minority of continuous human tumour cell lines. EORTC Clonogenic Assay Screening Study Group. Eur J Cancer 1991; 27:231-5. [PMID: 1827301 DOI: 10.1016/0277-5379(91)90503-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) has potential usefulness in a range of clinical conditions, including the treatment of patients with myelosuppression induced by chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. Prior to any extensive use of this material, however, assessment of its effects on non-haematopoietic tumour cell growth appeared warranted. Accordingly, five laboratories, all members of the EORTC Clonogenic Assay Screening Study Group, have monitored in vitro responses to GM-CSF, using their own individual assay procedures, in a series of 18 human tumour cell lines, predominantly of non-haematopoietic origin, 25 tumour biopsy specimens and samples from five normal bone marrow aspirates. Significant growth stimulation by GM-CSF addition was rare, being absent in all 25 "fresh" ovarian tumour samples tested, but was consistently observed in four of the 18 continuous tumour cell lines tested (1 breast and 3 ovary) and all five normal bone marrow aspirates.
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Heicappell R, Ackermann R. Rationale for immunotherapy of renal cell carcinoma. UROLOGICAL RESEARCH 1990; 18:357-72. [PMID: 2100410 DOI: 10.1007/bf00297367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Metastasis to distant organs is the principal cause of death from renal cell carcinoma (RCC). No commonly accepted therapy is available for disseminated RCC at present. Immunotherapy is a mode of therapy that either interferes with the immune system or makes use of drugs that have been derived from soluble mediators of the immune system. Several lines of evidence suggest that combinations of genetically engineered cytokines (e.g. interleukin-2 and interferon alpha) may be particularly active in the treatment of advanced RCC. There are two major rationales for considering immunotherapy for RCC: (1) there is currently no other therapy available, and (2) there is hardly any innovative approach besides immunotherapy. Still, immunotherapy is far from being a standard therapy for disseminated RCC.
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- R Heicappell
- Department of Urology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, FRG
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Joraschkewitz M, Depenbrock H, Freund M, Erdmann G, Meyer HJ, De Riese W, Neukam D, Hanauske U, Krumwieh M, Poliwoda H. Effects of cytokines on in vitro colony formation of primary human tumour specimens. Eur J Cancer 1990; 26:1070-4. [PMID: 1703419 DOI: 10.1016/0277-5379(90)90054-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Although under study to alleviate chemotherapy-induced bone marrow toxicity, cytokines can stimulate in vitro growth of solid human tumour cell lines. The effects of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and interleukin-3 (IL-3) on in vitro colony formation of primary human tumours was studied in a capillary soft-agar cloning system. Of 108 tumour specimens from 100 patients, 85 specimens were tested against all three factors at concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 1000 ng/ml. 44 of 100 tumours showed adequate growth in controls. 8 out of 43 (19%) specimens were significantly stimulated by GM-CSF, 6 of 40 (15%) by G-CSF and 10 of 44 (23%) by IL-3. Sensitivity to all three cytokines was observed in 4 of 44 (9%) specimens. By light microscopy the appearance of colonies from stimulated specimens was identical to that of controls. Sensitivity to cytokines was independent from sensitivity to epidermal growth factor, transferrin or insulin. Sensitivity to GM-CSF, G-CSF and IL-3 may be aberrantly expressed in a subgroup of solid human tumours.
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- M Joraschkewitz
- Abteilung Hämatologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, F.R.G
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The availability of recombinant haemopoietic growth factors for clinical use has led to a proliferation of trials in the setting of bone marrow transplantation. Early results from these studies, using GM-CSF and G-CSF, show that these factors are able to reduce the period of cytotoxic induced neutropaenia but have little effect on platelet recovery. Toxicity has been relatively mild unless very high doses are administered. Randomised controlled trials are in progress and will help to define the exact role of growth factors in this setting. Future prospects include the increasing availability of other growth factors for clinical use and the potential for combination growth factor therapy to provide a more optimal haemopoietic response.
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