Abstract |
The in vitro effect of recombinant human Granulocyte Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor (rh-GMCSF) on the leishmanicidal activity and superoxide anion productivity of macrophages derived from human blood monocytes (MOs) were investigated. MOs treated with 25, 125, or 250 U/mL of rh-GMCSF for 72 h prior to infection with leishmania parasites, manifested significant dose-dependent increase in its leishmanicidal activities against Leishmania major and Leishmania donovani parasites. The percentage of increase in leishmanicidal activity of L. major-infected MOs were 22.71, 64.34 and 81.34, respectively while in L. donovani-infected MOs, it reached 3.01, 32.28 and 74.38, respectively. Treatment of leishmania-infected MOs with rh-GMCSF (250 U/mL) for different periods of time up to 96 hours, induced a significant time-dependent reduction in the percentage of infected cells and the parasitic load (No. of amastigotes/100 MOs). After 96 h of treatment with rh-GMCSF, the percentages of reduction in the infection rates were 82.45 in L.major-infected MOs (p < 0.001) and 39.65 in L. donovani-infected cells (p < 0.01). The percentage of reduction in the parasitic load reached 90.82 (p < 0.001) and 36.6 (p < 0.05) in MOs infected with L. major and L. donovani, respectively. The priming effect of rh-GMCSF on superoxide anion production by human MOs stimulated with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) was both dose-dependent and time-dependent. In 72 hour-old human MOs, the maximum superoxide anion release was generated by MOs primed for 45 min with 500 U/mL of rh-GMCSF. These cells produced 8.960 +/- 2.075 nmol/5 x 10(4) MOs/ 180 min as compared to 4.563 +/- 1.773 nmol/5 x 10(4) unprimed cell control/180 min (p < 0.001).
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Authors | F Al-Zamel, F J Al-Shammary, S El-Shewemi, R Soliman |
Journal | Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie : international journal of medical microbiology
(Zentralbl Bakteriol)
Vol. 285
Issue 1
Pg. 92-105
(Sep 1996)
ISSN: 0934-8840 [Print] Germany |
PMID | 8946701
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Recombinant Proteins
- Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
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Topics |
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
(pharmacology)
- Humans
- Leishmania donovani
(immunology)
- Leishmania major
(immunology)
- Macrophages
(cytology, drug effects, immunology, parasitology)
- Phagocytosis
- Recombinant Proteins
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