The Journal of Immunology, Vol 141, Issue 1 139-144, Copyright © 1988 by American Association of Immunologists

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Role of granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor in the regulation of murine alveolar macrophage proliferation and differentiation

BD Chen, M Mueller and TH Chou
Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201.

Granulocyte/macrophage (GM)-CSF is one of the hemopoietic growth factors that stimulates neutrophilic granulocyte and macrophage production by bone marrow progenitor cells. In this study, the effect of GM-CSF on the growth and differentiation of murine pulmonary alveolar macrophages (PAM) was investigated. In the presence of GM-CSF, normal murine PAM were induced to proliferate and develop into macrophage colonies with a dose-response curve similar to that of bone marrow GM colony-forming cells. PAM also responded to CSF-1, a lineage- restricted growth factor, but required much higher doses of CSF-1 and a longer incubation time for optimal colony formation. The proliferative response of PAM to CSF-1, however, was greatly enhanced by the concurrent addition of low doses of GM-CSF. In contrast, low doses of CSF-1 failed to potentiate the proliferative response of PAM to GM-CSF. Macrophages derived from GM-CSF cultures were rounder and less stretched and possessed less FcR-mediated phagocytic activity than cells produced in CSF-1 cultures. A study with hydrocortisone-induced monocytopenia showed that nearly one half of lung macrophages may be sustained by local proliferation of PAM without the continuous migration of blood monocytes. This study suggests that GM-CSF may play a major role in the production of PAM by two modes of action, 1) direct stimulation of cell proliferation and 2) enhancement of their responsiveness to CSF-1, thereby producing more mature and functionally competent macrophages.

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