Granulocyte Colony-stimulating Factor Synergistically Augments 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D₃-Induced Monocytic Differentiation in Murine Bone Marrow Cell Cultures

Abstract

In a series of studies, we have reported that 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃, a known stimulator of monocytic differentiation, primes bone marrow progenitor cells or promyelocytic HL-60 cells to the actions of several factors involved in both monocytic and granulocytic differentiation. In the present study, we have further examined the combinational effects of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃ and the other inducer of granulopoiesis, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, on non-fractionated native murine bone-marrow cell culture. Over 6 days of treatment, human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor sustained cell viability, increased the size of small rounded non-adherent cells, and induced granulocytic differentiation, while 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃ decreased cell viability, promoted the development of large adherent flattened cells, and upregulated some monocytic differentiation markers. Combining these two factors over 6 days synergistically upregulated phagocyte activity, membrane-bound interleukin-1α, NAD(P)H oxidase, monocytic Mac-1, and non-specific esterase. Similar effects were observed in successive treatment with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor followed by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃, but successive treatment in reverse order was somewhat less effective. No combinational treatment upregulated granulocytic lactate dehydrogenase, Gr-1, or chloroacetate esterase to as great an extent as was obtained with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor alone, indicating that granulocytic differentiation is attenuated by addition of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃. Therefore, in contrast to our previous data, the present findings suggest that granulocyte colony-stimulating factor synergistically augments 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃-induced monocytic differentiation in our murine bone-marrow cell cultures. Considering previously published data, we also suggest that these synergistic effects may be mainly due to the combination of two distinct effects such as the primary proliferative effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on multipotent stem cells and the subsequent differentiative effects of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃ on proliferating cells.

Key words

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor - 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃ - Bone marrow cells - Differentiation

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