Modulation of Phenotypic and Functional Properties of Normal Human Mononuclear Phagocytes by Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
- Vol. 104 (1) , 27-32
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000236705
Abstract
In asthma, alveolar macrophages (AMs) are hyperreactive releasing large amounts of mediators and expressing high levels of surface markers. Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) upregulates monocytes and AMs and may be involved in the hyperreactivity of AMs. The effects of GM-CSF were tested on monocytes and AMs from normal subjects by examining the expression of factors thought to be upregulated in asthma. After various incubation times of GM-CSF, the expression of CD23 and β2-integrins (CD11a, CD11b, CD11c) was studied by FACS and the release of sCD23 was measured by ELISA. The priming and stimulatory effects of GM-CSF were tested on monocytes and AMs and the release of leukotriene B4 (LTB4) was measured by ELISA. GM-CSF induced the expression of CD11c and CD23 and the release of sCD23. GM-CSF primed and stimulated monocytes and AMs to release LTB4. The effects of GM-CSF may explain partly the hyperreactivity of AMs in asthma.Keywords
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