In vivo administration of recombinant human interleukin-1 and macrophage
colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) induce a rapid loss of M- CSF receptors
in mouse bone marrow cells and peritoneal macrophages: effect of
administration route
BD Chen
Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine,
Detroit, MI 48201.
Earlier studies suggested the existence of a blood-bone marrow barrier that
significantly inhibits the transfer of plasma macrophage colony-
stimulating factor (M-CSF) to responsive hematopoietic cells in vivo as
indicated by its failure to induce a receptor downregulation in bone marrow
cells. In this study, the effect of recombinant human interleukin-1
(rhuIL-1) was investigated. In vivo administration of rhuIL-1, either
intraperitoneally (IP) or intravenously (IV), induced a rapid transient
loss of M-CSF receptor binding activity in bone marrow cells, with a nadir
occurring between 2 to 4 hours while loss of M-CSF receptors by cells in
the peritoneal cavity occurred only in animals receiving rhuIL-1 via IP
administration. The loss of M-CSF receptor activity after rhuIL-1 treatment
was correlated with an elevated level of circulating M-CSF. However, the
loss of M-CSF receptors in marrow cells was prevented by dexamethasone
(Dex) treatment before rhuIL-1 administration. The fact that Dex treatment
also reduced the level of circulating M-CSF after rhuIL-1 administration
suggests that the inhibitory effects of IL-1 are mediated through locally
produced M-CSF. Administration of rhuM-CSF at higher doses, either IV or
IP, also induced a loss of M-CSF receptor of lesser degree in the marrow
cells. However, the loss of M-CSF receptors by the peritoneal cells was
induced only in mice receiving rhuM-CSF through IP administration. Taken
together, these results indicate the existence of a unidirectional barrier
that prevents the transfer of blood M-CSF and IL- 1 to peritoneal cavity
but not vice versa.
Volume 77,
Issue 9,
pp. 1923-1928,
05/01/1991
Copyright © 1991 by The American Society of Hematology