Role of lymphokines in regulation of macrophage differentiation |
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Authors: | K Onozaki K S Akagawa S Haga K Miura T Hashimoto T Tokunaga |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Microbiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan;2. Department of Tuberculosis, National Institute of Health, Shinagawa, Tokyo, 141, Japan |
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Abstract: | The regulatory mechanism of guinea pig lymphokines was investigated in regard to differentiation of myeloid cells to macrophages. The Ml-cell line, established from a myeloid leukemia of an SL-strain mouse, was induced to differentiate in vitro into mature macrophages possessing Fc receptors and the ability to phagocytize latex particles by treatment with crude lymphokines. Both concanavalin A- and antigen-induced lymphokines showed the differentiation-inducing factor (D factor) activity. However, macrophage migration inhibitory factor/ macrophage activation factor (MIF/MAF) purified by an immunoadsorbent column with anti-MIF antibody had no such an activity. The D-factor activity was detected in the lymphokine preparation that was not retained on the immunoadsorbent column. In contrast, colony-stimulating factor (CSF) was adsorbed to the immunoadsorbent column, and could be recovered in the purified MIF/MAF preparation. These findings suggest that the molecular entity of D factor is distinct from MIF/ MAF and CSF. A culture supernatant of guinea pig peritoneal macrophages activated with MIF/ MAF (CSF) exhibited strong D-factor activity. However, the supernatant possessed rather reduced CSF activity as compared to that of the original MIF/MAF (CSF) preparation. Thus, MIF/MAF may play an important role in macrophage differentiation by regulating the production of D factor or CSF from macrophages. |
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