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Occupancy of G alpha s-linked receptors uncouples chemoattractant receptors from their stimulus-transduction mechanisms in the neutrophil
Authors: Cronstein BN , Haines KA , Kolasinski S , Reibman J 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
Adenosine and adrenergic agonists modulate neutrophil function by ligating their specific receptors (adenosine A2 and beta-adrenergic) on the neutrophil. When occupied, adenosine A2 and beta-adrenergic receptors stimulate, presumably via G alpha s, an increase in intracellular 3′, 5′ cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). cAMP affects cellular functions, in part, via protein kinase-mediated phosphorylation. Therefore, we determined whether inhibition of protein kinase A activity by KT5720 (10 mumol/L) reversed the inhibition of FMLP-stimulated O2- generation by 5′N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (NECA), the most potent adenosine A2 agonist, and by isoproterenol a potent beta-adrenergic agonist. KT5720 did not affect O2- generation stimulated by FMLP (125% +/- 13% of control, n = 5). However, KT5720 completely reversed inhibition of O2- generation by dibutyryl cAMP (DbcAMP, 1 mmol/L, from 26% +/- 5% to 84% +/- 25% of control, n = 5, P less than .004), but not by NECA (1 mumol/L, 26% +/- 5% v 33% +/- 7% of control, n = 5) or isoproterenol (10 mumol/L, 20% +/- 8% to 38% +/- 6% of control, n = 5). Nearly identical results were obtained using the less specific protein kinase inhibitor H-7. To determine whether occupancy of adenosine A2 or beta-adrenergic receptors inhibits neutrophil (PMN) activation by uncoupling chemoattractant receptors from G proteins, we determined the effect of NECA and isoproterenol on guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) activity, a parameter that reflects G protein “activation,” of plasma membranes derived from human PMNs. Control GTPase activity was 138.9 pmol/mg protein/min; NECA (1 nmol/L to 1 mumol/L) and isoproterenol (10 nmol/L to 10 mumol/L) alone did not significantly affect GTPase activity. FMLP (0.1 mumol/L) increased GTPase activity by 31.9 +/- .9 pmol/mg/min, an increment that was markedly inhibited to approximately 50% of control by NECA (IC50 = 3 nmol/L, P less than .001, n = 5) and isoproterenol (IC50 = 30 nmol/L, P less than .001, n = 5). Neither cAMP nor dibutyryl cAMP (10 mumol/L and 1 mmol/L) affected resting or stimulated GTPase activity. In addition, neither adenosine nor DbcAMP affected protein phosphorylation in resting or stimulated neutrophils. Our studies are consistent with the hypothesis that ligation of G alpha s-linked receptors uncouples chemoattractant receptors from their signal-transduction mechanisms rather than inhibiting neutrophil function via cAMP-mediated effects.
Molecular characterization of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency by natural and amplification created restriction sites: five mutations account for most G6PD deficiency cases in Taiwan
Authors: Chang JG , Chiou SS , Perng LI , Chen TC , Liu TC , Lee LS , Chen PH , Tang TK 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
We have developed a rapid and simple method to diagnose the molecular defects of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in Chinese in Taiwan. This method involves the selective amplification of a DNA fragment from human G6PD gene with specific oligonucleotide primers followed by digestion with restriction enzymes that recognize artificially created or naturally occurring restriction sites. Ninety- four Chinese males with G6PD deficiency were studied. The results show that 50% (47 of 94) were G to T mutation at nucleotide (nt) 1376, 21.3% (20 of 94) were G to A mutation at nt 1388, 7.4% (7 of 94) were A to G mutation at nt 493, 7.4% (7 of 94) were A to G mutation at nt 95, 4.2% (4 of 94) were C to T mutation at nt 1024, 1.1% (1 of 94) was G to T mutation at nt 392, and 1.1% (1 of 94) was G to A mutation at nt 487. These results show that the former five mutations account for more than 90% of G6PD deficiency cases in Taiwan. Aside from showing that G to T change at nt 1376 is the most common mutation, our research indicates that nt 493 mutation is a frequent mutation among Chinese in Taiwan. We compared G6PD activity among different mutations, without discovering significant differences between them.
Detection of human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus, type II, in a patient with large granular lymphocyte leukemia
Authors: Loughran TP Jr , Coyle T , Sherman MP , Starkebaum G , Ehrlich GD , Ruscetti FW , Poiesz BJ 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
We studied a patient with large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemia for evidence of human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus (HTLV) infection. Serum from this patient was positive for HTLV-I/II antibodies by enzyme- linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and was confirmed positive in Western blot and radioimmunoprecipitation assays. Results of a synthetic peptide-based ELISA showed that the seropositivity was caused by HTLV-II and not HTLV-I infection. Analyses of enzymatic amplification of DNA from bone marrow sections using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were positive for HTLV-II specific gag, pol, env, and pX gene sequences. Cloning and sequencing of amplified products showed that the HTLV-II pol and pX sequences in patient DNA differed from the sequences of 17 other HTLV-II isolates examined in our laboratory. HTLV infection may have a role in some patients in the pathogenesis of LGL leukemia.
Effects of interleukin-3 after chemotherapy for advanced ovarian cancer
Authors: Biesma B , Willemse PH , Mulder NH , Sleijfer DT , Gietema JA , Mull R , Limburg PC , Bouma J , Vellenga E , de Vries EG 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
To define the maximum tolerated dose and to study whether recombinant human interleukin-3 (rhIL-3) reduced chemotherapy-induced neutropenia and thrombocytopenia, 20 chemotherapy-naive patients with advanced ovarian cancer eligible for treatment with 6 cycles of carboplatin- cyclophosphamide every 4 weeks (day 1) were entered in a phase I/II open, single-center trial. Cohorts of five patients received during 7 days 1, 5, 10, or 15 micrograms/kg/d rhIL-3 (days 5 through 11) in cycles 1, 3, and 5 by continuous intravenous (IV) infusion or once daily subcutaneous (SC) administration. In control cycles 2, 4, and 6, no rhIL-3 was administered. rhIL-3 significantly increased the recovery of leukocyte, neutrophil, and platelet counts, especially at 5, 10, and 15 micrograms/kg rhIL-3. rhIL-3 also increased basophil, eosinophil, monocyte, and lymphocyte counts at this dose steps. Effects on reticulocytes were limited. No difference in efficacy between SC and IV rhIL-3 treatment was found. Chemotherapy postponement for insufficient bone marrow recovery was necessary in 22 of 45 control cycles versus 2 of 49 rhIL-3 cycles (P less than .001). Platelet transfusions were required in 7 of 45 control cycles versus 3 of 50 rhIL-3 cycles (P less than .5). rhIL-3 up to 10 micrograms/kg/d could be administered without severe side effects. At 15 micrograms/kg/d, rhIL-3 headache was dose- limiting. Other side effects were fever, flu-like symptoms, nausea, skin rash, flushing, facial erythema, and urticaria. Liver toxicity occurred in rhIL-3 and control cycles. rhIL-3 slightly increased tumor necrosis factor alpha, C-reactive protein, and serum amyloid A plasma levels, whereas no effect on IL-6 plasma levels was observed. rhIL-3 administered SC appears to be an interesting hematopoietic growth factor for reduction of chemotherapy-induced myelotoxicity.
Kit ligand improves in vitro erythropoiesis in myelodysplastic syndrome
Authors: Backx B , Broeders L , Lowenberg B 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
Erythropoiesis in response to erythropoietin (Epo) in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in vitro and in vivo is severely impaired. We investigated the stimulative effect of c-kit ligand (KL) on the erythroid colony-forming abilities of bone marrow cells from 17 patients with MDS. The effects of normal donor-derived marrow were examined in comparison. Suppression of erythroid colony formation in MDS in response to Epo could not be restored by the addition of interleukin-3 (IL-3) to culture. In cultures dishes supplemented with KL, erythroid colony formation was dramatically enhanced, regarding both colony number and size. Colony-forming abilities by MDS progenitors were improved following costimulation with KL, particularly in refractory anemia (RA) and refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts (RARS); however, little enhancement was apparent following KL stimulation of marrow from patients with refractory anemia with excess of blasts (RAEB), refractory anemia with excess of blasts in transformation (RAEB-t), and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML). These results suggest that KL responsiveness of patients with low-risk MDS may still be intact, and that with progression to high-risk MDS, erythroid progenitors lose proliferative reactivity to both KL and Epo stimulation. KL may have a therapeutic role in restoring erythropoiesis in a subset of patients with MDS.
Functional expression of c-kit by acute myelogenous leukemia blasts is enhanced by tumor necrosis factor-alpha through posttranscriptional mRNA stabilization by a labile protein
Authors: Brach MA , Buhring HJ , Gruss HJ , Ashman LK , Ludwig WD , Mertelsmann RH , Herrmann F 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
The c-kit proto-oncogene encodes a transmembrane glycoprotein identical to the receptor for the recently cloned stem cell factor (SCF). The present study examines constitutive synthesis of transcripts in primary acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) blasts and the effects of recombinant human tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha on c-kit mRNA expression in these cells. The c-kit transcripts were detectable at low levels in 10 of 10 different AML samples investigated. TNF treatment of AML cells was associated with enhanced c-kit mRNA expression in all specimens. Nuclear run-on transcription assays indicated that the c-kit gene was transcriptionally active in all leukemias examined and the rate of transcription was unaffected by exposure to TNF, suggesting posttranscriptional control mechanisms of c-kit mRNA accumulation. In the absence of TNF, the half-life of c-kit transcripts was 2 to 3 hours, while in TNF-treated AML cells, c-kit half-life was found to be 5 to 9 hours. Inhibition of protein synthesis reduced TNF-induced c-kit mRNA expression by Northern blot analysis, but did not affect the rate of c-kit gene transcription. In the presence of inhibition of protein synthesis, the half-life of c-kit transcripts in TNF-induced leukemia cells decreased to 2 to 4 hours. These findings indicate that levels of c-kit mRNA are controlled by a labile protein that is involved in TNF- mediated stabilization of c-kit transcripts. The effects of TNF-alpha also extended to the protein level in that TNF-alpha treatment of primary AMLs was associated with enhanced surface expression of the SCF receptor by some of these cells. While exogenous SCF induced clonogenic growth of all primary AML samples investigated, TNF-alpha failed to stimulate leukemic cells to proliferate. However, the combination of SCF and TNF-alpha resulted in synergistic growth stimulation in seven of nine different AML specimens investigated. The finding of transmodulation of the SCF receptor through posttranscriptional modifications might further contribute to our understanding of the synergistic interplay of TNF-alpha and SCF.
Antithrombotic properties of L-cysteine, N-(mercaptoacetyl)-D-Tyr-Arg- Gly-Asp-sulfoxide (G4120) in a hamster platelet-rich femoral vein thrombosis model
Authors: Imura Y , Stassen JM , Bunting S , Stockmans F , Collen D 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
Platelet aggregation plays an important role in the pathogenesis in arterial thrombotic disorders. The binding of fibrinogen via the Arg- Gly-Asp (RGD) recognition sequence to the platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GPIIb/IIIa) receptor is an essential step of platelet aggregation induced by various physiologic agonists, and RGD-containing peptides that bind to the GPIIb/IIIa receptor inhibit thrombus formation in vivo. L-cysteine, N-(mercaptoacetyl)D-tyrosyl-L- arginylglycyl-L alpha-aspartyl-cyclic (1----5)-sulfide, 5-oxide (G4120), a cyclic RGD-containing synthetic pentapeptide, inhibits adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-induced platelet aggregation with 50% inhibition (IC50) at a concentration of 0.05 microgram/mL in human plasma, 0.12 microgram/mL in hamster plasma, and 11 micrograms/mL in rat plasma. Corresponding values for the linear tetrapeptide Arg-Gly- Asp-Phe (RGDF) were 7 and 100 micrograms/mL in human and hamster plasma. The antithrombotic effects of G4120 and RGDF were evaluated in a hamster model consisting of a mural platelet-rich femoral vein thrombus induced by standardized endothelial cell damage. Bolus intravenous injection of G4120 was followed by a biphasic disappearance of G4120 from plasma with t1/2 alpha of 3.7 minutes and t1/2 beta of 63 minutes, corresponding to a plasma clearance of 5.2 +/- 0.68 mL/min. Bolus intravenous injection of G4120 inhibited ex vivo platelet aggregation with 0.5 mumol/L ADP and in vivo thrombus formation in a dose-dependent manner, with ID50 of 11 and 11 micrograms/kg, respectively. Bolus injection of RGDF inhibited in vivo thrombus formation; 43% inhibition was obtained at a dose of 30 mg/kg. Thus, this hamster platelet-rich femoral vein thrombosis model may be useful for the investigation of the antithrombotic properties of platelet GPIIb/IIIa antagonistic peptides. The cyclic synthetic peptide G4120 appears to have a very potent antithrombotic activity in vivo.
Heparin enhances active site-dependent binding of tissue-type plasminogen activator to endothelial cells
Authors: Rosenfeld L , Kuo A , Hirsh J , Klugherz B , Gardell SJ , Cines DB , Barnathan ES 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) in culture express two classes of binding sites for tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA). The high-affinity binding site has been identified as PA inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1), which binds to the catalytic portion of the molecule, while the second site binds t-PA through an active-site independent domain. Because recombinant t-PA (rt-PA) is often administered concomitantly with heparin, we investigated the effects of heparin on rt-PA binding to HUVEC. Preincubation of HUVEC with heparin at 4 degrees C increased the binding of radiolabeled rt-PA in a time- and dose-dependent manner. One-half maximal increase in binding was observed within 10 minutes of heparin addition. When HUVEC were preincubated with optimal concentrations (5 U/mL) of heparin for 4 hours at 4 degrees C, a 2.5- +/- 0.2-fold increase in specific binding was observed (mean +/- SEM, n = 12, P less than .01). Other highly sulfated glycosaminoglycans and fucoidan (a sulfated polymer of fucose) stimulated rt-PA binding as well, whereas glycosaminoglycans with lower sulfate content than heparin did not. Several results suggested that heparin increased the binding of rt-PA to “cell-associated” PAI-1. First, only active-site- dependent binding was enhanced by heparin, whereas binding of active- site blocked rt-PA was not affected. Second, extracts from HUVEC preincubated with heparin contained increased amounts of rt-PA-PAI-1 complexes as shown by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Third, antibodies to PAI-1 blocked the increased binding entirely. HUVEC preincubated with heparin also bound increased amounts of enzymatically active radiolabeled urokinase-type PAs. However, HUVEC preincubated with heparin did not express increased amounts of immunoreactive PAI-1. Therefore, heparin, at therapeutic concentrations, may enhance or stabilize the association of PAs with endothelial cell-associated PAI-1.
Relevance of pretransfusion incubation of platelets at 37 degrees C
Authors: de Vries RA , Gerritsen JG , de Bruin M , Marx JJ , Hart HC , van de Wiel A 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
The effect of pretransfusion incubation of platelets at 37 degrees C was assessed because of the controversial reports about its relevance. A dual-label technique (111indium and 114mindium) was applied in 10 healthy subjects receiving warmed and unwarmed autologous platelets simultaneously. Fresh platelet concentrates were infused into five subjects, whereas the other five subjects received stored platelet concentrates. The mean platelet volume decreased in all platelet concentrates during incubation, reflecting the restoration of the discoid shape of the platelets. The mean decrease was 0.35 fL (P = .003). However, the initial recovery and the mean platelet life-span were not improved by this procedure. It was concluded that there is no evidence that brief warming of platelets has any beneficial effect on platelet viability in healthy volunteers.
Progress in understanding the pathogenesis of the anemia of chronic disease [see comments]
Authors: Means RT Jr , Krantz SB 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
Improved understanding of the inflammatory response and the identification and characterization of the specific cytokines involved, as well as improved understanding of erythropoiesis, and the availability of recombinant human growth factors such as EPO, have greatly enhanced our appreciation of the pathogenesis of ACD by allowing development of a number of informative models for studying this syndrome. It appears that a variety of cytokines are involved in all aspects of the pathogenesis of ACD, from the inhibition of erythroid progenitors and EPO production to impairment of iron release. A schematic of the contributions of some of these cytokines to the development of ACD is shown in Fig 6. The exact biochemical mechanisms by which these effects occur is still to be determined. The progress outlined in this report has allowed us to develop a more precise understanding of the pathogenesis of this common and important clinical syndrome. In 1983, Hansen subtitled a review of ACD “A Bag of Unsolved Questions.” Although this description is still accurate, our understanding of ACD has now developed to the point where we can offer a more defined subtitle: “A Bag of Cytokines.”
Interaction of human bone marrow fibroblasts with megakaryocytes: role of the c-kit ligand
Authors: Avraham H , Scadden DT , Chi S , Broudy VC , Zsebo KM , Groopman JE 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
Human kit ligand (KL), also known as stem cell factor (SCF), steel factor, or mast cell growth factor, is a recently identified hematopoietic growth factor whose receptor is the product of the c-kit proto-oncogene. Alternative splicing of the pre-mRNA of KL/SCF results in secreted and membrane-bound forms of the protein. We and others have recently shown that the c-kit gene product is expressed on human megakaryocytes and that soluble KL/SCF in combination with granulocyte- macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interleukin-3 (IL-3), or IL-6 increased megakaryocyte progenitor colony formation (CFU-MEG) and stimulated mature megakaryocytes. Here we show that adhesion of human megakaryocytes to bone marrow stromal fibroblasts, which express the membrane-bound form of KL/SCF (mKL/SCF), is mediated in part by the interaction between mKL/SCF and the c-kit protein. This interaction also results in marrow fibroblast-stimulated proliferation but not an increase in ploidy of megakaryocytes; when the two cell types were separated by a transoluble membrane, proliferation did not occur. Adhesion and proliferation of human megakaryocytes to an immortalized murine stromal cell line SI/SI lacking the KL/SCF gene was impaired, whereas transfection of SI/SI cells with human mKL/SCF significantly increased both adhesion and proliferation. Marrow stromal fibroblast mKL/SCF may serve both as an adhesion structure and as a growth- potentiating factor for megakaryocytes in the bone marrow.
The role of macrophages in the regulation of erythroid colony growth in vitro
Authors: Wang CQ , Udupa KB , Lipschitz DA 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
Depletion of macrophages from murine marrow by the use of a monoclonal anti-macrophage antibody resulted in a significant increase in the number of erythroid burst forming units (BFU-E). This increase could be neutralized by the addition back to culture of macrophages or macrophage conditioned medium indicating that the suppression was mediated by soluble factors. To further characterize this effect, the addition to culture, either alone or in combination, of interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) on the growth of BFU-E and the colony-forming unit granulocyte-macrophage (CFU-GM) was examined in macrophage-containing and macrophage-depleted cultures. The addition of IL-1 alpha to culture stimulated the release of both TNF alpha and GM-CSF and acted synergistically with both cytokines, resulting in a dose-dependent suppression of BFU-E and stimulation of CFU-GM growth. The increase in CFU-GM caused by the addition of IL-1 alpha was mediated by GM-CSF but not by TNF alpha as the increase was prevented by the addition of a monoclonal anti-GM-CSF antibody but not by anti-TNF alpha. When either TNF alpha or GM-CSF was neutralized by monoclonal antibodies the addition of IL-1 alpha resulted in a significant increase in BFU-E growth. The addition of GM-CSF to culture caused a dose-dependent suppression of BFU-E that was mediated by TNF alpha, as colony number was not reduced when GM-CSF and a monoclonal anti-TNF alpha antibody were simultaneously added to culture. TNF alpha- induced suppression of BFU-E only occurred in the presence of macrophages. In macrophage-depleted cultures, a dose-dependent suppression of BFU-E could be induced if subinhibitory concentrations of IL-1 alpha or GM-CSF were simultaneously added with increasing concentrations of TNF alpha. The effects of IL-1 alpha or GM-CSF and TNF alpha were markedly synergistic so that the doses required to induce suppression when added simultaneously was only 10% of that required when either were added to culture alone. Suppression of BFU-E by GM-CSF or the combined addition of GM-CSF and TNF alpha did not require IL-1 alpha because inhibition was not neutralized by the addition of anti-IL-1 alpha antibody.
Stem cell factor enhances proliferation, but not maturation, of murine megakaryocytic progenitors in serum-free culture
Authors: Tanaka R , Koike K , Imai T , Shiohara M , Kubo T , Amano Y , Komiyama A , Nakahata T 
Published: October 2019

Abstract
The effects of recombinant rat stem cell factor (SCF/c-kit ligand) on murine megakaryocytopoiesis were studied using partially purified bone marrow cells derived from normal and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-treated mice in a serum-free culture system. SCF alone did not support the formation of megakaryocyte (M) and granulocyte-macrophage-megakaryocyte (GMM) colonies. However, the addition of SCF to cultures containing interleukin-3 (IL-3) resulted in a significant increase in the number of M and GMM colonies formed by bone marrow cells from normal mice, whereas IL-6 augmented only M colony growth. The stimulatory effect of SCF was approximately three to four times as high as that of IL-6 on the primitive progenitors capable of megakaryocytic-lineage expression derived from 5-FU-treated mice. In addition, SCF, but not IL-6, significantly increased the number of constituent cells in the individual M colonies supported by IL-3. On the other hand, SCF did not exert any effect on the size and DNA content of megakaryocytes in IL-3- dependent M and GMM colonies, whereas IL-6 enhanced the maturation of megakaryocytes. These results suggest that SCF stimulates the proliferative process in megakaryocytic progenitors and that the main activity of IL-6 is the promotion of megakaryocyte maturation.