Abstract
Human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) both stimulates hematopoietic precursor cells to grow as well as enhances the function of mature effector cells, such as neutrophils, eosinophils and macrophages. All of the biological actions of GM-CSF appear to be mediated via binding to a single class of high-affinity receptors present on all responsive cells. Affinity cross-linking experiments demonstrate that the same 98 kDa cross-linked species seen on other GM-CSF-responsive cells is also detected on a choriocarcinoma cell line, JAR. However, JAR cells express significantly increased numbers (10,000 sites/cell) of low-affinity (Kd approximately 1.5 nM) GM receptors. The GM-CSF receptor is a glycoprotein which binds to wheat germ agglutinin-sepharose. It is dramatically downregulated on neutrophils by phorbol esters and formyl-methionyl-leucine-phenylalanine (fMLP), but not by phosphatidylinositol-dependent phospholipase C. GM-CSF primes neutrophils for enhanced response to secondary stimuli, such as ionophore and chemotactic factors. Specifically, GM-CSF enhances 3H-arachidonic acid release, synthesis of leukotriene B4 and platelet activity factor in response to fMLP and the calcium ionophores.
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