PMID- 25239811 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150803 LR - 20141201 IS - 1878-1705 (Electronic) IS - 1567-5769 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 2 DP - 2014 Dec TI - Non-mitogenic form of acidic fibroblast growth factor protects against graft-versus-host disease without accelerating leukemia. PG - 395-9 LID - S1567-5769(14)00347-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2014.09.006 [doi] AB - Acid fibroblast growth factor (aFGF) has been shown to prevent epithelial damage under various conditions, suggesting its potential to inhibit GVHD. However, because aFGF receptors are expressed on tumor cells, it may possibly offset the graft-vs.-tumor (GVT) effects of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo-BMT). Here, we addressed these questions in a B6-->B6D2F1 allo-BMT model. Although aFGF administration attenuated GVHD in non-leukemic recipients, aFGF treatment markedly accelerated death in mice that received recipient-type tumor (P815) cells along with allo- or syngeneic-BMT. Similar protection against GVHD was achieved by administration of a non-mitogenic form of aFGF (naFGF). Importantly, GVT effects were fully preserved in naFGF-treated recipients. Furthermore, aFGF, but not naFGF, significantly enhanced P815 cell proliferation both in vitro and in vivo. Our data indicate that the tumor-promoting, but not GVHD-protecting, effect of aFGF largely depends on its mitogenic activity, and suggest that naFGF may provide a safer approach to inhibiting GVHD in patients with malignancies. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Wang, Yi AU - Wang Y AD - Chemical Biology Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, PR China; Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA. FAU - Wang, Hui AU - Wang H AD - Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA; Columbia Center for Translational Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. FAU - Ren, Luqing AU - Ren L AD - Chemical Biology Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, PR China. FAU - Weng, Qiaoyou AU - Weng Q AD - Chemical Biology Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, PR China. FAU - Bao, Yuyan AU - Bao Y AD - Chemical Biology Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, PR China. FAU - Tian, Haishan AU - Tian H AD - Chemical Biology Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, PR China. FAU - Yang, Yong-Guang AU - Yang YG AD - Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA; Columbia Center for Translational Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA; First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, PR China. Electronic address: yy2324@cumc.columbia.edu. FAU - Li, Xiaokun AU - Li X AD - Key Laboratory of Biotechnology Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, PR China. Electronic address: proflxk@163.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140916 PL - Netherlands TA - Int Immunopharmacol JT - International immunopharmacology JID - 100965259 RN - 104781-85-3 (Fibroblast Growth Factor 1) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Bone Marrow Transplantation/*adverse effects MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Fibroblast Growth Factor 1/*administration & dosage MH - Graft vs Host Disease/*prevention & control MH - Humans MH - Leukemia/*pathology MH - Mice OTO - NOTNLM OT - Acidic fibroblast growth factor OT - GVHD OT - GVL OT - Mitogenic activity EDAT- 2014/09/23 06:00 MHDA- 2015/08/04 06:00 CRDT- 2014/09/21 06:00 PHST- 2014/03/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/08/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/09/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/09/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/09/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/08/04 06:00 [medline] AID - S1567-5769(14)00347-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2014.09.006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int Immunopharmacol. 2014 Dec;23(2):395-9. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2014.09.006. Epub 2014 Sep 16.