PMID- 28039843 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180105 LR - 20180622 IS - 1096-0023 (Electronic) IS - 1043-4666 (Linking) VI - 91 DP - 2017 Mar TI - IL-3 and GM-CSF modulate functions of splenic macrophages in ENU induced leukemia. PG - 89-95 LID - S1043-4666(16)30596-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.cyto.2016.12.009 [doi] AB - Leukemia is often accompanied by enhanced susceptibility to infection due to compromised B cell and T cell functions. The alterations in macrophage functions in leukemia remain less investigated. Herein, we examined macrophages for their functions and responsiveness to IL-3 and GM-CSF in ENU-induced leukemia in BALB/c mice. We observed that the macrophages from the leukemic mice had less phagocytic activity, reduced chemotactic activity in response to monocyte chemoattractant protein-1(MCP-1), and decreased expression of iNOS, GM-CSF, TLR2, TLR4, IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha. These impaired macrophage functions in leukemic mice were significantly corrected by IL-3 and GM-CSF treatment indicating the therapeutic benefit of these two cytokines in leukemia. CI - Copyright A(c) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Singha, Ashish Kumar AU - Singha AK AD - Immunology Microbiology Lab, Department of Human Physiology, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, Tripura 799022, India. FAU - Bhattacharjee, Bhaskar AU - Bhattacharjee B AD - Immunology Microbiology Lab, Department of Human Physiology, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, Tripura 799022, India. FAU - Saha, Bhaskar AU - Saha B AD - National Centre for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, India. FAU - Maiti, Debasish AU - Maiti D AD - Immunology Microbiology Lab, Department of Human Physiology, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, Tripura 799022, India. Electronic address: debasish.maiti@tripurauniv.in. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20161228 PL - England TA - Cytokine JT - Cytokine JID - 9005353 RN - 0 (Interleukin-3) RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) RN - 83869-56-1 (Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor) RN - P8M1T4190R (Ethylnitrosourea) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Ethylnitrosourea/*toxicity MH - Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/immunology/*pharmacology MH - Interleukin-3/immunology/*pharmacology MH - *Leukemia/chemically induced/drug therapy/immunology/pathology MH - Macrophages/*immunology/pathology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Neoplasm Proteins/*immunology MH - Spleen/*immunology/pathology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Chemotaxis OT - Granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor OT - IFN-gamma OT - Interleukin-3 OT - Leukemia OT - Monocyte-derived macrophages OT - Nitric oxide synthase 2 OT - Phagocytosis OT - TLRs EDAT- 2017/01/01 06:00 MHDA- 2018/01/06 06:00 CRDT- 2017/01/01 06:00 PHST- 2016/05/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/12/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/12/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/01/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/01/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/01/01 06:00 [entrez] AID - S1043-4666(16)30596-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.cyto.2016.12.009 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cytokine. 2017 Mar;91:89-95. doi: 10.1016/j.cyto.2016.12.009. Epub 2016 Dec 28.