PMID- 31689421 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200929 LR - 20200929 IS - 1872-7905 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1759 (Linking) VI - 477 DP - 2020 Feb TI - rM-CSF efficiently replaces L929 in generating mouse and rat bone marrow-derived macrophages for in vitro functional studies of immunity to intracellular bacteria. PG - 112693 LID - S0022-1759(19)30291-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jim.2019.112693 [doi] AB - Methods used to prepare bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) may influence the outcomes of immunological assays in which they are used. Supernatant conditioned by growth of L929 cells has often been used to generate mouse macrophages from bone marrow in vitro but is subject to lot-to-lot variability. To reduce experimental variability and to standardize techniques across laboratories, we investigated recombinant M-CSF (rM-CSF) as an alternative supplement for BMDM maturation in the context of macrophage infection, using the intracellular bacterium Live Vaccine Strain (LVS) of Francisella tularensis as a prototype. We compared rM-CSF with L929 supernatant in terms of their effects on mouse and rat macrophage growth, maturation patterns, surface marker expression, and the expression of selected genes. Further, we compared macrophage infectivity and bacterial replication using LVS. Finally, we compared the in vitro function of BMDMs co-cultured with splenocytes from vaccinated animals in terms of their control of intramacrophage bacterial replication, as well as production of cytokines and nitric oxide. We demonstrated that rM-CSF produced BMDMs with similar, or minimal, phenotypic and gene expression outcomes compared to those generated with media containing L929 supernatant. Most importantly, functional outcomes were similar. Taken together, our data support the use of the rM-CSF in cell culture media as an alternative to L929-supplemented media for functional bioassays that use C57BL/6J mouse or Fischer 344 rat BMDMs to study intracellular infections. This comparison therefore facilitates future protocol standardization. CI - Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Rice, Helen M AU - Rice HM AD - Laboratory of Mucosal Pathogens and Cellular Immunology, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA. FAU - Rossi, Amy P AU - Rossi AP AD - Laboratory of Mucosal Pathogens and Cellular Immunology, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA. FAU - Bradford, Mary Katherine AU - Bradford MK AD - Laboratory of Mucosal Pathogens and Cellular Immunology, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA. FAU - Elkins, Karen L AU - Elkins KL AD - Laboratory of Mucosal Pathogens and Cellular Immunology, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA. Electronic address: karen.elkins@fda.hhs.gov. FAU - De Pascalis, Roberto AU - De Pascalis R AD - Laboratory of Mucosal Pathogens and Cellular Immunology, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA. Electronic address: roberto.depascalis@fda.hhs.gov. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191102 PL - Netherlands TA - J Immunol Methods JT - Journal of immunological methods JID - 1305440 RN - 0 (Bacterial Vaccines) RN - 0 (CSF1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Culture Media) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (Vaccines, Attenuated) RN - 81627-83-0 (Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Bacterial Infections/immunology MH - Bacterial Vaccines/immunology MH - Biological Assay/methods MH - Cell Culture Techniques/*methods MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects MH - Cell Line MH - Coculture Techniques/methods MH - Culture Media/*pharmacology MH - Female MH - Fibroblasts MH - Francisella tularensis/immunology MH - Gene Expression Regulation/immunology MH - Immunoassay/methods MH - Lymphocytes MH - Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/*pharmacology MH - Macrophages/*drug effects/immunology/metabolism/microbiology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred F344 MH - Recombinant Proteins/metabolism MH - Vaccines, Attenuated/immunology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Francisella tularensis OT - L929 OT - LVS OT - Macrophage culture OT - in vitro testing OT - rM-CSF EDAT- 2019/11/07 06:00 MHDA- 2020/09/30 06:00 CRDT- 2019/11/06 06:00 PHST- 2019/08/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/10/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/10/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/11/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/09/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/11/06 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0022-1759(19)30291-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jim.2019.112693 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol Methods. 2020 Feb;477:112693. doi: 10.1016/j.jim.2019.112693. Epub 2019 Nov 2.