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In vivo application of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor enhances postoperative qualitative monocytic function

Gunnar Lachmann1*, Johannes Kurth1*, Clarissa von Haefen1, Fatima Yuerek1, Klaus-Dieter Wernecke2, Claudia Spies1✉

1. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Charité Mitte and Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
2. Sostana GmbH Berlin, Germany
* These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Lachmann G, Kurth J, von Haefen C, Yuerek F, Wernecke KD, Spies C. In vivo application of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor enhances postoperative qualitative monocytic function. Int J Med Sci 2017; 14(4):367-375. doi:10.7150/ijms.18288. https://www.medsci.org/v14p0367.htm
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BACKGROUND: Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) can be used as a potent stimulator for immune suppressed patients as defined by a decrease of human leukocyte antigen-D related expression on monocytes (mHLA-DR) after surgery. However, the exact role of GM-CSF on monocytic and T cell function is unclear. METHODS: In this retrospective randomized controlled trial (RCT) subgroup analysis, monocytic respectively T cell function and T cell subspecies of 20 immune suppressed (i.e. mHLA-DR levels below 10,000 monoclonal antibodies (mAb) per cell at the first day after surgery) patients after esophageal or pancreatic resection were analyzed. Each 10 patients received either GM-CSF (250 μg/m²/d) or placebo for a maximum of three consecutive days if mHLA-DR levels remained below 10,000 mAb per cell. mHLA-DR and further parameters of immune function were measured preoperatively (od) until day 5 after surgery (pod5). Statistical analyses were performed using nonparametric statistical procedures. RESULTS: In multivariate analysis, mHLA-DR significantly differed between the groups (p < 0.001). mHLA-DR was increased on pod2 (p < 0.001) and pod3 (p = 0.002) after GM-CSF application. Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) release of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulated monocytes multivariately significantly differed between the groups (p < 0.008) and was increased in the GM-CSF group on pod2 (p < 0.001) and pod3 (p = 0.046). Th17/regulatory T (Treg) cell ratio was higher after GM-CSF treatment on pod2 (p = 0.041). No differences were seen in lymphocytes and T helper cell (Th)1/Th2 specific cytokine production after T cell stimulation with Concanavalin (Con) A between the groups. CONCLUSIONS: Postoperative application of GM-CSF significantly enhanced qualitative monocytic function by increased mHLA-DR and TNF-α release after LPS stimulation and apparently enhanced Th17/Treg ratio.

Clinical trial registered with www.controlled-trials.com (ISRCTN27114642) 05 December 2008.

Keywords: GM-CSF, HLA-DR, immune suppression, immune stimulation, monocytic function, T cell function, Th17/Treg ratio


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Lachmann, G., Kurth, J., von Haefen, C., Yuerek, F., Wernecke, K.D., Spies, C. (2017). In vivo application of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor enhances postoperative qualitative monocytic function. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 14(4), 367-375. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.18288.

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Lachmann, G.; Kurth, J.; von Haefen, C.; Yuerek, F.; Wernecke, K.D.; Spies, C. In vivo application of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor enhances postoperative qualitative monocytic function. Int. J. Med. Sci. 2017, 14 (4), 367-375. DOI: 10.7150/ijms.18288.

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Lachmann G, Kurth J, von Haefen C, Yuerek F, Wernecke KD, Spies C. In vivo application of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor enhances postoperative qualitative monocytic function. Int J Med Sci 2017; 14(4):367-375. doi:10.7150/ijms.18288. https://www.medsci.org/v14p0367.htm

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Lachmann G, Kurth J, von Haefen C, Yuerek F, Wernecke KD, Spies C. 2017. In vivo application of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor enhances postoperative qualitative monocytic function. Int J Med Sci. 14(4):367-375.

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