Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., Volume 19, Number 1, July, 1998 167-174

Granulocyte Colony-stimulating Factor Induces Neutrophil Sequestration in Rabbit Lungs

Hidetaka Inano, Shinkichi Kameyama, Shuji Yasui, and Atsushi Nagai

First Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Tokyo, Japan

The effects of intravenous injection of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) on circulating neutrophil numbers, pulmonary vascular permeability, and morphologic changes in the lung were examined in rabbits. Intravenous injection of rhG-CSF caused a rapid, profound neutropenia due to neutrophil sequestration primarily within capillaries but also in larger microvessels of the lungs. Examination of neutrophil deformability using microfilters revealed that granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) treatment caused a rapid stiffening of neutrophils through the polymerization of F-actin but not microtubule assembly. The expression of CD11b, CD11c, and CD18 on human neutrophils after G-CSF treatment increased, but CD11a did not. Intravenous injection of rhG-CSF did not induce neutrophil emigration or albumin leakage into alveolar space, wet/dry lung weight ratios were unchanged, and no pathologic changes in lung histology were observed. These studies indicate that injection of rhG-CSF caused a rapid neutropenia and neutrophil sequestration in the lungs that is likely to be mediated through a G-CSF-induced decrease in neutrophil deformability, although neutrophil-endothelial cell adhesion may also play a role. However, this G-CSF-induced neutrophil sequestration did not induce a massive lung injury.

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