RESEARCH ARTICLE


In Vitro Effects of Budesonide on Eosinophil-Basophil Lineage Commitment



Michael M Cyr†, 1, Adrian J Baatjes†, 1, Sandra C Dorman§, 1, Lynn Crawford1, Roma Sehmi1, Ronan Foley1, Rafeul Alam2, Paul O’ Byrne1, Judah A Denburg*, 1
1 Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
2 Division of Allergy & Immunology, National Jewish Medical & Research Center, Denver, CO, USA

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Identifiers and Pagination:

Year: 2008
Volume: 2
First Page: 60
Last Page: 66
Publisher ID: TORMJ-2-60
DOI: 10.2174/1874306400802010060

Article History:

Received Date: 3/3/2008
Revision Received Date: 16/4/2008
Acceptance Date: 27/5/2008
Electronic publication date: 13/6/2008
Collection year: 2008

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* Address correspondence to this author at the Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; E-mail: denburg@mcmaster.ca;larocque@mcmaster.ca
† M.M. Cyr and A.J. Baatjes are co-first authors on this paper.
§ Present Address: School of Human Kinetics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada


Abstract

IL-5 is the primary cytokine that stimulates the production and survival of eosinophils and basophils from progenitor cells. The inhaled glucocorticoid, budesonide, has been shown to exert a therapeutic effect via suppression of eosinophil/basophil progenitors in vivo. Since various steroids have exhibited the ability to enhance eosinophil/basophil progenitor differentiation, we examined the effects of budesonide in vitro. Bone marrow and cord blood samples were obtained and cultured in the presence of IL-5 alone or IL-5 plus budesonide. Eosinophil/basophil colony-forming units were enumerated from cultured nonadherent mononuclear cells and from purified CD34+ cells. CD34+ cells with and without budesonide were also examined for up-regulation of ERK1/2, MAPK and GATA-1 using real time-PCR. Results: i) up-regulation of eosinophil/basophil colony-forming units is due to the direct effects of budesonide on IL-5-stimulated progenitors; ii) GATA-1 is likely involved in the early amplification of eosinophil/basophil progenitor commitment leading to increased differentiation. A potential transcriptional pathway has been identified which may mediate the effects of budesonide on eosinophil/basophil lineage commitment.

Keywords: Budesonide, eosinophil/basophil progenitors, corticosteroids, GATA-1, IL-5..