Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow; Institute of Protein, Pushchino; Medical Academy of Advanced Training, Moscow, Russia
The experimental study of macrophage-activating chemotactic peptide N-f-met-leu-phe-gly (chemotaxic peptide), as well as its liposomal form, on the proliferation and migration of colony-forming precursor cells in mice was carried out. The study revealed that the subcutaneous injection of chemotaxic peptide into mice in a dose of 20 ́g led to a pronounced, but short-term increase in the proliferation of such precursor cells in the marrow: as shown by the hydroxyurea “suicide” method, a day after the injection almost 50% of hematopoietic stem cells entered the S-phase of the cellular cycle; in addition, an increase in the content of colony-forming precursor cells in the peripheral blood and the spleen was observed. The injection of chemotaxic peptide, incapsulated into liposomes, led to a considerable increase in the duration of the stimulating effect, manifested by the maintenance of a stable proliferative state of the pool of hematopoietic stem cells during 4 weeks (the term of observation). This effect could be attributed to the formation of the liposomal “depot” and the gradual liberation of chemotaxic peptide from it.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2005, No. 4, P. 61—64