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. 2017 Mar;96(3):345-353.
doi: 10.1007/s00277-016-2894-5. Epub 2016 Dec 14.

GM-CSF treatment is not effective in congenital neutropenia patients due to its inability to activate NAMPT signaling

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GM-CSF treatment is not effective in congenital neutropenia patients due to its inability to activate NAMPT signaling

Corinna Koch et al. Ann Hematol. 2017 Mar.

Abstract

Severe congenital neutropenia (CN) is a bone marrow failure syndrome characterized by an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) below 500 cells/μL and recurrent, life-threatening bacterial infections. Treatment with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) increases the ANC in the majority of CN patients. In contrary, granulocyte-monocyte colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) fails to increase neutrophil numbers in CN patients in vitro and in vivo, suggesting specific defects in signaling pathways downstream of GM-CSF receptor. Recently, we detected that G-CSF induces granulopoiesis in CN patients by hyperactivation of nicotinamide phosphoribosyl transferase (NAMPT)/Sirtuin 1 signaling in myeloid cells. Here, we demonstrated that, in contrast to G-CSF, GM-CSF failed to induce NAMPT-dependent granulopoiesis in CN patients. We further identified NAMPT signaling as an essential downstream effector of the GM-CSF pathway in myelopoiesis.

Keywords: G-CSF; GM-CSF; NAMPT; Severe congenital neutropenia.

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