Table 1.

Effect of activation of hGM/βc chimera with or without hβc on cell morphology

Receptor transfectBlastsEarly granulocytesLate granulocytesMacrophages
Wild-type hGM Rα, hβc 7.5 ± 0.7 13 ± 2.8 38 ± 4.2 41.5 ± 7.8 
Chimeric hGM/βc 67.5 ± 10.7 30 ± 12.3 1.5 ± 2.1 1 ± 1.4 
hGM/βc, hβc 80.5 ± 1 18.5 ± 1 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 
Receptor transfectBlastsEarly granulocytesLate granulocytesMacrophages
Wild-type hGM Rα, hβc 7.5 ± 0.7 13 ± 2.8 38 ± 4.2 41.5 ± 7.8 
Chimeric hGM/βc 67.5 ± 10.7 30 ± 12.3 1.5 ± 2.1 1 ± 1.4 
hGM/βc, hβc 80.5 ± 1 18.5 ± 1 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 

Cells were cultured in hGM-CSF (1 ng/mL) for 7 days. Morphology was then assessed using May-Grünwald-Giemsa–stained cytospin preparations. Cell morphology was then scored and the results are presented as percentage of total cells. The results are pooled data from 3 experiments ± SEM. Prior to culture in hGM-CSF cell morphology was ≥ 94% blast.