Immunomodulatory properties of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor

Granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is a myelopoietic growth factor that exerts pleiotropic effect not only on the differentiation of immature progenitor cells into polymorphonuclear neutrophils, monocytes/macrophages and dendritic cells, but also controls the functioning of differentiated cells. GM-CSF is currently being investigated in clinical trials as an immunomodulator and adjuvant. However, a wide range of biological activities and, sometimes, paradoxical effects of this cytokine require more thorough studies of its action, in order to predict its efficacy under different conditions of immunotherapy. In this work, we have studied the effect of recombinant human GM-CSF on metabolic activity of mouse peritoneal exudate cells in primary cell cultures. Metabolic (redox) activity of the cells was assessed by their ability to reduce nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) in the course of MF- and Fc-dependent phagocytosis triggered by addition of opsonized zymosan, or sheep erythrocytes to the culture medium. We have shown the dose-dependent stimulatory effect of GM-CSF on the oxidative metabolism of phagocytic peritoneal macrophages and neutrophils. Upon culturing the pepton-elicited cells at wide range of GM-CSF concentrations (5 to 40,000 ng/mL) for 2 and 24 hours, a more pronounced effect of the substance was observed for neutrophils. The GM-CSF preparation caused a significant increase (by 13-17%) in the redox activity of neutrophils induced by opsonized zymosan that persisted at a low dose range, and was retained after 24 hours. The stimulatory effect of GM-CSF on macrophages with NBT index increase by 16% was observed in the short-term cultures. In general, the elicited cells of both types showed a more pronounced response to lower concentrations of GM-CSF (5-125 ng/mL), and weaker effect at higher doses of the preparation. A similar dependence was found when studying the resident macrophages. Culturing of resident cells with GM-CSF at the doses of 5,000 to 40,000 ng/mL for 24 hours caused a significantly increased redox activity of the cells induced by zymosan, or sheep erythrocytes (by 33-52%). In both cases, the maximal response was detected at a dose of 5,000 ng/mL and decreased with increasing dose. The stimulatory effect of GM-CSF upon resident macrophages was more pronounced as compared to elicited cells, which was characterized by the prolonged period of cell activation (up to 24 hours of culture). The data obtained are of interest, in view of prospective usage of GM-CSF as a component of immunomodulatory and adjuvant therapy for various infectious diseases

MEDICINAL FORM OF TNF-α FOR LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Composite preparation of tumor necrosis factor alpha and rheopolyglukin and polyethylene glycol (TNF-α+PG+PEG) was obtained. The specific activity of the samples was 4,13 х 107 IU/mg. The cytolytic activity of drugs TNF-α+PG+PEG and rhTNF-α did not change after 4 months when stored at 6 °С. Preparation TNF-α+PG+PEG provided a moderately prolonged elevation of TNF-alpha in blood of laboratory mice in contrast to TNF-α when they applied to the skin. The composite preparation did not have toxic, allergic and locally irritating action in experiments on laboratory animals

Повышение точности прогнозирования генерации фотоэлектрических станций на основе алгоритмов k-средних и k-ближайших соседей

Renewable energy sources (RES) are seen as a means of the fuel and energy complex carbon footprint reduction but the stochastic nature of generation complicates RES integration with electric power systems. Therefore, it is necessary to develop and improve methods for forecasting of the power plants generation using the energy of the sun, wind and water flows. One of the ways to improve the accuracy of forecast models is a deep analysis of meteorological conditions as the main factor affecting the power generation. In this paper, a method for adapting of forecast models to the meteorological conditions of photovoltaic stations operation based on machine learning algorithms was proposed and studied. In this case, unsupervised learning is first performed using the k-means method to form clusters. For this, it is also proposed to use studied the feature space dimensionality reduction algorithm to visualize and estimate the clustering accuracy. Then, for each cluster, its own machine learning model was trained for generation forecasting and the k-nearest neighbours algorithm was built to attribute the current conditions at the model operation stage to one of the formed clusters. The study was conducted on hourly meteorological data for the period from 1985 to 2021. A feature of the approach is the clustering of weather conditions on hourly rather than daily intervals. As a result, the mean absolute percentage error of forecasting is reduced significantly, depending on the prediction model used. For the best case, the error in forecasting of a photovoltaic plant generation an hour ahead was 9 %.Возобновляемые источники энергии рассматриваются как средство снижения углеродного следа топливно-энергетического комплекса, при этом стохастический характер генерации осложняет их интеграцию с электроэнергетическими системами. Эта существенная трудность обусловливает необходимость создавать и совершенствовать методы прогнозирования генерации электрических станций, использующих энергию солнца, ветра и водных потоков. Наиболее важным направлением, обеспечивающим повышение точности прогнозных моделей, является глубокий анализ метеорологических условий как главного фактора, влияющего на выработку электроэнергии. В данной работе предложен и исследован метод адаптации прогнозных моделей под метеорологические условия работы фотоэлектрических станций на базе алгоритмов машинного обучения. При этом вначале выполняется обучение без учителя методом k-средних для формирования кластеров. Для этой задачи также предложено и исследовано использование алгоритма понижения размерности пространства признаков для визуализации оценки точности кластеризации. Затем для каждого кластера построена своя модель машинного обучения для формирования прогнозов и алгоритм k-ближайших соседей для отнесения текущих условий на этапе эксплуатации модели к одному из сформированных кластеров. Исследование было проведено на почасовых метеорологических данных за период с 1985 по 2021 г. Одной из особенностей этого подхода является кластеризация метеоусловий на часовых, а не суточных интервалах. В результате средний модуль относительной ошибки прогнозирования существенно снижается в зависимости от используемой модели прогнозирования. Для наилучшего варианта ошибка прогнозирования генерации фотоэлектрической станции на час вперед составила 9 %

Study on Hemostimulating Properties of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor

The hemostimulating properties of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) make possible its clinical use in alleviating side effects of anti-cancer radio- and chemotherapy, in bone marrow transplantation, and in the treatment of some primary immunodeficiency conditions associated with leukopenia. The State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector” of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing has developed a high-performance technology for production of recombinant human GM-CSF (rhGM-CSF) based on a recombinant E. coli strain. The aim of the study was to assess hemostimulating activity of the rhGM-CSF preparation obtained using the new developed technology, as observed in cell culture and in the mice model of myelosuppression induced by cyclophosphamide administration. Materials and methods: in vitro evaluation of rhGM-CSF hemostimulating activity was performed by MTT assay in the commercial HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cell culture with preliminary suppression of cell growth rate by adding a low concentration of dimethyl sulfoxide to the medium. In vivo studies were carried out in CBA/CaLac mice with cyclophosphamide-induced myelosuppression. The hemostimulating properties of the drug were evaluated after subcutaneous administration of 1–175 µg/kg doses for 4–5 days, following administration of a cytostatic agent. The total number of leukocytes and the content of their morphological forms were determined in blood samples taken at different time points after the drug administration. The statistical processing of the experimental data was based on analysis of variance using Statgraphics v. 5.0 software. Results: the proliferative activity of HL-60 cells incubated with the rhGM-CSF preparation for 72 hours was shown to be dose-dependent. The highest values of the increase in proliferative activity associated with an increase in the drug dose were observed in the concentration range from 0.04 to 0.64 ng/mL (proliferative activity increased by 11–18% when the dose was increased twofold). The experiments in mice demonstrated a two-phase pattern of the dose-dependent effect. The drug showed the highest hemostimulating effect at the dose of 90 µg/kg. Conclusions: the rhGM-CSF preparation obtained using the new developed technology has a pronounced hemostimulating activity confirmed by both in vitro and in vivo test systems

Исследование гемостимулирующих свойств рекомбинантного гранулоцитарно-макрофагального колониестимулирующего фактора человека

The hemostimulating properties of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) make possible its clinical use in alleviating side effects of anti-cancer radio- and chemotherapy, in bone marrow transplantation, and in the treatment of some primary immunodeficiency conditions associated with leukopenia. The State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector” of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing has developed a high-performance technology for production of recombinant human GM-CSF (rhGM-CSF) based on a recombinant E. coli strain. The aim of the study was to assess hemostimulating activity of the rhGM-CSF preparation obtained using the new developed technology, as observed in cell culture and in the mice model of myelosuppression induced by cyclophosphamide administration. Materials and methods: in vitro evaluation of rhGM-CSF hemostimulating activity was performed by MTT assay in the commercial HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cell culture with preliminary suppression of cell growth rate by adding a low concentration of dimethyl sulfoxide to the medium. In vivo studies were carried out in CBA/CaLac mice with cyclophosphamide-induced myelosuppression. The hemostimulating properties of the drug were evaluated after subcutaneous administration of 1–175 µg/kg doses for 4–5 days, following administration of a cytostatic agent. The total number of leukocytes and the content of their morphological forms were determined in blood samples taken at different time points after the drug administration. The statistical processing of the experimental data was based on analysis of variance using Statgraphics v. 5.0 software. Results: the proliferative activity of HL-60 cells incubated with the rhGM-CSF preparation for 72 hours was shown to be dose-dependent. The highest values of the increase in proliferative activity associated with an increase in the drug dose were observed in the concentration range from 0.04 to 0.64 ng/mL (proliferative activity increased by 11–18% when the dose was increased twofold). The experiments in mice demonstrated a two-phase pattern of the dose-dependent effect. The drug showed the highest hemostimulating effect at the dose of 90 µg/kg. Conclusions: the rhGM-CSF preparation obtained using the new developed technology has a pronounced hemostimulating activity confirmed by both in vitro and in vivo test systems. Гемостимулирующие свойства гранулоцитарно-макрофагального колониестимулирующего фактора (ГМ-КСФ) позволяют использовать его в клинике для снижения побочных эффектов радио- и химиотерапии онкологических заболеваний, при трансплантации костного мозга, для лечения некоторых первичных иммунодефицитных состояний, связанных с лейкопенией. В ФБУН ГНЦ ВБ «Вектор» Роспотребнадзора разработана высокопроизводительная технология получения рекомбинантного ГМ-КСФ человека (рчГМ-КСФ) на основе рекомбинантного штамма E. coli. Цель работы: изучение гемостимулирующей активности препарата рекомбинантного ГМ-КСФ человека, полученного по разработанной технологии, в культуре клеток и на модели миелосупрессии у мышей, вызванной введением циклофосфана. Материалы и методы: оценку гемостимулирующей активности рчГМ-КСФ in vitro проводили с использованием МТТ-теста на коммерческой культуре клеток промиелоцитарной лейкемии HL-60, скорость роста которых предварительно подавляли добавлением в среду низкой концентрации диметилсульфоксида. Исследования in vivo проводили на мышах линии СВА/Calaс в условиях миелосупрессии, вызванной введением циклофосфана. Гемостимулирующие свойства препарата оценивали при его подкожном введении в диапазоне доз от 1 до 175 мкг/кг в течение 4–5 суток после введения цитостатика. В образцах крови, взятых в разные сроки после введения, определяли общее количество лейкоцитов и содержание их морфологических форм. Данные эксперимента обрабатывали методами вариационной статистики с помощью пакета программ Statgraphics, v. 5.0. Результаты: пролиферативная активность клеток HL-60, инкубированных с препаратом рчГМ-КСФ в течение 72 ч, носила дозозависимый характер. Наиболее высокие значения повышения пролиферативной активности при увеличении дозы препарата наблюдались в диапазоне концентраций от 0,04 до 0,64 нг/мл (прирост значений показателя при двукратном увеличении дозы составлял 11–18%). В экспериментах на мышах продемонстрирован двухфазный характер дозовой зависимости эффекта. Наибольшую гемостимулирующую активность препарат проявлял в дозе 90 мкг/кг. Выводы: препарат рчГМ-КСФ, полученный по разработанной технологии, обладает выраженной гемостимулирующей активностью, подтвержденной в системах in vitro и in vivo