title: Comparison of two methods for concentrating CD34+ cells from patients with acute non-lymphocytic leukemia.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to compare two different methods for obtaining CD34+ cells from the peripheral blood or the bone marrow of patients with acute non-lymphocytic leukemia (ANLL). Twenty-two samples, obtained from 19 patients, were density cut (Ficoll-Hypaque 1.077) and, after incubation with My10 antibody, separated by panning or by immunomagnetic beads. Immunomagnetic beads provided a significantly better separation than panning, either in terms of concentration of CD34+ cells (85.5 +/- 11.6% vs. 55.7 +/- 25.0%, p = 0.003) or in terms of depletion of CD34+ cells (3.9 +/- 8.0% vs. 30.9 +/- 26.3%, p = 0.008). This was consistent with the virtually complete depletion of colony forming cells (CFC) in the CD34 negative fraction and the recovery of virtually all the CFC in the positive fraction in the samples separated by immunomagnetic beads. In conclusion, separation by immunomagnetic beads can allow collection of nearly pure CD34+ and CD34- cell populations from patients with ANLL, thereby facilitating the study of the biological characteristics of these cell populations. Moreover the method is less time consuming than panning and is not toxic to the CFC.
authors.affiliation: University of Cincinnati Medical Center, OH.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Silvestri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Banavali
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gopal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baccarani
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Preisler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis*; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002648:Child; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007163:Immunosorbent Techniques; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000473:pathology*; D015479:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / Q000473:pathology*; D008280:Magnetics; D008297:Male; D008863:Microspheres; D008875:Middle Aged; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors