title: Antigenic analysis of human haemopoietic progenitor cells expressing the growth factor receptor c-kit.
abstract: The cell surface molecule encoded by the protooncogene c-kit has recently been identified as the receptor for a growth factor variously termed stem cell factor (SCF), mast cell growth factor or steel factor. Using the c-kit antibody 17F11 we analysed, in triple staining experiments, the surface molecule profile and scatter characteristics of c-kit+CD34+ human haemopoietic progenitor cells. In 10 normal bone marrow samples we found 19-51% of CD34+ bone marrow progenitor cells to coexpress c-kit. These c-kit+CD34+ bone marrow cells turned out to represent a phenotypically heterogeneous population. A considerable proportion coexpressed CD33 (52 +/- 23%), and/or CD71 (62 +/- 26) antigens, marker molecules previously shown to be expressed by committed in vitro colony forming cells but not by their precursors. In line with a relatively differentiated phenotype c-kit+CD34+ cells also gave rise to on average higher forward and right-angle light scattering signals. The proportions of CD38 and/or HLA-D expressing cells were similar in the c-kit+ and in the c-kit- subsets of CD34+ progenitor cells. Coexpression of CD19 was found to be less frequent in the c-kit+ (4 +/- 5%) as compared to the c-kit- (17 +/- 14%) fraction of CD34+ cells. CD7+ CD34+ bone marrow cells were hardly detectable and their numbers too low to allow further subdivision in c-kit+ and c-kit- subsets.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Immunology, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Strobl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takimoto
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Majdic
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Höcker
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Knapp
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000032:analysis; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000276:immunology; D006681:HLA-D Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit; D016184:Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D006681:HLA-D Antigens; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016184:Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit