title: Prolonged hemopoiesis of murine bone marrow derived epithelioid cells in vitro.
abstract: We previously reported the isolation of a murine bone marrow derived stromal cell line, TC-1, and two sublines derived from this line. The monolayer of one subline, TC-1-C-3, directly supported the growth of nonadherent marrow cells in Dexter culture system for eight weeks. We report here the mechanism of the stromal cell effect on hemopoiesis in a long-term bone marrow culture system. When the hemopoietic blasts attach to the TC-1-C-3 cells, they are surrounded by the stromal cell cytoplasm within two hours and develop into cell clusters in a week. The developing hemopoietic cells show cell differentiation towards the granulocytic lineage. A key function of the epithelioid stromal cell, then, is to provide a 'niche' or 'envelope' for stem cells which supports long-term hemopoiesis in the Dexter culture system.
authors.forename: Z X
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Y X
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL