title: Enhanced capacity of cytosine-arabinoside-treated murine bone marrow to maintain hematopoiesis in long-term culture.
abstract: A study of bone marrow of C57B1 mice administered cytosine-arabinoside (Ara-C) was carried out in long-term bone marrow culture (LTBMC). Two days after administration of two consecutive i.p. Ara-C injections (200 mg/kg each) at 6-h intervals, the bone marrow becomes hypocellular, yet in the process of regeneration, with an enriched and/or concentrated content of progenitors and stem cells. Ara-C-treated marrow was observed to sustain hematopoiesis in vitro better than physiological marrow; it produced a higher cell yield, a higher proportion of young-type myeloid cells, and higher levels of granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming cells and colony-forming units in diffusion chamber than control marrow. In addition, stromal cell cultures (SCC), devoid of hematopoiesis and engrafted with hematopoietic cells from LTBMC of Ara-C-treated marrow, were observed to produce hematopoietic cells for longer periods of time than SCC engrafted with control cells. In view of its increased capacity for regeneration, it is suggested that regenerative marrow should be used in autologous bone marrow transplantation in humans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ben-Ishay
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prindull
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002452:Cell Count; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D012038:Regeneration; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003561:Cytarabine