title: Preferential differentiation of murine CFU-S toward granulopoiesis and megakaryocytopoiesis after in vitro incubation of bone marrow with ASTA-Z 7557.
abstract: We investigated the in vitro effect of ASTA-Z 7557 on the qualitative aspects of murine CFU-S differentiation, as assessed by the histological nature of day-9 colonies generated in the spleen of irradiated mice by bone marrow exposed to the drug at concentrations ranging from 0 to 150 micrograms/ml. The proportion of erythrocytic colonies declined linearly with the logarithm of the dose (a 22% decrease per log), whereas the granulocytic and megakaryocytic colony proportions increased linearly (a 10% increase per log for both cell lineages). This suggests a preferential channeling of CFU-S differentiation toward granulopoietic and megakaryocytic cell lineages as a consequence of the in vitro chemotherapy, and supports the hypothesis that some alteration of the qualitative potential of CFU-S to differentiate after in vitro purging of bone marrow with ASTA-Z 7557 takes place prior to autologous bone marrow transplantation.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sainteny
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Mary
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Frindel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000528:radiation effects; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008533:Megakaryocytes / Q000166:cytology; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: C037933:Asta Z 7557; D003520:Cyclophosphamide