title: Effect of rabbit antimouse brain serum on marrow cells capable of curing W/Wv mice.
abstract: The W/Wv mouse has a recessively inherited defect in hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) but can be cured of its hematopoietic abnormalities by infusion of marrow from a co-isogeneic, +/+ mouse. The "curative" cell for the W/Wv is thought to be a subcompartment of the HSC that is capable of forming hematopoietic spleen colonies (CFU-S) in irradiated mice. The curative HSC must have a very high proliferative potential and it is known that HSC with variable degrees of proliferative potential are found within the CFU-S compartment. Rabbit antimouse brain serum (RAMBS) was used to treat +/+ marrow and its effect upon CFU-S and upon curative cells was compared with the effect of normal rabbit serum (NRS) or of sham treatment. CFU-S were reduced to 70%-79% of control by NRS and to 8%-9% by RAMBS. Curative cells for the W/Wv were not detectably reduced by NRS; they were reduced by RAMBS, but to only approximately 20%-30% of control. Thus, it appeared to a certain degree that RAMBS spared HSC with a high proliferative potential when compared with its effect on the entire CFU-S compartment.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D001921:Brain / Q000276:immunology*; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D005260:Female; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D007106:Immune Sera; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains / Q000276:immunology*; D011817:Rabbits / Q000276:immunology; D013997:Time Factors; D014185:Transplantation, Isogeneic
chemical_list: D007106:Immune Sera