title: Regulation of splenic CFU-S kinetics after cytosine arabinoside treatment in mice II. In vitro studies: long-range modulators of the splenic CFU-S.
abstract: A single injection of 20 mg of Ara-C to mice provokes an acceleration of splenic CFU-S differentiation, followed by their entry in DNA synthesis. In this protocol, splenic CFU-S are induced to differentiate preferentially towards erythropoiesis. The present studies show that substances secreted by spleen cells from Ara-C treated mice are responsible for the modifications in the splenic CFU-S population. This indicates that splenic CFU-S kinetics is under the control of pluripoietins as previously demonstrated for marrow CFU-S. The serum of Ara-C treated mice is shown to have stimulating effects on splenic CFU-S as well as on medullary CFU-S proliferation. It also has the capacity of channelling the differentiation of both splenic and medullar CFU-S towards erythroid lineage. These data suggest the existence of long-range humoral regulators for both populations of CFU-S.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002450:Cell Communication; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D003561:Cytarabine