title: [Evidence for CFU-C self-replication (author's transl)].
abstract: To explore the proliferative potential of committed myeloid progenitor cells (CFU-C), we placed suspensions of mouse spleen cells in short-term liquid culture with colony stimulating activity and subcultured the cells in agar at intervals to assay for CFU-C. Prior to liquid culture, aliquots of spleen cells were exposed briefly to hypotonic conditions to lyse CFU-S but not CFU-C. A 50-fold increase in CFU-C was observed in control cultures. The pattern of CFU-C proliferation was not altered significantly by hypotonic lysis despite the fact that this treatment effectively removed CFU-S. These results support the hypothesis that CFU-C are capable of self-replication and permit a model of hematopoiesis in which expansion of the granulopoietic pool is controlled, in part, at the level of the CFU-C.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D012996:Solutions; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions
vernacular_title: Mise en évidence de l'autoréplication des CFU-C.