title: Murine hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells: I. Enrichment and biologic characterization.
abstract: Murine bone marrow cells were fractionated by fluorescence-activated cell sorting into Rh123lo Lin- c-kit+ Ly6A+, Rh123hi Lin-c-kit+ Ly6A+, and Lin- c-kit+ Ly6A- populations within which most, if not all, of the hematopoietic activities of the marrow resided. The Rh123lo Lin- c-kit+Ly6A+ cells, which consist exclusively of small- or medium-sized lymphocyte-like cells, are highly enriched for long-term hematopoietic in vivo repopulating cells. The enrichment factor for these cells from the marrow was estimated as 2,000-fold. The Rh123hi Lin- c-kit+ Ly6A+ cells, although also highly enriched for day-12 spleen colony-forming units, were relatively depleted of long-term in vivo repopulation capacity. Most, if not all Lin- c-kit+ Ly6A- cells were Rb123hi. In contrast to both Rh123lo and Rh123hi Lin- c-kit+ Ly6A+ stem cell populations, the Lin- c-kit+ Ly6A- cells can be stimulated to proliferate in vitro in the presence of single cytokines, which is a characteristic of committed progenitor cells. No marked synergistic interactions between individual cytokines were observed with this cell population. Both Rh123hi Lin- c-kit+ Ly6A+ mature stem cell and Lin- c-kit+ Ly6A- progenitor cell populations displayed in vivo repopulation kinetics resembling those of the putative short-term hematopoietic repopulating cells.
authors.affiliation: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000950:Antigens, Ly / Q000032:analysis; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000032:analysis; D016184:Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000950:Antigens, Ly; D016207:Cytokines; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016184:Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases