title: The effect of interleukin-12 in ex-vivo expansion of human haemopoietic progenitors.
abstract: We evaluated progenitor cell proliferation in cultures supplemented by different cytokine combinations in the presence or absence of IL-12. In cultures of low density cells, cytokine combinations including IL-12 were associated to a greater proliferation (up to 6.7 +/- 2.5 CFU-GM fold expansion). However, in cultures of purified CD34+ cells the more efficient cytokine combination (147 +/- 49 CFU-GM fold expansion) was SCF, IL-3, IL-11 and MIP-1 alpha, and the addition of IL-12 did not further enhance expansion of progenitors. These results indicate that accessory cells, lost in CD34+ cell purification, could be in part responsible for IL-12 effect on progenitor cell proliferation. In CD34+ cell cultures the addition of IL-12 led to CD19 mRNA generation, suggesting that IL-12 acts on haemopoietic cells with both myeloid and lymphoid potential.
authors.affiliation: Centro Trasfusionale e di Immunologia dei Trapianti, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bertolini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soligo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lazzari
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Corsini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Servida
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sirchia
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D018941:Antigens, CD19; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte / Q000032:analysis; D002455:Cell Division; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000502:physiology; D015870:Gene Expression; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D018941:Antigens, CD19; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018664:Interleukin-12