Long-term cultures to evaluate engraftment potential of CD34+ cells from peripheral blood after mobilization by chemotherapy with and without GM-CSF.
In this study we used a long-term culture system to evaluate engraftment potential of human peripheral blood (PB) cells mobilized by chemotherapy (CT) associated or not with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). In six patients who underwent blood cell transplantation, PB CD34+ cells were cultured after mobilization and were compared to CD34+ cells in steady state from PB and bone marrow (BM). Qualitative differences were shown between PBC samples obtained after CT with and without GM-CSF. Despite similar CFU-GM counts at culture initiation, GM-CSF-mobilized CD34+ cells might contain a lower proportion of primitive stem cells, as suggested by the significant decrease in CFU-GM numbers produced beyond week 5 compared to CT-mobilized CD34+ cells (p = 0.033). Likewise, the percentage of CFU-GM produced beyond week 5 in relation to initial input was significantly lower than steady-state PB (p = 0.039) and than CT-mobilized CD34+ cells (p = 0.033). However, this CFU-GM production with GM-CSF-mobilized PB CD34+ cells was not different from cultures with BMC CD34+ cells. These results suggest that GM-CSF can mobilize CFU-GM in the blood mainly by differentiation at the expense of the primitive stem cell compartment. It appears valuable to define clearly for each mobilizing procedure a particular threshold of CFU-GM which reflects sufficient numbers of primitive stem cells to ensure long-term engraftment.
Benboubker
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Department of Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital of Tours, France.
Domenech
J
J
Linassier
C
C
Desbois
I
I
Delain
M
M
Lamagnere
J P
JP
Colombat
P
P
Binet
C
C
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000032:analysis*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002469:Cell Separation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006098:Granulocytes; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000628:therapy*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008264:Macrophages; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D018952:Antigens, CD34; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor