title: MIP-1 alpha increases the self-renewal capacity of the hemopoietic spleen-colony-forming cells following hydroxyurea treatment in vivo.
abstract: In this report, the effect of macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP-1alpha) on the self-renewal, in vivo, of haemopoietic spleen colony-forming units (CFU-S) following cytotoxic damage, has been investigated. CFU-S recovery following injection of hydroxyurea, HU (1 g/kg at 0 and 7 hers) with or without MIP-1alpha intervention was measured over the following 5 days. In addition to the initial protection conferred by MIP-1alpha, the CFU-S population recovered about 1.7 times faster than in the unprotected controls. Direct measurement of the self-renewal capacity of the CFU-S population was made at 2 days after HU + MIP-1alpha treatment by measuring the number of CFU-S/spleen colony in a secondary transplant assay. CFU-S following HU treatment alone generated 60 CFU-S/colony. Additional MIP-1alpha treatment increased this to 90 CFU-S/colony. It is concluded that MIP-1alpha modifies the generation age structure of a regenerating CFU-S population such that recovery is initiated from the more primitive cells of the population's age spectrum and that this observation should extend the range of cytotoxic agents from which MIP-1alpha can give protection.
authors.affiliation: CRC Department of Experimental Haematology, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Lord
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D054405:Chemokine CCL3; D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D006918:Hydroxyurea / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D015846:Monokines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D054405:Chemokine CCL3; D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins; D015846:Monokines; D006918:Hydroxyurea