title: Separation of chemotherapy plus G-CSF-mobilized peripheral blood mononuclear cells by counterflow centrifugal elutriation: in vitro characterization of two different CD34+ cell populations.
abstract: Counterflow centrifugal elutriation (CCE) has been extensively employed in T cell depletion of bone marrow cells for allografting. Nevertheless very little is known about CCE properties of mobilized hematopoietic progenitors. In this study five leukapheresis products collected after chemotherapy and G-CSF from patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were elutriated. Two mononuclear cell fractions were obtained containing smaller and less dense cells (lymphocyte fraction) and larger and denser cells (monocyte fraction), respectively. The presence of immature CD34+ progenitor cells, not co-expressing CD33, CD38 and HLA-DR antigens, was demonstrated in both cell fractions. CD34+ cells were isolated from each fraction and grown in various culture conditions (CFU-GM and BFU-E assay, blast cell colony assay, cytokine supplemented liquid culture). CD34+ cells isolated from the monocyte fraction showed a longer lasting expansion in liquid culture and a higher number of blast cell colonies than CD34+ cells selected from the lymphocyte fraction. Moreover a significant reduction of T cell number was obtained in the monocyte fraction. These data suggest that chemotherapy plus G-CSF-mobilized progenitor cells show a characteristic behavior when subjected to CCE, allowing an efficient T cell depletion without losing more immature progenitors.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Semeiotica Medica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Teofili
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rutella
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pierelli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ortu la Barbera
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Mario
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Menichella
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rumi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000032:analysis*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D018189:Immunomagnetic Separation; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor