Colony formation of human fetal CD34+ hematopoietic cells.
Manipulations to enhance engraftment of donated cells may be advantageous in transplantation of fetal hematopoietic cells (FHC). By assessing the formation of colonies, CD34+ enrichment was evaluated with and without cytokine stimulation (interleukins 3 and 6, stem cell factor, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor). Cord blood cells and bone marrow cells served as controls. In FHC, cytokine stimulation and CD34+ enrichment always enhanced the formation of CFU-GM (colony-forming units--granulocytes, macrophages) and CFU-GEMM (colony-forming units-granulocytes, erythroid cells, macrophages, megakaryocytes). However, BFU-E (burst-forming units--erythroid cells) in FHC remained unchanged after cytokine stimulation and CD34+ enrichment. In FHC, the addition of cytokines and the enrichment of CD34+ cells usually contributed equally to enhance CFU-GM and CFU-GEMM colony formation. CD34-negative FHC produced the same number or more BFU-E and half the number of CFU-GM and CFU-GEMM as compared with crude cells. This CD34-negative cell population also responded to cytokine stimulation. Such findings may indicate that purification of CD34+ cells is not meaningful in fetal transplantation.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Huddinge Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Sweden.
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D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000032:analysis*; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D015672:Erythroid Precursor Cells / Q000166:cytology; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000166:cytology; D005333:Fetus / Q000166:cytology*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology; D008533:Megakaryocytes / Q000166:cytology; D011247:Pregnancy; D019089:Stem Cell Factor / Q000494:pharmacology
D018952:Antigens, CD34; D007377:Interleukin-3; D015850:Interleukin-6; D019089:Stem Cell Factor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor