Characterization of the growth factor activity of amniotic fluid on cells from hematopoietic and lymphoid organs of different life stages.
We investigated the proliferation-promoting effects of murine amniotic fluid (MAF) on in vitro cultured cells originally obtained from murine hematopoietic and lymphoid organs at different life stages. MAF promoted proliferation of the fetal liver cells (FLC), newborn spleen cells and adult bone marrow cells. The proliferation-promoting activity of MAF was extended to liver cells and spleen cells from mice younger than 2 weeks old. MAF did not, however, promote the proliferation of newborn or adult thymocytes, or of spleen cells, liver cells or peritoneal cells, liver cells or peritoneal cells from 2-week-old or older mice. Rather, it partially inhibited the proliferation of spleen cells, thymocytes and peritoneal cells from 1-year-old mice. These results suggest that MAF contains growth factors for hematopoietic stem cells but not for either mature or immature T lymphocytes. Supporting this view, the MAF activity was partially neutralized by a polyclonal anti-mouse stem cell factor (SCF) antibody. Moreover, the immunoblotting of MAF against anti-mouse SCF antibody revealed a band at 30-32 kDa corresponding to the previously reported SCF. Interestingly, MAF was able to maintain FLC and adult bone marrow cells alive in culture for a relatively long time (2 weeks). The MAF activity was further shown to be partially and cell type-dependently antagonized by TNF-alpha and TGF-beta. These results provided evidence that MAF contains potentially multiple growth factors preferentially affecting the early stage of hematopoiesis, one of which is SCF.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Aichi, Japan.
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Heidari
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D000367:Age Factors; D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003470:Culture Media; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000032:analysis; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000032:analysis; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects*; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D013154:Spleen / Q000187:drug effects; D019089:Stem Cell Factor / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000187:drug effects; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
D003470:Culture Media; D006133:Growth Substances; D007377:Interleukin-3; D019089:Stem Cell Factor; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor