title: G-CSF-mobilized peripheral blood progenitor cells: in vitro growth pattern and hematopoietic growth factor receptor profile.
abstract: The kinetics of colony formation by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)-mobilized peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPCs) were monitored using clone-mapping experiments. Compared with normal resting bone marrow (BM), where the ratio of Day 7:Day 14 granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming cells (GM-CFCs) was 1:0.76-1.9, PB was found to be relatively deficient in progenitor cells with the capacity to form colonies by Day 7 (median ratio Day 7:Day 14 1:21). The most mature Day 7 GM-CFCs, those dispersing or extinguishing before Day 14, were almost absent in PB (< 1% of all GM-CFCs) but comprised 77% of Day 7 GM-CFCs and 32% of all GM-CFCs in BM. The expression patterns of high affinity receptors for G-CSF, GM-CSF, stem cell factor (SCF), and the ligand for flk-2 on CD38hi and CD38-/dim PB CD34+ cells were determined by binding of 125I-labeled ligand and autoradiography. G-CSF receptor (G-CSFR) expression was detected on approximately 25% of CD38-/dim cells (estimated mean 105 receptors per positive cell) and was higher in CD38hi cells (approximately 50% positive, with a mean of 227 receptors per cell). GM-CSFR expression was low (approximately 25% of cells positive, mean of 120 receptor per cell) and did not vary with CD38 expression. c-kit (SCFR) and flk-2 were expressed by > or = 90% and > or = 80% of CD34+ cells, respectively. SCF binding per cell was greater in the CD38hi population, while flk-2 expression did not vary with CD38 expression. These results confirm the heterogeneity of receptor expression by progenitor cells and imply differential regulation of receptor expression during maturation.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Unit, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zaiss
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Nicola
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001772:Blood Cell Count / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002469:Cell Separation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D016184:Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016184:Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor