title: In vitro photoinhibition by psoralen and ultraviolet A radiation of human hematopoietic progenitors.
abstract: The in vitro sensitivity of human hematopoietic progenitors to PUVA, 8-MOP and UVA alone was investigated. 8-MOP alone at final concentrations of 150, 200, 600 and 1,000 ng/ml did not modify colony growth of circulating and bone marrow erythroid (BFU-E), myeloid (CFU-GM) and immature (CFU-GEMM) hematopoietic progenitors obtained from normal controls. The exposure of the same progenitors to increasing doses of UVA, up to 12 J/cm2, progressively decreased hematopoietic colony growth (with estimated 50% inhibition occurring at about 5 J/cm2). In vitro PUVA treatment (8-MOP 200 ng/ml followed by UVA 5 J/cm2) caused 90% growth inhibition of circulating and bone marrow hematopoietic progenitors. In addition, the treatment completely inhibited the formation of spontaneous erythroid colonies, obtained from 5 polycythemic patients, that are considered to be a marker of this neoplastic disease. PUVA cytotoxicity was assessed by the colorimetric MTT assay. The percentage of cell death after PUVA exposure was 29 +/- 10% for both peripheral and bone marrow mononuclear cells. Our findings indicate that 8-MOP alone is not toxic to hematopoietic progenitors whereas UVA treatment determines in vitro a dose-dependent inhibition of the clonogenic capacity of normal hematopoietic cells. PUVA treatment enhances this effect, causing a quite complete inhibition of hematopoietic progenitors colony formation from normal donors and spontaneous BFU-E colony formation from polycythemic patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Naples, Federico II, Italy.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Procaccini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Selleri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Monfrecola
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Camera
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Notaro
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: di Grazia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Posteraro
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rotoli
mesh_terms: D002470:Cell Survival / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015672:Erythroid Precursor Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000378:metabolism; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011701:PUVA Therapy; D011086:Polycythemia / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D004921:Erythropoietin