title: Analysis and characterization of hematopoietic progenitor cells from fetal bone marrow, adult bone marrow, peripheral blood, and cord blood.
abstract: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation has been increasingly used to replace a defective hematopoietic system and to treat various genetic defects as well as malignant diseases. However, the limitations of conventional bone marrow transplantation have stimulated an intense interest in exploring the use of alternative sources of hematopoietic stem cells, including peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and cord blood (CB). A major investigative effort of our laboratory has been focused on evaluating fetal bone marrow (FBM) for transplantation. The current study compares and characterizes the functional and phenotypic characteristics of FBM, CB, adult bone marrow (ABM), and PBMC by clonogenicity assays, immunogenicity, and the quantification of progenitor cells. There was a striking difference in the proportion of CD34+ cells in FBM, ABM, PBMC, and CB (24.6%, 2.1%, 0.5%, and 2.0%, respectively). The clonogenic potential, as measured by colony forming unit in culture (CFU-C) assay, was significantly higher in FBM when compared with ABM, PBMC, and CB (202.5, 73.5, 40.8, and 65.5 colonies/10(5) cells, respectively). There was a significant decrease in proliferative responsiveness in mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) assay of FBM and CB compared with ABM and PBMC. These observations indicate that each source of hematopoietic stem cells has different intrinsic properties closely correlated with ontogenetic age that is a vital determinant for phenotypic characteristics, lineage commitments, immunogenicity, and proliferative potentials.
authors.affiliation: International Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics and Microbiology/Immunology, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C. 20007, USA.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Michejda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazumder
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Meehan
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Menendez
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Tchabo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Slack
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bellanti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D019650:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy