title: Ex vivo expansion and characterisation of CD34+ cells derived from chronic myeloid leukaemia bone marrow and peripheral blood, and from normal bone marrow and mobilised peripheral blood.
abstract: Ex vivo culture of CD34+ has the potential to provide large numbers of cells for clinical use in autologous and allogeneic transplantation and for experimental research involving genetic manipulation. We evaluated the ex vivo expansion of CD34+ cells obtained from bone marrow (BM) and peripheral blood (PB) of untreated patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) in the chronic phase and compared these results with those obtained from BM from normal volunteers (NBM) and peripheral blood after mobilising chemotherapy from patients with non-haematological disorders (MPB). Selected CD34+ cells were stimulated with interleukin 1(beta), interleukin IL-3, interleukin IL-6 and stem cell factor. The proliferation observed in patients with CML was similar to that seen in normal donors. CD34+ cells derived from patients with CML are more differentiated than their normal counterparts, as shown by the coexpression of CD34 and CD33 antigens on day 0 (85.6% for CML-BM and 76.8% for CML-PB). The culture conditions allowed a significant expansion of granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming units (CFU-GM) from NBM (33-fold increase) and MPB (22-fold increase), in contrast with CML-derived BM and PB CD34+ cells (2.3-fold increase). These results indicate that the optimal time to harvest ex vivo expanded cells is dependent on a critical compromise between cell numbers and successful retention of their repopulating potential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, ICMS, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Garin
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Apperley
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Melo
mesh_terms: D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000032:analysis*; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D006098:Granulocytes; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D008264:Macrophages
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34; D007375:Interleukin-1; D007377:Interleukin-3; D015850:Interleukin-6