[A study of the engraftment, expansion and differentiation of human hematopoietic stem cells in goats].
OBJECTIVE
To establish a human/goat hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) xenogeneic transplant model and to probe the engraftment, expansion and differentiation of human HSC in vivo.


METHODS
Human HSCs were isolated from human umbilical cord blood and 1 x 10(5) human HSCs were in utero transplanted into 50 fetal goats at the 55 - 65 the gestation days. The engraftment, expansion and differentiation of human HSCs in goats were determined by FACS analysis, PCR and PCR-Southern blot hybridization at various intervals after birth.


RESULTS
Hematopoietic chimerism occurred certainly in 35 of 39 live-born recipients. On average, The proportion of human hematopoietic cells in goat blood was 1% approximately 3% and remained phenotypically stable for at least 10 months. The human hematopoietic cells circulated in goat blood expressed CD34, CD14, CD20 and glycophorin A (GPA) but did not express CD3, CD4, CD7, CD8 and CD56 or expressed them at a very low level.


CONCLUSIONS
The number of human HSC can be effectively expanded 1 000 - 10 000 fold. Human HSCs in goats undergo a limited differentiation. Our human/goat HSC xenogeneic model provides a useful way for the investigation of HSC transplantation, expansion and differentiation in vivo.
Huang
Shuzhen
S
Shanghai Institute of Medical Genetics, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai 200040, China.
Zeng
Fanyi
F
Gong
Zhijuan
Z
Lu
Jianying
J
Huang
Wenying
W
Hu
Wei
W
Yan
Jingbin
J
Fang
Yudan
Y
D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D006041:Goats; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
D015703:Antigens, CD