title: Association of post-thaw viable CD34+ cells and CFU-GM with time to hematopoietic engraftment.
abstract: In all, 78 peripheral hematopoietic progenitor cell collections from 52 patients were evaluated using our previously published validated post-thaw assays at the time of collection and following transplantation by assessment of viable CD34(+) cells, and granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming units (CFU-GM) cryopreserved in quality control vials. The median (range) post-thaw recovery of viable CD34(+) cells and CFU-GM was 66.4% (36.1-93.6%) and 63.0% (28.6-85.7%), respectively, which did not show significant correlation with the engraftment of either neutrophils (P=0.136 and 0.417, respectively) or platelets (P=0.88 and 0.126, respectively). However, the reinfused viable CD34(+) cells/kg of patient weight pre- or post-cryopreservation showed significant correlation to engraftment of neutrophils (P=0.0001 and 0.001, respectively) and platelets (P=0.023 and 0.010, respectively), whereas CFU-GM pre- or post-cryopreservation was significantly correlated to neutrophils (P=0.011 and 0.007, respectively) but not to platelets (P=0.112 and 0.100, respectively). The results show that post-cryopreservation assessment of viable CD34(+) cells or CFU-GM is as reliable a predictor of rapid engraftment as that of pre-cryopreservation measures. Therefore, the post-cryopreservation number of viable CD34(+) cells or CFU-GM should be used to eliminate the risks of unforeseen cell loss that could occur during cryopreservation or long-term storage.
authors.affiliation: Canadian Blood Services, Edmonton Alberta, Canada. ycryoscientific@yahoo.ca
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Acker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cabuhat
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Letcher
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Larratt
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: McGann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000097:blood; D002470:Cell Survival; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D042381:Granulocyte Precursor Cells / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036102:Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34