title: [Effect of angiotensin II on differentiation of umbilical cord blood CD34+ cells into megakaryocytes].
abstract: This study was aimed to investigate the effect of angiotensin II on differentiation of cord blood CD34+ cells into megakaryocytes in vitro. The CD34+ cells from eight fresh umbilical cord blood samples sorted by a high-gradient magnetic cell sorting system (MACS) were cultured in serum-free culture medium containing thrombopoietin (TPO) 50 ng/ml, IL-3 10 ng/ml, stem cell factor (SCF) 50 ng/ml and different concentrations of angiotensin II (0, 50, 100, 1000 microg/ml) for 14 days. Mononuclear cells (MNC) were counted by automatic cell analyzer. Cultured CD41+ cell and platelet counts in cultured system, and cell cycle were analyzed by flow cytometry. CD41 specific monoclonal antibody staining was observed by immunofluorescence microscopy. The results showed that as compared with the control group, the number of MNC not increased significantly (P > 0.05), but the number of CD41+ cells and platelets increased significantly in treatment group (P < 0.05). Cell cycle analysis revealed that the amounts of 4N cells increased and apoptosis cells obviously existed in treatment group (P < 0.05). After fluorescence staining, more CD41+ cells of different sizes were observed by means of fluorescence microscopy in both groups. It is concluded that angiotensin II can induce the cord blood CD34+ cells to differentiate towards megakaryocyte, and enhance the function of megakaryocyte to produce platelet.
authors.affiliation: Blood Center of Zhejiang Province, Key Laboratory of Blood Safety Research, Ministry of Health, Hangzhou 310006, China.
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jin-Hui
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Fa-Ming
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Li-Xing
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000032:analysis*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D008533:Megakaryocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D019089:Stem Cell Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D013926:Thrombopoietin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D019089:Stem Cell Factor; D000804:Angiotensin II; D013926:Thrombopoietin