Effects of in vitro purging with 4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide on the hematopoietic and microenvironmental elements of human bone marrow Journal Article


Authors: Siena, S.; Castro-Melaspina, H.; Gulati, S. C.; Lu, L.; Colvin, M. O.; Clarkson, B. D.; O'Reilly, R. J.; Moore, M. A. S.
Article Title: Effects of in vitro purging with 4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide on the hematopoietic and microenvironmental elements of human bone marrow
Abstract: We describe the effects of 4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide (4-HC) on the hematopoietic and stromal elements of human bone marrow. Marrow cells were exposed to 4-HC and then assayed for mixed (CFU-Mix), erythroid (BFU-E), granulomonocytic (CFU-GM), and marrow fibroblast (CFU-F) colony-forming cells and studied in the long-term marrow culture (LTMC) system. The inhibition of colony formation by 4-HC was dose and cell-concentration dependent. The cell most sensitive to 4-HC was CFU-Mix (ID50 31 μmol/L) followed by BFU-E (ID50 41 μmol/L), CFU-GM (ID50 89 μmol/L), and CFU-GM production was noted. Marrows treated with 300 μmol/L 4-HC were completely depleted of CFU-GM but were able to generate these progenitors in LTMC. Marrow stromal progenitors giving rise to stromal layers in LTMC, although less sensitive to 4-HC cytotoxicity, were damaged by 4-HC also in a dose-related manner. Marrows treated with 4-HC up to 300 μmol/L gave rise to stromal layers composed of fibroblasts, endothelial cells, adipocytes, and macrophages. Cocultivation experiments with freshly isolated autologous hematopoietic cells showed that stromal layers derived from 4-HC-treated marrows were capable of sustaining the long-term production of CFU-GM as well as controls. In conclusion: (1) Hematopoietic progenitor cells, CFU-Mix, BFU-E, and CFU-GM, are highly sensitive to 4-HC, whereas marrow stromal progenitor cells are relatively resistant. (2) Marrows treated with 300 μmol/L 4-HC that are depleted of CFU-Mix, BFU-E, and CFU-GM can generate CFU-GM in LTMC, suggesting that most primitive hematopoietic stem cells (not represented by CFU-Mix) are spared by 4-HC up to this dose. (3) Consequently, the above colony assays are not suitable tools for predicting pluripotent stem cell survival after 4-HC treatment in vitro.
Keywords: human cell; drug efficacy; bone marrow; in vitro study; stem cell; hematopoiesis; drug therapy; therapy; normal human; 4 hydroperoxycyclophosphamide; human; priority journal; blood and hemopoietic system
Journal Title: Blood
Volume: 65
Issue: 3
ISSN: 0006-4971
Publisher: American Society of Hematology  
Date Published: 1985-03-01
Start Page: 655
End Page: 662
Language: English
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v65.3.655.655
PUBMED: 3971044
PROVIDER: scopus
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Notes: PDF misspelled the author: Hugo Castro-Malaspina's last name -- Source: Scopus
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  1. Bayard Clarkson
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  3. Malcolm A S Moore
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  4. Subhash C. Gulati
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