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- Title
Ex vivo expansion of mature human neutrophils with normal functions from purified peripheral blood CD34<sup>+</sup> haematopoietic progenitor cells.
- Authors
Hino, Masayuki; Suzuki, Kenichi; Yamane, Takahisa; Sakai, Nobuaki; Kubota, Hiroshi; Koh, Ki Ryang; Ohta, Kensuke; Hato, Fumihiko; Kitagawa, Seiichi; Tatsumi, Noriyuki
- Abstract
Summary. Purified CD34[sup +] haematopoietic progenitor cells were cultivated with stem cell factor, interleukin 3 (IL-3), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and granulocyte CSF (G-CSF) for 7 d, and thereafter non-adherent cells were divided into two groups. Cells in one group (group A) were further cultivated for 7 d with four cytokines, and cells in the other group (group B) were further cultivated for 7 d with G-CSF alone. On day 14, 220-fold and 130-fold increases in the numbers of non-adherent cells were achieved for groups A and B respectively. These cell preparations contained 65% granulocytes for group A and 95% granulocytes for group B. These cells gained the ability to respond effectively with chemotaxis, phagocytosis and superoxide (O[sub 2, sup -]) release. Cells in group B were appropriately primed by G-CSF, GM-CSF, tumour necrosis factor alpha and IL-1 beta for enhanced release of O[sup 2, sub -]. The responsiveness of these cells was identical to that of peripheral blood neutrophils, indicating that cells in group B may be in the resting state. In contrast, cells in group A were not primed by these cytokines for enhanced release of O[sub 2, sup -] and released a large amount of O[sub 2, sup -] spontaneously, indicating that cells in group A may be in the activated state. These findings indicate that mature neutrophils with normal functions were expanded ex vivo in group B and suggest that these cells could be used for possible autologous neutrophil transfusion to prevent bacterial infections during severe neutropenia after cytotoxic chemotherapy.
- Subjects
HEMATOPOIETIC stem cells; INTERLEUKIN-3; GRANULOCYTE-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; NEUTROPHILS
- Publication
British Journal of Haematology, 2000, Vol 109, Issue 2, p314
- ISSN
0007-1048
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.02054.x