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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-18
pubmed:abstractText
The (NZW x BXSB)F1 (W/BF1) mouse is known as an autoimmune-prone strain which develops lupus nephritis, thrombocytopenia due to platelet-specific autoantibodies, leukocytosis, and myocardial infarction. In this experiment, we investigated the age-dependent abnormalities of the hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and hematopoiesis in this mouse. White blood cell counts (especially Mac-1- or Gr-1-positive cells) in the peripheral blood of 12-week-old W/BF1 mice increased in comparison with those of four-week-old W/BF1 or normal mice. To investigate whether the abnormal hematopoiesis can be attributed to the HSCs of W/BF1 mice, colony-forming unit in spleen (CFU-S) and colony-forming unit in culture (CFU-C) assays were performed. Day 12 CFU-S counts of 12-week-old W/BF1 mice significantly increased in comparison with those of four-week-old W/BF1 mice or normal mice. In the CFU-C assay, CFU-GEMM and CFU-GM counts in 12-week-old W/BF1 mice increased in comparison with those of four-week-old W/BF1 or control mice. The bone marrow cells (BMCs) from 12-week-old W/BF1 mice showed a high level of G-CSF and a low level of GM-CSF in mRNA expression. To examine the effect of HSCs from 12-week-old W/BF1 mice on the onset of autoimmune diseases and the abnormal hematopoiesis, T- and B-cell-depleted BMCs of four-week-old or 12-week-old W/BF1 mice were transplanted to C3H mice. Recipient C3H mice that had received the BMCs from 12-week-old W/BF1 mice showed an earlier onset of autoimmune diseases and a shorter survival rate than those that had received the BMCs from four-week-old W/BF1 mice. These data suggest that the HSCs from 12-week-old W/BF1 mice showing the symptoms of autoimmune diseases have the capacity to induce autoimmune diseases earlier than the HSCs from four-week-old W/BF1 mice.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1066-5099
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
357-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Age of Onset, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Hematopoiesis, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Hematopoietic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Leukocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Leukocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Lupus Nephritis, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Macrophage-1 Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Mice, Inbred C3H, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Mice, Inbred NZB, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Platelet Count, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:10606164-Thrombocytopenia
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Age-dependent abnormalities of hematopoietic stem cells in (NZW x BXSB)F1 mice.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Pathology, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi City, Osaka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article