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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-1
pubmed:abstractText
We developed a new human stromal cell line that could expand human hematopoietic progenitor/stem cells. Primary human bone marrow stromal cells were infected with retrovirus containing the human telomerase catalytic subunit (hTERT) gene, resulting in increased population doubling and the acquisition of cell immortalization. Characteristics of the hTERT-transduced stromal (hTERT-stromal) cells were identical with those of the primary stromal cells in terms of morphologic appearance and expression of surface antigens. Human cord blood (CB) CD34(+) cells were expanded by coculture with primary stromal or hTERT-stromal cells in the presence of stem cell factor, thrombopoietin, and Flk-2/Flt-3 ligand under serum-free condition. The degree of expansion of CD34(+) cells and total number of colony-forming units in culture (CFU-Cs) after 2 weeks' coculture with the hTERT-stromal cells were nearly the same as those after 2 weeks' coculture with primary stromal cells (CD34(+) cells, 118-fold +/- 8-fold versus 117-fold +/- 13-fold; CFU-Cs, 71-fold +/- 5-fold versus 67-fold +/- 5-fold of initial cell number). CB expansion on hTERT-stromal cells occurred at a similar rate through 7 weeks. In contrast, the rate of CB expansion on primary stromal cells had drastically declined at 7 weeks. In nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice, the degree of engraftment of SCID-repopulating cells that had been cocultured with hTERT-stromal cells for 4 weeks was significantly higher than that of precocultured CB cells. These results indicate that this hTERT-stromal cell line could be useful for ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic progenitor/stem cells and for analyzing the microenvironment of human bone marrow.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
101
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
532-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12393449-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12393449-Antigens, Viral, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:12393449-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:12393449-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:12393449-Coculture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:12393449-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12393449-Fetal Blood, pubmed-meshheading:12393449-Hematopoiesis, pubmed-meshheading:12393449-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:12393449-Hematopoietic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12393449-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12393449-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12393449-Mice, SCID, pubmed-meshheading:12393449-Stromal Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12393449-Telomerase, pubmed-meshheading:12393449-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:12393449-Transplantation, Heterologous, pubmed-meshheading:12393449-ras Proteins
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Ex vivo expansion of human umbilical cord hematopoietic progenitor cells using a coculture system with human telomerase catalytic subunit (hTERT)-transfected human stromal cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't