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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-15
pubmed:abstractText
Existing in vitro culture technology does not permit the routine propagation of most human myeloid leukemias. Previous work has shown the usefulness of mice with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) for the growth of human lymphoblastic leukemia. We show here that human myeloid cell lines and bone marrow samples from patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and blast crisis of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) also grow in SCID mice. Human AML or CML cell lines (three of three lines tested) grew in the bone marrow and peripheral blood of the mice after intravenous (IV) inoculation in a pattern closely resembling human AML. To define the best conditions for the growth of primary human myeloid leukemia cells, samples were transplanted into mice at several alternative sites. Using flow cytometry and Southern analysis, mice were analyzed at defined intervals up to 36 weeks after transplantation for the presence of human cells in various tissues. For four of four patients with AML and two of two patients with blast crisis of CML, myeloblasts grew locally at the site of implantation and were detected in the murine hematopoietic tissues. In contrast, marrow implants from patients in the chronic phase of CML (six patients) showed infrequent and limited myeloid growth in the mice. These findings demonstrate that the SCID mouse is a reproducible system for the propagation of blastic human myeloid leukemias. The differential growth of early- versus late-phase CML suggests that the SCID mouse may be a useful assay for identifying biologically aggressive leukemias early in their clinical presentation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
79
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2089-98
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Propagation of human blastic myeloid leukemias in the SCID mouse.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles 90024.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't