Heterogeneity within the spleen colony-forming cell population in rat bone marrow
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The pluripotent hemipoietic stem cell (HSC) of the rat can be enumerated in a spleen colony assay (SCA) in rats as well as mice. After injection of rat bone marrow into lethally irradiated mice, macroscopically visible spleen colonies (CFU-S) are found from day 6 through 14, but the number varies on consecutive days. In normal bone marrow a constant ratio of day-8 to day-12 colony numbers is observed. However, this ratio is changed after in vivo treatment of rats with cyclophosphamide, as well as after in vitro treatment of rat bone marrow with cyclophosphamide derivatives. This indicates that the CFU-S that form colonies on day 8 react differently to this treatment than the CFU-S that form colonies on day 12, and suggests heterogeneity among the CFU-S population. Posttreatment regrowth of day-8 and day-12 CFU-S is characterized by differences in population-doubling times (T(d) = 0.85 days vs 1.65 days). Another argument in support of the postulate of heterogeneity within the rat CFU-S population is derived from the fact that (in contrast to normal rat spleen) the spleen of leukemic rats contains high numbers of CFU-S that show a ratio of day-8 to day-12 CFU-S of 4.5, which is different than that observed for a CFU-S population in normal bone marrow (a ratio of 2.4). It is concluded that, in rat hemopoiesis, two populations of spleen colony-forming cells can be distinguished using the rat-to-mouse SCA. This indicates that mouse and rat hemopoiesis are comparable in this respect and that heterogeneity in the stem cell compartment is a general phenomenon. Copyright © 1986 International Society for Experimental Hematology
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animal cellanimal experimentblood and hemopoietic systembone marrowcell doubling timecolony forming unithematopoiesishistologyin vitro studynonhumanpriority journalratspleenspleen colonystem cellAnimalBone Marrow CellsColony-Forming Units AssayHematopoietic Stem CellsMiceRadiation ChimeraRatsSpleenSupport, Non-U.S. Gov'tTime Factors
TNO Identifier
230082
ISSN
0301472X
Source
Experimental Hematology, 14(8), pp. 714-718.
Pages
714-718
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