A highly sensitive strategy for SCID-repopulating cell assay by direct injection of primitive human hematopoietic cells into NOD/SCID mice bone marrow

  • Takashi Yahata
    From the Division of Hematopoiesis, Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Hematology, and Institute of Medical Sciences, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.
  • Kiyoshi Ando
    From the Division of Hematopoiesis, Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Hematology, and Institute of Medical Sciences, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.
  • Tadayuki Sato
    From the Division of Hematopoiesis, Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Hematology, and Institute of Medical Sciences, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.
  • Hiroko Miyatake
    From the Division of Hematopoiesis, Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Hematology, and Institute of Medical Sciences, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.
  • Yoshihiko Nakamura
    From the Division of Hematopoiesis, Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Hematology, and Institute of Medical Sciences, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.
  • Yukari Muguruma
    From the Division of Hematopoiesis, Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Hematology, and Institute of Medical Sciences, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.
  • Shunichi Kato
    From the Division of Hematopoiesis, Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Hematology, and Institute of Medical Sciences, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.
  • Tomomitsu Hotta
    From the Division of Hematopoiesis, Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Hematology, and Institute of Medical Sciences, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>To measure the ability of human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), the SCID-repopulating cell (SRC) assay has been widely used. Conventionally, human HSCs are transplanted into a nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficient (NOD/SCID) mouse via a tail vein. However, those cells must go through various obstacles until they reach the mouse marrow environment, which could explain the generally low homing efficiency in this system. Thus, the capability of HSCs may not be studied accurately by this intravenous transplantation method. In our attempt to reveal actual SRC potential, ie, self-renewal and multilineage differentiation in recipient bone marrow, we introduced cells into mouse marrow directly (intrabone marrow [iBM]) to minimize the effect of factors that may interfere with the homing of HSCs and compared the results obtained by intravenous and iBM methods. When cord blood CD34+CD38− cells were transplanted in NOD/SCID mice by iBM, a 15-fold higher frequency of SRC, 1 in 44 CD34+CD38− cells, was achieved compared with 1 in 660 by the intravenous method. Furthermore, the iBM transplant showed high levels of engraftment in the secondary transplantation. Pretreatment of CD34+ cells with antibodies that block either very late antigen 4 (VLA-4) or VLA-5 reduced engraftment partially, whereas blockage of both molecules resulted in complete inhibition of engraftment, which suggests that VLA-4 and VLA-5 are involved in different processes in engraftment or have complementary roles. Our results indicate that the iBM injection strategy is a more sensitive and direct way to measure the capability of human SRCs and is useful to investigate the interaction of HSCs and marrow environment in vivo.</jats:p>

Journal

  • Blood

    Blood 101 (8), 2905-2913, 2003-04-15

    American Society of Hematology

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