The generation of human long-term marrow cultures from marrow depleted of
Ia (HLA-DR) positive cells
A Keating, J Powell, M Takahashi and JW Singer
Successful long-term cultures were generated from marrow buffy-coat cells
incubated with either of two monoclonal anti-Ia antibodies, 7.2 and HBIOa,
and complement. The mean CFU-GM toxicity for 7.2 and HBIOa was 81% and 94%,
respectively, of the complement control. Cultures generated from marrows
treated with 7.2 and complement produced between 30% and 163% of the CFU-GM
(mean, 78.2 +/- 52.4%) and 33% of the BFU-E produced by the complement
control cultures. Long-term cultures from marrows treated with the more
cytotoxic HBIOa antibody yielded 261% of the CFU-GM present at culture
initiation. Our data suggest that the progenitor cells necessary for
generation of long-term cultures from human marrow are Ia-negative and may
represent less mature stem cells than those measurable by semisolid colony
assays. Furthermore, marrow treated with cytotoxic anti-Ia antibodies may
be suitable for use in autologous transplantation.
Volume 64,
Issue 6,
pp. 1159-1162,
12/01/1984
Copyright © 1984 by The American Society of Hematology