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S Siena, H Castro-Malaspina, SC Gulati, L Lu, MO Colvin, BD Clarkson, RJ O'Reilly and MA Moore
We describe the effects of 4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide (4-HC) on the
hematopoietic and stromal elements of human bone marrow. Marrow cells were
exposed to 4-HC and then assayed for mixed (CFU-Mix), erythroid (BFU-E),
granulomonocytic (CFU-GM), and marrow fibroblast (CFU-F) colony-forming
cells and studied in the long-term marrow culture (LTMC) system. The
inhibition of colony formation by 4-HC was dose and cell- concentration
dependent. The cell most sensitive to 4-HC was CFU-Mix (ID50 31 mumol/L)
followed by BFU-E (ID50 41 mumol/L), CFU-GM (ID50 89 mumol/L), and CFU-F
(ID50 235 mumol/L). In LTMC, a dose-related inhibition of CFU-GM production
was noted. Marrows treated with 300 mumol/L 4-HC were completely depleted
of CFU-GM but were able to generate these progenitors in LTMC. Marrow
stromal progenitors giving rise to stromal layers in LTMC, although less
sensitive to 4-HC cytotoxicity, were damaged by 4-HC also in a dose-related
manner. Marrows treated with 4-HC up to 300 mumol/L, gave rise to stromal
layers composed of fibroblasts, endothelial cells, adipocytes, and
macrophages. Cocultivation experiments with freshly isolated autologous
hematopoietic cells showed that stromal layers derived from 4-HC- treated
marrows were capable of sustaining the long-term production of CFU-GM as
well as controls. In conclusion: (1) Hematopoietic progenitors cells,
CFU-Mix, BFU-E, and CFU-GM, are highly sensitive to 4-HC, whereas marrow
stromal progenitor cells are relatively resistant. (2) Marrows treated with
300 mumol/L 4-HC that are depleted of CFU-Mix, BFU-E, and CFU-GM can
generate CFU-GM in LTMC, suggesting that most primitive hematopoietic stem
cells (not represented by CFU-Mix) are spared by 4-HC up to this dose. (3)
Consequently, the above colony assays are not suitable tools for predicting
pluripotent stem cell survival after 4-HC treatment in vitro.
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