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Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on January 9, 2003; DOI 10.1182/blood-2002-10-3026.
Submitted October 3, 2002
Accepted November 27, 2002
Marrow frequency of rat long-term repopulating cells: evidence that marrow hematopoietic stem cell concentration may be inversely proportional to species body weight
Kenneth F McCarthy*
, Hilton Head Island, SC, USA
* Corresponding author; email: mcneth{at}aol.com.
As measured by the long-term repopulating cell (LTRC) assay, only a few hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), or perhaps a single HSC, are required to totally repopulate the lympho-hematopoietic tissues of lethally irradiated mice, cats, and humans, raising the question as to why large mammals require more marrow cells to either rescue them from lethal irradiation, or establish a long term hematopoietic graft than do small mammals. An explanation might be that HSC marrow frequency across species is not constant, but decreases as species body weight increases. This hypothesis was tested by comparing the LTRC marrow concentration of mice to that of rats. Specifically, histocompatible AKR/J, Thy 1.1 marrow was transferred to 7 Gy irradiated C3H/HeN, Thy 1.2 mice, while histocompatible Norway Black marrow (NBr), RT 7.2 marrow was transferred to 7 Gy irradiated RT 7.1 Lewis rats. The recipients were scored for successful grafts 6 to 20 weeks later. By limiting dilution analysis, a value of 1 LTRC per 47,700 marrow cells was calculated for mice, but only 1 LTRC per 502,000 marrow cells was calculated for rats. Viewed in the context of marrow grafting in larger mammals, these results suggest that species with greater body mass have lower marrow HSC frequency.
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