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ABSTRACT: Two novel cytokines, stem cell factor (SCF) and PIXY321 (a fusion protein, granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor + IL-3), have recently been demonstrated to enhance in vitro adult myelopoiesis. In this study, we compared the success of separating very early hematopoietic progenitor cells (CD34+) from both cord blood (CB) and adult bone marrow (ABM) and their differential response to SCF, PIXY321, and other later-acting colony-stimulating factors (CSF). Briefly, CD34+ cells were isolated from CB and ABM with an anti-CD34 MAb, HPCA-1, and incubated with various combinations of SCF, PIXY321, and other CSF. The percentage of CD34+ cells was decreased in CB compared to ABM before separation (0.54 versus 1.71%) (p = 0.05). Isolated CD34+ cells from CB and ABM were similar in lineage with respect to CD38, HLA-DR, CD33, and CD5, but decreased in CB with respect to B-lineage expression (CD19, CD10, and CD22) (p = 0.05). SCF increased colony forming unit-granulocyte-macrophage (CFU-GM) formation from CB CD34+ cells compared to unconditioned media and had a significant additive increase with IL-3 (p = 0.006) and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (p = 0.03). SCF also had an additive increase in CB CFU-GM formation with PIXY321 (p = 0.007). PIXY321 had a similar increase in CFU-GM formation from both CB and ABM CD34+ cells compared to the combination granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor + IL-3. When SCF was added to IL-3, PIXY321, or PIXY321 + IL-6, there was an increase in CFU-GM from CB versus ABM CD34+ cells. The combination of SCF + IL-3 + IL-6 induced the highest increase in CFU-GM formation from CB CD34+ cells. These data suggest that isolated CD34+ cells in CB are significantly enhanced in response to early-acting CSF (SCF), especially when used in combination with late-acting CSF. These results may have implications in the ex vivo expansion of CB progenitor cells and the modulation of neonatal hematopoiesis.
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Cairo, M., Law, P., De Ven, C. et al. The In Vitro Effects of Stem Cell Factor and PIXY321 on Myeloid Progenitor Formation (CFU-GM) from Immunomagnetic Separated CD34+ Cord Blood. Pediatr Res 32, 277–281 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-199209000-00005
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