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| Conditioning Regimens |
| Optimal protocol for total body irradiation for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in mice |
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| Y-Z Cui1, H Hisha1,2,3, G-X Yang1, T-X Fan1, T Jin1, Q Li1, Z Lian1 and S Ikehara1,2,3 |
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1First Department of Pathology, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan
2Transplantation Center, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan
3Regeneration Research Center for Intractable Diseases, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan
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Correspondence to: Dr S Ikehara, First Department of Pathology, Kansai Medical University, 10-15 Fumizono-cho, Moriguchi City, Osaka 570-8506, Japan |
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| Abstract |
| We have previously demonstrated, using chimeric resistant MRL/lpr mice, that a fractionated total body irradiation (FTBI) (5 Gy ´ 2 with a 4 h interval on the day before allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT)) is the best conditioning regimen for the treatment of autoimmune diseases in radiosensitive MRL/lpr mice. In the present study, using various standard strains of mice (not radiosensitive mice), we explore the best protocol for irradiation (doses and intervals) as the conditioning regimen for allogeneic BMT. Recipient mice were exposed to various irradiation regimens: a single total body irradiation (TBI) of 9.5 or 12 Gy and FTBI of (5+5) Gy to (7+7) Gy with a 1 to 24 h interval. The method generally utilized for humans ((2+2) Gy with a 4 h interval for 3 days (total 12 Gy)) was also used. One day after the last irradiation, donor BMCs from BALB/c, C3H, or C57BL/6 (B6) mice were transplanted into C3H or B6 mice. The irradiation protocol of (2+2) Gy for 3 days was found to be insufficient to enable the complete removal of recipient immunocompetent cells, since donor-reactive T cells were observed in the recipient spleens and many recipient-type NK and CD4+ cells were also detected in the recipient hematolymphoid tissues. In all the combinations, the highest survival rate was achieved in the recipients irradiated with (6+6) or (6.5+6.5) Gy with a 4 h interval. In the surviving mice, the hematolymphoid tissues had been fully reconstituted with donor cells. Bone Marrow Transplantation (2002) 30, 843-849. doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1703766 |
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| Keywords |
| bone marrow transplantation; fractionated irradiation; reconstitution |
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| Received 5 June 2002; accepted 28 August 2002 |
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| December (2) 2002, Volume 30, Number 12, Pages 843-849 |
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