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Myeloid Reconstitution

Extensive early apoptosis in frozen–thawed CD34-positive stem cells decreases threshold doses for haematological recovery after autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation volume 29, pages 249–255 (2002)Cite this article

Abstract

Stem cell doses necessary for engraftment after myelo-ablative therapy as defined for fresh transplants vary largely. Loss of CD34+ cell quality after cryopreservation might contribute to this variation. With a new early apoptosis assay including the vital stain Syto16, together with the permeability marker 7-AAD, CD34+ cell viability in leucapheresis samples of 49 lymphoma patients receiving a BEAM regimen was analysed. After freeze–thawing large numbers of non-viable, early apoptotic cells appeared, leading to only 42% viability compared to 72% using 7-AAD only. Based on this Syto16 staining in the frozen–thawed grafts, threshold numbers for adequate haematological recovery of 2.8–3.0 × 106 CD34+ cells/kg body weight determined for fresh grafts, now decreased to 1.2–1.3 × 106 CD34+ cells/kg. In whole blood transplantation of lymphoma patients (n = 45) receiving a BEAM-like regimen, low doses of CD34+ cells were sufficient for recovery (0.3–0.4 × 106CD34+ cells/kg). In contrast to freeze–thawing of leucapheresis material, a high viability of CD34+ cells was preserved during storage for 3 days at 4°C, leaving threshold doses for recovery unchanged. In conclusion, the Syto16 assay reveals the presence of many more non-functional stem cells in frozen–thawed transplants than presumed thus far. This led to a factor 2.3-fold adjustment downward of viable CD34+ threshold doses for haematological recovery.

Bone Marrow Transplantation (2002) 29, 249–255. doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1703357

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The authors thank Ria van Wijngaarden-Du Bois and Kirsten Huijboom from the Central Laboratory Bloedtransfusiedienst Amsterdam for providing part of the leucapheresis samples of lymphoma patients, Arne de Kreuk for critically reading the manuscript and Cinthy Dekker-van Roessel for help with recovery data.

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    F de Boer, AM Dräger, FL Kessler, AR Jonkhoff, PC Huijgens, GJ Ossenkoppele & GJ Schuurhuis

  2. Department of Medical Oncology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    F de Boer, HM Pinedo & E van der Wall

  3. Department of Hematology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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de Boer, F., Dräger, A., Pinedo, H. et al. Extensive early apoptosis in frozen–thawed CD34-positive stem cells decreases threshold doses for haematological recovery after autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 29, 249–255 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1703357

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