scholarly journals Fate of bone marrow-derived cultured mast cells after intracutaneous, intraperitoneal, and intravenous transfer into genetically mast cell-deficient W/Wv mice. Evidence that cultured mast cells can give rise to both connective tissue type and mucosal mast cells.

1985 ◽  
Vol 162 (3) ◽  
pp. 1025-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Nakano ◽  
T Sonoda ◽  
C Hayashi ◽  
A Yamatodani ◽  
Y Kanayama ◽  
...  

Both connective tissue mast cells and mast cells grown in vitro are derived from multipotential hematopoietic stem cells, but these two mast cell populations exhibit many differences in morphology, biochemistry, and function. We investigated whether the phenotype of cultured mast cells or their progeny was altered when the cells were transferred into different locations in vivo. Cultured mast cells were immature by ultrastructure, and stained with alcian blue but with neither safranin or berberine sulfate, a fluorescent dye that binds to the heparin of connective tissue mast cell granules. By contrast, mast cells recovered from the peritoneal cavity of congenitally mast cell-deficient (WB X C57BL/6)F1-W/Wv (WBB6F1-W/Wv) mice 10 wk after intraperitoneal injection of cultured WBB6F1-+/+ or C57BL/6-bgJ/bgJ mast cells stained with both safranin and berberine sulfate. Staining with berberine sulfate was prevented by treatment of the cells with heparinase but not chondroitinase ABC, suggesting that the adoptively transferred mast cell population had acquired the ability to synthesize and store heparin. Furthermore, the recovered mast cells were indistinguishable by ultrastructure from the normal mature peritoneal mast cells of WBB6F1-+/+ mice, and contained substantially more histamine than mast cells studied directly from culture. Intravenous injection of cultured mast cells resulted in the development of safranin-and berberine sulfate-positive mast cells in the peritoneal cavity, spleen, skin, and glandular stomach muscularis propria. Mast cells also developed on the glandular stomach mucosa, but these cells stained with alcian blue rather than safranin, and did not stain with berberine sulfate. This result suggests that cultured mast cells can give rise to mast cells of either the connective tissue type or mucosal phenotype, depending on anatomical location. Furthermore, transplantation of cultured mast cells into WBB6F1-W/Wv mice had no measurable effect on the anemia of the recipient mice, suggesting a possible strategy for repairing the mast cell deficiency of WBB6F1-W/Wv mice without affecting other bone marrow-derived populations such as erythrocytes. Intravenous injection of representative connective tissue type mast cells (30-50% pure peritoneal mast cells derived from WBB6F1-+/+ mice) gave results similar to those obtained with cultured mast cells: mast cells developing in the peritoneal cavity, skin, spleen, and glandular stomach muscularis propria of WBB6F1-W/Wv recipients stained with safranin and berberine sulfate, whereas mast cells developing in the mucosa of the glandular stomach stained only with alcian blue.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

Blood ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 573-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Kanakura ◽  
A Kuriu ◽  
N Waki ◽  
T Nakano ◽  
H Asai ◽  
...  

Abstract Two different types of cells in the peritoneal cavity of mice produce mast cell colonies in methylcellulose. “Large” mast cell colonies are produced by bone marrow-derived precursors resembling lymphoid cells by light microscopy (L-CFU-Mast), whereas “medium” and “small” mast cell colonies are produced by morphologically identifiable mast cells (M-CFU- Mast and S-CFU-Mast, respectively). In the present study we eradicated peritoneal mast cells by intraperitoneal (IP) injection of distilled water. The regeneration process was investigated to clarify the relationship between L-CFU-Mast, M-CFU-Mast, and S-CFU-Mast. After injection of distilled water, M-CFU-Mast and S-CFU-Mast disappeared, but L-CFU-Mast increased, and then M-CFU-Mast and S-CFU-Mast appeared, suggesting the presence of a hierarchic relationship. When purified peritoneal mast cells were injected two days after the water injection, the L-CFU-Mast did not increase. In the peritoneal cavity of WBB6F1-+/+ mice that had been lethally irradiated and rescued by bone marrow cells of C57BL/6-bgJ/bgJ (beige, Chediak-Higashi syndrome) mice, L-CFU-Mast were of bgJ/bgJ type, but M-CFU-Mast and S-CFU-Mast were of +/+ type. The injection of distilled water to the radiation chimeras resulted in the development of bgJ/bgJ-type M-CFU-Mast and then S-CFU-Mast. The presence of mast cells appeared to suppress the recruitment of L-CFU- Mast from the bloodstream and to inhibit the differentiation of L-CFU- Mast to M-CFU-Mast.


1991 ◽  
Vol 174 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Matsuda ◽  
Y Kannan ◽  
H Ushio ◽  
Y Kiso ◽  
T Kanemoto ◽  
...  

The effect of nerve growth factor (NGF) on proliferation/differentiation of mast cells was investigated in vitro. Although NGF alone neither supported colony formation of bone marrow-derived cultured mast cells (BMCMC) nor induced development of mast cell colonies from nonadherent bone marrow cells (NBMC), addition of NGF to the suboptimal dose of interleukin 3 (IL-3) significantly increased the numbers of mast cell colonies produced by BMCMC or NBMC in methylcellulose. When stimulated by IL-3 alone, cells in mast cell colonies were not stained by berberine sulfate, a fluorescent dye. In contrast, mast cells developing in methylcellulose cultures obtaining both IL-3 and NGF were stained by berberine sulfate. The fluorescence was abolished by the treatment of heparinase but not of chondroitinase ABC, suggesting that mast cells stimulated by IL-3 and NGF produced and stored heparin proteoglycan. The histamine content of BMCMC maintained by IL-3 was also increased by addition of NGF. Since BMCMC showed mucosal mast cell-like phenotype, NGF appeared to induce the phenotypic change to connective tissue-type mast cells (CTMC). In the culture containing BMCMC, 3T3 fibroblasts, and IL-3, the phenotypic change of BMCMC to CTMC was observed as well. Since NGF was detected in this coculture and since addition of anti-NGF monoclonal antibody suppressed the phenotypic change, NGF produced by fibroblasts appeared to induce the phenotypic change. Neither BMCMC alone nor IL-3 alone increased the concentration of NGF. Therefore, there is a possibility that BMCMC stimulated by IL-3 may induce the production and/or release of NGF by fibroblasts.


1984 ◽  
Vol 160 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Sonoda ◽  
Y Kanayama ◽  
H Hara ◽  
C Hayashi ◽  
M Tadokoro ◽  
...  

Presence of mast cell precursors in the mouse peritoneal cavity was demonstrated, and the precursors were characterized. When a cell suspension, containing mast cell precursor(s), was directly injected into the skin of genetically mast cell-deficient WBB6F1 (WB X C57BL/6)-W/Wv mice, a cluster composed of approximately 2,000 mast cells appeared at the injection site. By determining the proportion of injection sites at which the mast cell cluster appeared, the concentration of mast cell precursors can be calculated by limiting dilution analysis. The concentration in the peritoneal cavity was about five times as great as the concentration in the bone marrow. Although peritoneal mast cell precursors were shown to originate from the bone marrow, physical characterization revealed that the peritoneal precursors differed from the marrow precursors. The peritoneal precursors were less susceptible to irradiation than the marrow precursors; the former were heavier than the latter. When a 95% pure mast cell suspension was prepared from the peritoneal cells by the removal of phagocytes and the density gradient centrifugation, 1 out of 16 cells had the potentiality to make a mast cell cluster in the skin of the W/Wv mice. Moreover, when a single mast cell was identified under the phase contrast microscope and picked up with the micromanipulator, 1 out of 17 mast cells made the cluster. This indicated that some peritoneal mast cells kept extensive proliferative potentiality even after morphological differentiation. In other words, some peritoneal mast cells themselves may function as the committed precursors.


Blood ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 573-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Kanakura ◽  
A Kuriu ◽  
N Waki ◽  
T Nakano ◽  
H Asai ◽  
...  

Two different types of cells in the peritoneal cavity of mice produce mast cell colonies in methylcellulose. “Large” mast cell colonies are produced by bone marrow-derived precursors resembling lymphoid cells by light microscopy (L-CFU-Mast), whereas “medium” and “small” mast cell colonies are produced by morphologically identifiable mast cells (M-CFU- Mast and S-CFU-Mast, respectively). In the present study we eradicated peritoneal mast cells by intraperitoneal (IP) injection of distilled water. The regeneration process was investigated to clarify the relationship between L-CFU-Mast, M-CFU-Mast, and S-CFU-Mast. After injection of distilled water, M-CFU-Mast and S-CFU-Mast disappeared, but L-CFU-Mast increased, and then M-CFU-Mast and S-CFU-Mast appeared, suggesting the presence of a hierarchic relationship. When purified peritoneal mast cells were injected two days after the water injection, the L-CFU-Mast did not increase. In the peritoneal cavity of WBB6F1-+/+ mice that had been lethally irradiated and rescued by bone marrow cells of C57BL/6-bgJ/bgJ (beige, Chediak-Higashi syndrome) mice, L-CFU-Mast were of bgJ/bgJ type, but M-CFU-Mast and S-CFU-Mast were of +/+ type. The injection of distilled water to the radiation chimeras resulted in the development of bgJ/bgJ-type M-CFU-Mast and then S-CFU-Mast. The presence of mast cells appeared to suppress the recruitment of L-CFU- Mast from the bloodstream and to inhibit the differentiation of L-CFU- Mast to M-CFU-Mast.


Blood ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 877-885 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Kanakura ◽  
H Thompson ◽  
T Nakano ◽  
T Yamamura ◽  
H Asai ◽  
...  

Mouse peritoneal mast cells (PMC) express a connective tissue-type mast cell (CTMC) phenotype, including reactivity with the heparin-binding fluorescent dye berberine sulfate and incorporation of [35S] sulfate predominantly into heparin proteoglycans. When PMC purified to greater than 99% purity were cultured in methylcellulose with IL-3 and IL-4, approximately 25% of the PMC formed colonies, all of which contained both berberine sulfate-positive and berberine sulfate-negative mast cells. When these mast cells were transferred to suspension culture, they generated populations that were 100% berberine sulfate-negative, a characteristic similar to that of mucosal mast cells (MMC), and that synthesized predominantly chondroitin sulfate [35S] proteoglycans. When “MMC-like” cultured mast cells derived from WBB6F1-+/+ PMC were injected into the peritoneal cavities of mast cell-deficient WBB6F1- W/Wv mice, the adoptively transferred mast cell population became 100% berberine sulfate-positive. In methylcellulose culture, these “second generation PMC” formed clonal colonies containing both berberine sulfate-positive and berberine sulfate-negative cells, but exhibited significantly less proliferative ability than did normal +/+ PMC. Thus, clonal mast cell populations initially derived from single PMC exhibited multiple and bidirectional alterations between CTMC-like and MMC-like phenotypes. However, this process was associated with a progressive diminution of the mast cells' proliferative ability.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulrahman Saadalla ◽  
Mariana Machado Lima ◽  
Funien Tsai ◽  
Abu Osman ◽  
Mahendra Pal Singh ◽  
...  

Blood ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 1463-1470
Author(s):  
T von Ruden ◽  
L Stingl ◽  
A Ullrich ◽  
EF Wagner

Abstract The normal human epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) (HERc), a chimeric EGF-R/v-erbB (HERerbB) receptor, and the ligand-independent oncogenic EGF-R variant (v-erbB) were used to correct the mast cell defects in W/Wv bone marrow (BM) cells. In culture, all three receptor molecules transduced functional mitogenic signals in infected interleukin-3 (IL-3)-dependent bone marrow-derived mast cells (BMMCs) and enabled their differentiation into safranin-positive mast cells resembling connective tissue-type mast cells (CTMCs). Furthermore, expression of these receptors restored the capacity of W/Wv BMMCs to colonize the peritoneal cavity of mast cell-deficient W/Wv mice where they differentiated to safranin-positive cells with similar frequencies as wild-type BMMCs. These experiments show that expression of normal and mutant EGF-Rs in W/Wv BM cells is able to complement the function of the c-kit-encoded Steel factor receptor (SLF-R) in mast cell development. We conclude that signal transduction by normal and mutant EGF-Rs in murine hematopoietic cells apparently involves components also used by the SLF-R, which suggests that these receptors use overlapping pathways for signal transduction.


2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elín I. Magnúsdóttir ◽  
Mirjana Grujic ◽  
Jessica Bergman ◽  
Gunnar Pejler ◽  
Malin C. Lagerström

Abstract Background Itch is an unpleasant sensation that can be debilitating, especially if it is chronic and of non-histaminergic origin, as treatment options are limited. Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a potent endogenous vasoconstrictor that also has the ability to induce a burning, non-histaminergic pruritus when exogenously administered, by activating the endothelin A receptor (ETAR) on primary afferents. ET-1 is released endogenously by several cell-types found in the skin, including macrophages and keratinocytes. Mast cells express ETARs and can thereby be degranulated by ET-1, and mast cell proteases chymase and carboxypeptidase A3 (CPA3) are known to either generate or degrade ET-1, respectively, suggesting a role for mast cell proteases in the regulation of ET-1-induced itch. The mouse mast cell proteases (mMCPs) mMCP4 (chymase), mMCP6 (tryptase), and CPA3 are found in connective tissue type mast cells and are the closest functional homologs to human mast cell proteases, but little is known about their role in endothelin-induced itch. Methods In this study, we evaluated the effects of mast cell protease deficiency on scratching behavior induced by ET-1. To investigate this, mMCP knock-out and transgenic mice were injected intradermally with ET-1 and their scratching behavior was recorded and analyzed. Results CPA3-deficient mice and mice lacking all three proteases demonstrated highly elevated levels of scratching behavior compared with wild-type controls. A modest increase in the number of scratching bouts was also seen in mMCP6-deficient mice, while mMCP4-deficiency did not have any effect. Conclusion Altogether, these findings identify a prominent role for the mast cell proteases, in particular CPA3, in the protection against itch induced by ET-1.


Blood ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 108 (11) ◽  
pp. 1335-1335
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Martelli ◽  
Giovanni Amabile ◽  
Barbara Ghinassi ◽  
Rodolfo Lorenzini ◽  
Alessandro M. Vannucchi ◽  
...  

Abstract Mast cells are hematopoietic cells localized in extramedullary sites where they engage themselves in the process of allergic response and in the immune reaction against parasites. Mast cells derive from multilineage c-KitlowCD34lowSca-1pos progenitor cells present in the marrow. These cells give rise to Linnegc-KitposSca-1neg T1/ST2pos mast cell restricted progenitor cells (MCP) whose futher maturation in the marrow remains limited under steady state conditions. MCP migrate through the blood in extramedullary sites were they mature into tissue-retricted c-KitposFceRIpos mast cells characterized by a specific mast cell protease (MMCP) profiling (dermal, mucosal and serosal mast cells in skin, gut and peritoneal cavity, respectively). The molecular mechanism that, in normal mice, restricts the mastocytopoietic potential of progenitor cells to the extramedullary sites, as well as the factors that guide the tissue-restricted differentiation of these cells, are unknown. Thrombopoietin (TPO)-Mpl interactions play an important role in the regulation of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell proliferation and differentiation in the marrow. Here we report that mast cells, and their precursors, express Mpl (both as mRNA and cell surface protein) (see Table). Furthermore, targeted deletion of this gene (Mplnull mutation) decrease the number of MCP (by 1-log) and increases that of mast cells in dermis (by 3-fold), peritoneal cavity (by 3-fold), bone marrow (2-log) and spleen (2-log). Furthermore, because of their higher (by 2-log) MMCP-7 expression, serosal Mplnull mast cells resemble more wild-type dermal rather than serosal mast cells. On the other hand, either treatment of mice with TPO or addition of TPO to bone marrow-derived mast cell cultures induces mast cell apoptosis (by Tunel and Annexin staining) and severely hampers mast cell differentiation (by expression profiling). These data are consistent with a regulatory mechanism for murine mastocytopoiesis according to which TPO favours the transition from multilineage progenitors to CMP but blocks differentiation of MCP to mature mast cells. We propose TPO as the growth factor that restrict mast cell differentiation to extramedullaty sites and that control the switch between serosal vs dermal mast cell differentiation. Mpl expression mRNA 2-ΔCt Protein (AFU) Cy7-A Protein (AFU) Cy7-AMM2 AFU= arbitrary fluorescence intensity. p< 0.01 with respect to Cy7-A (irrilevant antibody) Wild type Marrow B cells (B220pos) b.d. 120±4 205±4 Wild type Marrow Megakaryocytes (CD61pos/CD41pos) 5.0±0.1 × 10-2 178±3 978±74* Wild type Marrow MCP (cKitpos/T1ST2pos) 1.3±0.01 × 10-2 139±16 1658±73* Wild-type Marrow Mast Cells (cKitpos/Fcε RIpos) 1.9±0.1 × 10-2 110±1 868±71* Serosal Mast Cells (cKitpos/FcεRIpos) 7.2±2.1 × 10-4 393±1 1374±25* Mplnull Marrow Megakaryocytes (CD61pos/CD41pos) b.d. 365±28 469±50 Mplnull Marrow Mast Cells (cKitpos/FcεRIpos) b.d 107±1 109±3


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