scholarly journals Analysis of megakaryocyte ploidy in rat bone marrow cultures

Blood ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 1952-1962 ◽  
Author(s):  
DJ Kuter ◽  
SM Greenberg ◽  
RD Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Culture Conditions ◽  
Recombinant Erythropoietin ◽  
Bone Marrow Cultures ◽  
Ploidy Changes ◽  
Macrophage Colony ◽  
Vitro Model ◽  
Rat Bone

Abstract Megakaryocytes undergo changes in ploidy in vivo in response to varying demands for platelets. Attempts to study the putative factor(s) regulating these ploidy changes have been frustrated by the lack of an appropriate in vitro model of megakaryocyte endomitosis. This report describes a culture system in which rat bone marrow is depleted of identifiable megakaryocytes and enriched in their precursor cells. Morphologically identifiable megakaryocytes appear when the depleted marrow is cultured in vitro. The total number of nucleated cells, as well as the number of megakaryocytes and their ploidy distribution, are quantitated very precisely by flow cytometry. Although the total number of nucleated cells declines by 35% to 40% over 3 days in culture, the number of megakaryocytes rises 10-fold. The number of nucleated cells, the number of megakaryocytes, and the extent of megakaryocyte ploidization behave as independent variables in culture and are dependent on the culture conditions. The addition of recombinant erythropoietin promotes a rise in the number of megakaryocytes and a shift in ploidy to higher values while recombinant murine granulocyte- macrophage colony stimulating factor is without effect on the cultured megakaryocytes. This in vitro system may provide a means to study those factors that affect megakaryocyte growth and ploidization.

scholarly journals Analysis of megakaryocyte ploidy in rat bone marrow cultures

Blood ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 1952-1962
Author(s):  
DJ Kuter ◽  
SM Greenberg ◽  
RD Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Culture Conditions ◽  
Recombinant Erythropoietin ◽  
Bone Marrow Cultures ◽  
Ploidy Changes ◽  
Macrophage Colony ◽  
Vitro Model ◽  
Rat Bone

Megakaryocytes undergo changes in ploidy in vivo in response to varying demands for platelets. Attempts to study the putative factor(s) regulating these ploidy changes have been frustrated by the lack of an appropriate in vitro model of megakaryocyte endomitosis. This report describes a culture system in which rat bone marrow is depleted of identifiable megakaryocytes and enriched in their precursor cells. Morphologically identifiable megakaryocytes appear when the depleted marrow is cultured in vitro. The total number of nucleated cells, as well as the number of megakaryocytes and their ploidy distribution, are quantitated very precisely by flow cytometry. Although the total number of nucleated cells declines by 35% to 40% over 3 days in culture, the number of megakaryocytes rises 10-fold. The number of nucleated cells, the number of megakaryocytes, and the extent of megakaryocyte ploidization behave as independent variables in culture and are dependent on the culture conditions. The addition of recombinant erythropoietin promotes a rise in the number of megakaryocytes and a shift in ploidy to higher values while recombinant murine granulocyte- macrophage colony stimulating factor is without effect on the cultured megakaryocytes. This in vitro system may provide a means to study those factors that affect megakaryocyte growth and ploidization.

M-CSF: a novel plasmacytoid and conventional dendritic cell poietin

Blood ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Fancke ◽  
Mark Suter ◽  
Hubertus Hochrein ◽  
Meredith O'Keeffe
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Bone Marrow Cells ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Interferon Α ◽  
Bone Marrow Cultures ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Macrophage Colony ◽  
Major Attention

The critical importance of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) in viral infection, autoimmunity, and tolerance has focused major attention on these cells that are rare in blood and immune organs of humans and mice. The recent development of an Flt-3 ligand (FL) culture system of bone marrow cells has led to the simple generation of large numbers of pDCs that resemble their in vivo steady-state counterparts. The FL system has allowed unforeseen insight into the biology of pDCs, and it is assumed that FL is the crucial growth factor for these cells. Surprisingly we have found that a cell type with high capacity for interferon-α (IFN-α) production in response to CpG-containing oligonucleotides, a feature of pDCs, develop within macrophage–colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF)–generated bone marrow cultures. Analysis of this phenomenon revealed that M-CSF is able to drive pDCs as well as conventional DCs (cDCs) from BM precursor cells in vitro. Furthermore, application of M-CSF to mice was able to drive pDCs and cDCs development in vivo. It is noteworthy that using mice deficient in FL indicated that the M-CSF-driven generation of pDCs and cDCs in vitro and in vivo was independent of endogenous FL.

Thrombopoietin-Induced Stimulation of Megakaryocyte- Enriched Bone Marrow Cultures

1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. L. Kellar ◽  
B. L. Evatt ◽  
C. R. McGrath ◽  
R. B. Ramsey
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Dna Synthesis ◽  
Bone Marrow Cells ◽  
Rabbit Plasma ◽  
Bone Marrow Cultures ◽  
Plasma Fractions ◽  
Marrow Cultures ◽  
Stimulation Of

Liquid cultures of bone marrow cells enriched for megakaryocytes were assayed for incorporation of 3H-thymidine (3H-TdR) into acid-precipitable cell digests to determine the effect of thrombopoietin on DNA synthesis. As previously described, thrombopoietin was prepared by ammonium sulfate fractionation of pooled plasma obtained from thrombocytopenic rabbits. A control fraction was prepared from normal rabbit plasma. The thrombopoietic activity of these fractions was determined in vivo with normal rabbits as assay animals and the rate of incorporation of 75Se-selenomethionine into newly formed platelets as an index of thrombopoietic activity of the infused material. Guinea pig megakaryocytes were purified using bovine serum albumin gradients. Bone marrow cultures containing 1.5-3.0x104 cells and 31%-71% megakaryocytes were incubated 18 h in modified Dulbecco’s MEM containing 10% of the concentrated plasma fractions from either thrombocytopenic or normal rabbits. In other control cultures, 0.9% NaCl was substituted for the plasma fractions. 3H-TdR incorporation was measured after cells were incubated for 3 h with 1 μCi/ml. The protein fraction containing thrombopoietin-stimulating activity caused a 25%-31% increase in 3H-TdR incorporation over that in cultures which were incubated with the similar fraction from normal plasma and a 29% increase over the activity in control cultures to which 0.9% NaCl had been added. These data suggest that thrombopoietin stimulates DNA synthesis in megakaryocytes and that this tecnique may be useful in assaying thrombopoietin in vitro.

scholarly journals Stromal cells in myeloid and lymphoid long-term bone marrow cultures can support multiple hemopoietic lineages and modulate their production of hemopoietic growth factors

Blood ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 1348-1354 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Johnson ◽  
K Dorshkind
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Stromal Cells ◽  
Stromal Cell ◽  
Culture Conditions ◽  
B Lymphopoiesis ◽  
Bone Marrow Cultures ◽  
Factor Secretion ◽  
Marrow Cultures

Abstract Hemopoiesis in long-term bone marrow cultures (LTBMC) is dependent on adherent stromal cells that form an in vitro hemopoietic microenvironment. Myeloid bone marrow cultures (MBMC) are optimal for myelopoiesis, while lymphoid bone marrow cultures (LBMC) only support B lymphopoiesis. The experiments reported here have made a comparative analysis of the two cultures to determine whether the stromal cells that establish in vitro are restricted to the support of myelopoiesis or lymphopoiesis, respectively, and to examine how the different culture conditions affect stromal cell physiology. In order to facilitate this analysis, purified populations of MBMC and LBMC stroma were prepared by treating the LTBMC with the antibiotic mycophenolic acid; this results in the elimination of hemopoietic cells while retaining purified populations of functional stroma. Stromal cell cultures prepared and maintained under MBMC conditions secreted myeloid growth factors that stimulated the growth of granulocyte-macrophage colonies, while no such activity was detected from purified LBMC stromal cultures. However, this was not due to the inability of LBMC stroma to mediate this function. Transfer of LBMC stromal cultures to MBMC conditions resulted in an induction of myeloid growth factor secretion. When seeded under these conditions with stromal cell- depleted populations of hemopoietic cells, obtained by passing marrow through nylon wool columns, the LBMC stromal cells could support long- term myelopoiesis. Conversely, transfer of MBMC stroma to LBMC conditions resulted in a cessation of myeloid growth factor secretion; on seeding these cultures with nylon wool-passed marrow, B lymphopoiesis, but not myelopoiesis, initiated. These findings indicate that the stroma in the different LTBMC are not restricted in their hemopoietic support capacity but are sensitive to culture conditions in a manner that may affect the type of microenvironment formed.

scholarly journals Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Renal Anemia in 5/6-Nephrectomized Rats and a Comparison with Treatment with Recombinant Human Erythropoietin

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (20) ◽  
pp. 4985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui-Lin Feng ◽  
Yen-Hua Chen ◽  
Sen-Shyong Jeng
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Recombinant Human Erythropoietin ◽  
Zinc Supplementation ◽  
Bone Marrow Cells ◽  
Human Erythropoietin ◽  
Post Surgery ◽  
Rat Bone ◽  
Marrow Cells

Anemia is a severe complication in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Treatment with exogenous erythropoietin (EPO) can correct anemia in many with CKD. We produced 5/6-nephrectomized rats that became uremic and anemic at 25 days post surgery. Injection of the anemic 5/6-nephrectomized rats with 2.8 mg zinc/kg body weight raised their red blood cell (RBC) levels from approximately 85% of the control to 95% in one day and continued for 4 days. We compared the effect of ZnSO4 and recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) injections on relieving anemia in 5/6-nephrectomized rats. After three consecutive injections, both the ZnSO4 and rHuEPO groups had significantly higher RBC levels (98 ± 6% and 102 ± 6% of the control) than the saline group (90 ± 3% of the control). In vivo, zinc relieved anemia in 5/6-nephrectomized rats similar to rHuEPO. In vitro, we cultured rat bone marrow cells supplemented with ZnCl2, rHuEPO, or saline. In a 4-day suspension culture, we found that zinc induced erythropoiesis similar to rHuEPO. When rat bone marrow cells were supplement-cultured with zinc, we found that zinc stimulated the production of EPO in the culture medium and that the level of EPO produced was dependent on the concentration of zinc supplemented. The production of EPO via zinc supplementation was involved in the process of erythropoiesis.

Leishmania donovani infection of bone marrow stromal macrophages selectively enhances myelopoiesis, by a mechanism involving GM-CSF and TNF-α

Blood ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 95 (5) ◽  
pp. 1642-1651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara E. J. Cotterell ◽  
Christian R. Engwerda ◽  
Paul M. Kaye
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Stromal Cell ◽  
Leishmania Donovani ◽  
Protozoan Parasite ◽  
Gm Csf ◽  
Tnf Α ◽  
Macrophage Colony

Alterations in hematopoiesis are common in experimental infectious disease. However, few studies have addressed the mechanisms underlying changes in hematopoietic function or assessed the direct impact of infectious agents on the cells that regulate these processes. In experimental visceral leishmaniasis, caused by infection with the protozoan parasite Leishmania donovani, parasites persist in the spleen and bone marrow, and their expansion in these sites is associated with increases in local hematopoietic activity. The results of this study show that L donovani targets bone marrow stromal macrophages in vivo and can infect and multiply in stromal cell lines of macrophage, but not other lineages in vitro. Infection of stromal macrophages increases their capacity to support myelopoiesis in vitro, an effect mediated mainly through the induction of granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor and tumor necrosis factor-. These data are the first to directly demonstrate that intracellular parasitism of a stromal cell population may modify its capacity to regulate hematopoiesis during infectious disease.

scholarly journals The Kinetics of the Normal, the Megaloblastic and the Sideroachrestic Erythropoiesis Estimated by Colchicine Blocking In Vitro

Blood ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. T. M. BOLL ◽  
H.-P. KOENIGS
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Maturation Stage ◽  
Ineffective Erythropoiesis ◽  
Cell Doubling Time ◽  
Bone Marrow Cultures ◽  
Delayed Maturation ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Very High

Abstract By adding colchicine to bone marrow cultures we developed further parameters for kinetics in normal, megaloblastic and sideroachrestic bone marrow. The increased regeneration in megalopoiesis is demonstrated by an increased mitotic index, an increased stathmokinetic index, a shortened cell doubling time and the prolongation of the divisable pool to the oxyphile erythroblasts which only mature in the normal state. To get ineffective erythropoiesis, the maturation in vivo must have been delayed by an increased number of generations up to the formation of megalocytes. From the stathmokinetic test in vitro, the maturation in megalopoiesis is accelerated as a result of the inhibition of α-2 α-divisions. In normal erythropoiesis stopping mitoses by colchicine probably causes a delayed maturation because the next maturation stage cannot be reached without the regular n-2n-division. In sideroachrestic anemia, the maturation behaves normally but the stathmokinetic test is very high. We conclude that the maturation and mode of division in sideroachrestic anemia is nearly normal.

The detection of in vivo hematotoxicity of benzene by in vitro liquid bone marrow cultures

1981 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 346-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenichi Harigaya ◽  
Marilyn E. Miller ◽  
Eugene P. Cronkite ◽  
Robert T. Drew
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Bone Marrow Cultures ◽  
Marrow Cultures

scholarly journals Stromal cells in myeloid and lymphoid long-term bone marrow cultures can support multiple hemopoietic lineages and modulate their production of hemopoietic growth factors

Blood ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 1348-1354 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Johnson ◽  
K Dorshkind
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Stromal Cells ◽  
Stromal Cell ◽  
Culture Conditions ◽  
B Lymphopoiesis ◽  
Bone Marrow Cultures ◽  
Factor Secretion ◽  
Marrow Cultures

Hemopoiesis in long-term bone marrow cultures (LTBMC) is dependent on adherent stromal cells that form an in vitro hemopoietic microenvironment. Myeloid bone marrow cultures (MBMC) are optimal for myelopoiesis, while lymphoid bone marrow cultures (LBMC) only support B lymphopoiesis. The experiments reported here have made a comparative analysis of the two cultures to determine whether the stromal cells that establish in vitro are restricted to the support of myelopoiesis or lymphopoiesis, respectively, and to examine how the different culture conditions affect stromal cell physiology. In order to facilitate this analysis, purified populations of MBMC and LBMC stroma were prepared by treating the LTBMC with the antibiotic mycophenolic acid; this results in the elimination of hemopoietic cells while retaining purified populations of functional stroma. Stromal cell cultures prepared and maintained under MBMC conditions secreted myeloid growth factors that stimulated the growth of granulocyte-macrophage colonies, while no such activity was detected from purified LBMC stromal cultures. However, this was not due to the inability of LBMC stroma to mediate this function. Transfer of LBMC stromal cultures to MBMC conditions resulted in an induction of myeloid growth factor secretion. When seeded under these conditions with stromal cell- depleted populations of hemopoietic cells, obtained by passing marrow through nylon wool columns, the LBMC stromal cells could support long- term myelopoiesis. Conversely, transfer of MBMC stroma to LBMC conditions resulted in a cessation of myeloid growth factor secretion; on seeding these cultures with nylon wool-passed marrow, B lymphopoiesis, but not myelopoiesis, initiated. These findings indicate that the stroma in the different LTBMC are not restricted in their hemopoietic support capacity but are sensitive to culture conditions in a manner that may affect the type of microenvironment formed.

scholarly journals Hematopoietic regulatory factors produced in long-term murine bone marrow cultures and the effect of in vitro irradiation

Blood ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 516-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
RJ Gualtieri ◽  
RK Shadduck ◽  
DG Baker ◽  
PJ Quesenberry
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Stromal Cells ◽  
Factor Vii ◽  
Murine Bone Marrow ◽  
L Cell ◽  
Bone Marrow Cultures ◽  
Macrophage Colony ◽  
Marrow Cultures

The nature of hematopoietic regulatory factors elaborated by the adherent (stromal) cells of long-term murine bone marrow cultures and the effect of in vitro stromal irradiation (XRT) on the production of these factors was investigated. Using an in situ stromal assay employing a double layer of semisolid agar, it was possible to demonstrate stromal elaboration of at least two colony-stimulating activities, ie, granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating activity (G/M- CSA) and megakaryocyte colony-stimulating activity (Meg-CSA). Exposure of the stroma to XRT resulted in dose-dependent elevations of both activities that correlated inversely with total myeloid cell mass as determined by concurrent reductions in total supernatant cell recoveries from irradiated cultures. Mixture experiments that combined control and irradiated stroma revealed that the hematopoietically active control stroma could block detection of XRT-related G/M-CSA elevations. These data implicate a local negative feedback mechanism in the regulation of hematopoiesis. Antiserum directed against purified L cell colony-stimulating factor (CSF) reduced granulocyte/macrophage colony formation in the target layer but did not effect the increased Meg-CSA. While a radioimmunoassay for L-cell type CSF was unable to detect significant differences in concentrated media from control and irradiated cultures, bioassays of these media revealed XRT-related G/M- CSA elevations. These results indicate that the G/M-CSA elaborated in these cultures is immunologically distinct from the Meg-CSA produced, and although distinct from L cell CSF, the G/M-CSA is crossreactive with the L cell CSF antiserum. Morphologic, histochemical, and factor VII antigen immunofluorescent studies were performed on the stromal cell population responsible for production of these stimulatory activities. In addition to “fat” cells, the stromal cells remaining after XRT were composed of two predominant cell populations. These included a major population of acid phosphatase and nonspecific esterase-positive macrophage-like cells and a minor population of factor VII antigen negative epithelioid cells.

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