scholarly journals Characterization of CD34+ peripheral blood cells from healthy adults mobilized by recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor

Blood ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 84 (8) ◽  
pp. 2795-2801 ◽  
Author(s):  
GE Tjonnfjord ◽  
R Steen ◽  
SA Evensen ◽  
E Thorsby ◽  
T Egeland

Abstract Primed peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cells (PBSC) generate and sustain lymphohematopoiesis in myeloablated animals, and recent reports indicate that allogeneic transplantation using PBSC grafts may be feasible in humans. A major concern with the use of PBSC transplants is that permanent engraftment may be limited because of lack of sufficient numbers of primitive progenitor cells in the graft. In the present study, in vitro colony formation and immunophenotype of CD34+ cells in PB of healthy adults during short-term granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) administration were compared with that of CD34+ cells in normal bone marrow (BM). The number of CD34+ cells mobilized to PB peaked at day 4 or 5 of G-CSF administration. The phenotypic profile of CD34+ PB cells showed a substantial increase in the percentage of CD34+CD13+ and CD34+CD33+ cells (myeloid progenitors) and a corresponding decrease in the percentage of CD34+CD10+ and CD34+CD19+ cells (B lymphoid progenitors) compared with CD34+ BM cells. The other subsets studied, including CD34+CD38- and CD34+HLA-DR- cells, were present in both compartments in similar proportions. Furthermore, primed CD34+ PB cells were enriched for colony-forming cells (CFC) and displayed an increased clonogenicity when compared with their counterparts in BM. A comparison between a postulated PBSC graft and an average BM graft is presented, showing that such PBSC grafts will be enriched for CD34+ cells as a whole, CD34+CD33+ cells, and colony- forming cells (CFC), factors which have been shown to correlate to acceleration of hematologic reconstitution and reduction in requirements for supportive care in autografting. Hence, we predict that allogeneic transplantation using G-CSF-primed PBSC grafts will result in a more rapid hematologic reconstitution after myeloablative conditioning than BM grafting. The question of whether PBSC allografting will result in permanent engraftment and clinical benefits as observed in autografting has to be determined in prospective clinical studies.

Blood ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 84 (8) ◽  
pp. 2795-2801 ◽  
Author(s):  
GE Tjonnfjord ◽  
R Steen ◽  
SA Evensen ◽  
E Thorsby ◽  
T Egeland

Primed peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cells (PBSC) generate and sustain lymphohematopoiesis in myeloablated animals, and recent reports indicate that allogeneic transplantation using PBSC grafts may be feasible in humans. A major concern with the use of PBSC transplants is that permanent engraftment may be limited because of lack of sufficient numbers of primitive progenitor cells in the graft. In the present study, in vitro colony formation and immunophenotype of CD34+ cells in PB of healthy adults during short-term granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) administration were compared with that of CD34+ cells in normal bone marrow (BM). The number of CD34+ cells mobilized to PB peaked at day 4 or 5 of G-CSF administration. The phenotypic profile of CD34+ PB cells showed a substantial increase in the percentage of CD34+CD13+ and CD34+CD33+ cells (myeloid progenitors) and a corresponding decrease in the percentage of CD34+CD10+ and CD34+CD19+ cells (B lymphoid progenitors) compared with CD34+ BM cells. The other subsets studied, including CD34+CD38- and CD34+HLA-DR- cells, were present in both compartments in similar proportions. Furthermore, primed CD34+ PB cells were enriched for colony-forming cells (CFC) and displayed an increased clonogenicity when compared with their counterparts in BM. A comparison between a postulated PBSC graft and an average BM graft is presented, showing that such PBSC grafts will be enriched for CD34+ cells as a whole, CD34+CD33+ cells, and colony- forming cells (CFC), factors which have been shown to correlate to acceleration of hematologic reconstitution and reduction in requirements for supportive care in autografting. Hence, we predict that allogeneic transplantation using G-CSF-primed PBSC grafts will result in a more rapid hematologic reconstitution after myeloablative conditioning than BM grafting. The question of whether PBSC allografting will result in permanent engraftment and clinical benefits as observed in autografting has to be determined in prospective clinical studies.


Blood ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 86 (9) ◽  
pp. 3500-3506 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Berthou ◽  
JP Marolleau ◽  
C Lafaurie ◽  
A Soulie ◽  
L Dal Cortivo ◽  
...  

Granzyme B and perforin are cytoplasmic granule-associated proteins used by cytotoxic T lymphocytes and natural killer (NK) cells to kill their targets. However, granzyme B gene expression has also been detected in a non-cytotoxic hematopoietic murine multipotent stem cell line, FDCP-Mix. The objective of the present study was to investigate whether granzyme B and perforin could be expressed in human hematopoietic CD34+ cells and if present, discover what their physiologic relevance could be. The primitive CD34+ human cell line KG1a was investigated first and was found to express granzyme B and perforin. Highly purified hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells were then selected using the CD34 surface antigen as marker. Steady-state bone marrow (BM) CD34+ cells did not contain these proteins. Peripheral blood (PB) CD34+ cells, which had been induced to circulate, were also analyzed. After chemotherapy (CT) and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) treatment, CD34+ cells strongly expressed mRNAs and proteins of granzyme B and perforin. In contrast, CD34+ cells mobilized by G-CSF alone were negative. Western blot analysis further showed that granzyme B and perforin proteins were identical in CD34+ cells and activated PBLs. Such proteins might be implicated in the highly efficient migration of CD34+ stem/progenitor cells from BM to PB after CT and G-CSF treatment. The cellular adhesion mechanisms involved in the BM homing of CD34+ cells are disrupted at least temporarily after CT. The Asp-ase proteolytic activity of granzyme B on extracellular matrix proteins could be used by progenitor cells for their rapid detachment from BM stromal cells and perforin might facilitate their migration across the endothelial cell barrier.


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Baiamonte ◽  
Rita Barone ◽  
Flavia Contino ◽  
Rosalia Di Stefano ◽  
Anna Marfia ◽  
...  

Successful gene therapy for β-thalassemia requires optimal numbers of autologous gene-transduced hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) with high repopulating capacity. Previous studies suggested superior mobilization in these patients by the combination of granulocyte–colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) plus plerixafor over single agents. We mobilized four adult patients using G-CSF+plerixafor to assess the intra-individual variation of the circulating CD34+ cells number and subtypes preand post-plerixafor administration. The procedure was well-tolerated and the target cell dose of ≥8×106 CD34+ cells/kg was achieved in three of them with one apheresis procedure. The addition of plerixafor unanimously increased the number of circulating CD34+ cells, and the frequency of the most primitive CD34+ subtypes: CD34+/38- and CD34+/133+/38- as well as the in vitro clonogenic potency. Microarray analyses of CD34+ cells purified from the leukapheresis of one patient mobilized twice, with G-CSF and with G-CSF+plerixafor, highlighted in G-CSF+plerixafor-mobilized CD34+ cells, higher levels of expression genes involved in HSPC motility, homing, and cell cycles. In conclusion, G-CSF+plerixafor in β-thalassemia patients mobilizes optimal numbers of HSPCs with characteristics that suggest high capacity of engraftment after transplantation. β地中海贫血的成功基因治疗需要最佳数量具有较高再生能力的自体基因转导的造血干细胞和祖细胞(HSPC)。之前的研究表明,与单药相比,通过组合粒细胞集落刺激因子(G-CSF)加普乐沙福在这些患者中有出色的动员作用。我们使用G-CSF+普乐沙福对四例成年患者进行了动员,以评估服用普乐沙福之前和之后的循环CD34+细胞数量和亚型的个体内差异。这种方式的耐受性好,其中的三例患者仅通过一次分离技术即获得≥8×106 CD34+细胞/kg的细胞采集目标。加用普乐沙福毫无例外地增加了循环CD34+细胞的数量和最原始CD34+亚型(CD34+/38-和CD34+/133+/38+)的频率以及体外克隆效力。一例血细胞分离术中纯化的CD34+细胞微阵列分析(患者使用G-CSF和G-CSF+普乐沙福动员两次)强调,在G-CSF+普乐沙福动员的CD34+细胞中,有更高水平的表达基因牵涉到HSPC运动性、归巢和细胞周期。总之,G-CSF+普乐沙福在β地中海贫血病患者中可以动员最优数量的HSPC,具有移植后的移植成活率高的特征。


Blood ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 1905-1914 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Siena ◽  
M Bregni ◽  
B Brando ◽  
F Ravagnani ◽  
G Bonadonna ◽  
...  

We report that hematopoietic progenitor cells expressing the CD34 antigen (CD34+ cells) transiently circulate in the peripheral blood (PB) of cancer patients treated with 7 g/m2 cyclophosphamide (HD-CTX) with or without recombinant human granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (rHuGM-CSF). In adult humans, CD34+ cells represent a minor fraction (1% to 4%) of bone marrow (BM) cells, comprising virtually all hematopoietic colony-forming progenitors in vitro and probably also stem cells capable of restoring hematopoiesis of lethally irradiated hosts. We show that CD34+ cell circulation is fivefold enhanced by rHuGM-CSF 5.5 protein micrograms/kg/day by continuous intravenous infusion for 14 days after HD-CTX. During the third week after HD-CTX (ie, when CD34+ cells peak in the circulation), large- scale collection of PB leukocytes by three to four continuous-flow leukaphereses allows the yield of 2.19 to 2.73 x 10(9) or 0.45 to 0.56 x 10(9) CD34+ cells depending on whether or not patients receive rHuGM- CSF. The number of CD34+ cells retrieved from the circulation by leukaphereses exceeds the number that can be harvested by multiple BM aspirations under general anesthesia. Thus, after therapy with HD-CTX and rHuGM-CSF, PB represents a rich source of hematopoietic progenitors possibly usable for restoring hematopoiesis after myeloablative chemoradiotherapy. To determine whether CD34+ cells found in the PB are equivalent to their marrow counterpart, we evaluated their in vitro growth characteristics and immunological phenotype by colony assays and dual-color immunofluorescence, respectively. We show that PB CD34+ cells possess qualitatively normal hematopoietic colony growth and high cloning efficiency comparable to that observed with BM CD34+ cells. In addition, PB CD34+ cells display heterogeneous surface membrane differentiation antigens analogous to BM CD34+ cells. The availability of large quantities of CD34+ cells by leukapheresis is relevant to the field of stem cell transplantation and possibly to genetic manipulations of the hematopoietic system in humans.


Blood ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 86 (12) ◽  
pp. 4437-4445 ◽  
Author(s):  
AP Grigg ◽  
AW Roberts ◽  
H Raunow ◽  
S Houghton ◽  
JE Layton ◽  
...  

To define an optimal regimen for mobilizing and collecting peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPC) for use in allogeneic transplantation, we evaluated the kinetics of mobilization by filgrastim (recombinant met- human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor [r-metHuG-CSF]) in normal volunteers. Filgrastim was injected subcutaneously for up to 10 days at a dose of 3 (n = 10), 5 (n = 5), or 10 micrograms/kg/d (n = 15). A subset of volunteers from each dose cohort underwent a 7L leukapheresis on study day 6 (after 5 days of filgrastim). Granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming cell (GM-CFC) numbers in the blood were maximal after 5 days of filgrastim; a broader peak was evident for CD34+ cells between days 4 and 6. The 95% confidence intervals (CI) for mean number of PBPC per milliliter of blood in the three dose cohorts overlapped on each study day. However, on the peak day, CD34+ cells were significantly higher in the 10 micrograms/kg/d cohort than in a pool of the 3 and 5 micrograms/kg/d cohorts. Mobilization was not significantly influenced by volunteer age or sex. Leukapheresis products obtained at the 10 micrograms/kg/d dose level contained a median GM-CFC number of 93 x 10(4)/kg (range, 50 x 10(4)/kg to 172 x 10(4)/kg). Collections from volunteers receiving lower doses of filgrastim contained a median GM- CFC number of 36 x 10(4)/kg (range, 5 x 10(4)/kg to 204 x 10(4)/kg). The measurement of CD34+ cells per milliliter of blood on the day of leukapheresis predicted the total yield of PBPC in the leukapheresis product (r = .87, P < .0001). Assuming a minimum GM-CFC requirement of 50 x 10(4)/kg (based on our experience with autologous PBPC transplantation), all seven leukapheresis products obtained at the 10 micrograms/kg/d dose level were potentially sufficient for allogeneic transplantation purposes. We conclude that in normal donors, filgrastim 10 micrograms/kg/d for 5 days with a single leukapheresis on the following day is a highly effective regimen for PBPC mobilization and collection. Further studies are required to determine whether PBPC collected with this regimen reliably produce rapid and sustained engraftment in allogeneic recipients.


Blood ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 1905-1914 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Siena ◽  
M Bregni ◽  
B Brando ◽  
F Ravagnani ◽  
G Bonadonna ◽  
...  

Abstract We report that hematopoietic progenitor cells expressing the CD34 antigen (CD34+ cells) transiently circulate in the peripheral blood (PB) of cancer patients treated with 7 g/m2 cyclophosphamide (HD-CTX) with or without recombinant human granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (rHuGM-CSF). In adult humans, CD34+ cells represent a minor fraction (1% to 4%) of bone marrow (BM) cells, comprising virtually all hematopoietic colony-forming progenitors in vitro and probably also stem cells capable of restoring hematopoiesis of lethally irradiated hosts. We show that CD34+ cell circulation is fivefold enhanced by rHuGM-CSF 5.5 protein micrograms/kg/day by continuous intravenous infusion for 14 days after HD-CTX. During the third week after HD-CTX (ie, when CD34+ cells peak in the circulation), large- scale collection of PB leukocytes by three to four continuous-flow leukaphereses allows the yield of 2.19 to 2.73 x 10(9) or 0.45 to 0.56 x 10(9) CD34+ cells depending on whether or not patients receive rHuGM- CSF. The number of CD34+ cells retrieved from the circulation by leukaphereses exceeds the number that can be harvested by multiple BM aspirations under general anesthesia. Thus, after therapy with HD-CTX and rHuGM-CSF, PB represents a rich source of hematopoietic progenitors possibly usable for restoring hematopoiesis after myeloablative chemoradiotherapy. To determine whether CD34+ cells found in the PB are equivalent to their marrow counterpart, we evaluated their in vitro growth characteristics and immunological phenotype by colony assays and dual-color immunofluorescence, respectively. We show that PB CD34+ cells possess qualitatively normal hematopoietic colony growth and high cloning efficiency comparable to that observed with BM CD34+ cells. In addition, PB CD34+ cells display heterogeneous surface membrane differentiation antigens analogous to BM CD34+ cells. The availability of large quantities of CD34+ cells by leukapheresis is relevant to the field of stem cell transplantation and possibly to genetic manipulations of the hematopoietic system in humans.


1997 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 684-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Demirer ◽  
C D Buckner ◽  
B Storer ◽  
K Lilleby ◽  
S Rowley ◽  
...  

PURPOSE To evaluate the effects of chemotherapy regimens on peripheral-blood stem-cell (PBSC) yields in patients with breast cancer who receive granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). PATIENTS AND METHODS One hundred patients with breast cancer received cyclophosphamide 4 g/m2 for dose (CY) (n = 10), CY and etoposide 600 mg/m2 (CE) (n = 13), CE and cisplatin 105 mg/m2 (CEP) (n = 19), or CY and paclitaxel 170 mg/m2 (n = 58), followed by G-CSF. PBSC collections were initiated when the WBC count recovered to greater than 1 x 10(9)/L. A multivariate analysis was undertaken to evaluate the effects of different chemotherapy regimens and patient variables on PBSC collections as measured by the yield of CD34+ cells. RESULTS The medians of average daily CD34+ cell yields for patients who received paclitaxel plus CY, CE, and CEP with G-CSF were 12.9, 11.03, and 5.37 x 10(6)/kg, respectively, compared with 2.02 x 10(6)/kg in the reference group that received CY with G-CSF (P = < .0001, .002, and .09, respectively). On first-day collections, patients who received paclitaxel plus CY, CE, and CEP with G-CSF yielded medians of 11.07, 8.09, and 3.52 x 10(6) CD34+ cells/kg, respectively, compared with 0.90 x 10(6)/kg in the reference group that received CY with G-CSF (P = .0006, .02, and .09, respectively). The number of previous cycles of chemotherapy, previous radiotherapy, marrow involvement, and phase and stage of disease did not have statistically significant effects on CD34+ cell yield. CONCLUSION Combination chemotherapy regimens were superior to single-agent CY for the mobilization of CD34+ cells.


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