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ArticleBMC hematology2015

A quantitative assessment of the content of hematopoietic stem cells in mouse and human endosteal-bone marrow: a simple and rapid method for the isolation of mouse central bone marrow.

Maya M Mahajan, Betty Cheng, Ashley I Beyer, Usha S Mulvaney, Matt B Wilkinson, Marina E Fomin, Marcus O Muench

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Article in BMC hematology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maya M Mahajan *Blood Systems Research Institute, 270 Masonic Ave., San Francisco, CA USA.
Betty Cheng *Blood Systems Research Institute, 270 Masonic Ave., San Francisco, CA USA.
Ashley I Beyer *Blood Systems Research Institute, 270 Masonic Ave., San Francisco, CA USA.
Usha S MulvaneyBlood Systems Research Institute, 270 Masonic Ave., San Francisco, CA USA.
Matt B WilkinsonBlood Systems Research Institute, 270 Masonic Ave., San Francisco, CA USA.
Marina E FominBlood Systems Research Institute, 270 Masonic Ave., San Francisco, CA USA.
Marcus O MuenchBlood Systems Research Institute, 270 Masonic Ave., San Francisco, CA USA.
Blood Systems Research Institute · US

Funding

Reprogramming iPS Cells with Exogenous and Endogenous Transcription Factor GenesP01DK088760 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MUENCH, MARCUS O · 2011 to 2015
$6.5M
IRS1 and 2 Signaling in Mammary Development and CancerR01CA094118 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI LEE, ADRIAN V · 2002 to 2015
$3.0M
ADA3: a novel target for HPV16 E6 oncoproteinR01CA094143 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI BAND, VIMLA · 2002 to 2006
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA094118NCI NIH HHS R01 CA094143NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK088760
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIsolation of bone marrow cells, including hematopoietic stem cells, is a commonly used technique in both the research and clinical settings. A quantitative and qualitative assessment of cell populations isolated from mouse and human bone marrow was undertaken with a focus on the distribution of hematopoietic cells between the central bone marrow (cBM) and endosteal bone marrow (eBM).

methodsTwo approaches to cBM isolation from the hind legs were compared using the C57BL/6J and BALB/cJ strains of laboratory mice. The content of hematopoietic stem cells in eBM was compared to cBM from mice and human fetal bone marrow using flow cytometry. Enzymatic digestion was used to isolate eBM and its effects on antigen expression was evaluated using flow cytometry. Humanized immunodeficient mice were used to evaluate the engraftment of human precursors in the cBM and eBM and the effects of in vivo maturation on the fetal stem cell phenotype were determined.

resultsThe two methods of mouse cBM isolation yielded similar numbers of cells from the femur, but the faster single-cut method recovered more cells from the tibia. Isolation of eBM increased the yield of mouse and human stem cells. Enzymatic digestion used to isolate eBM did, however, have a detrimental effect on detecting the expression of the human HSC-antigens CD4, CD90 and CD93, whereas CD34, CD38, CD133 and HLA-DR were unaffected. Human fetal HSCs were capable of engrafting the eBM of immunodeficient mice and their pattern of CD13, CD33 and HLA-DR expression partially changed to an adult pattern of expression about 1 year after transplantation.

conclusionsA simple, rapid and efficient method for the isolation of cBM from the femora and tibiae of mice is detailed. Harvest of tibial cBM yielded about half as many cells as from the femora, representing 6.4 % and 13 %, respectively, of the total cBM of a mouse based on our analysis and a review of the literature. HSC populations were enriched within the eBM and the yield of HSCs from the mouse and human long bones was increased notably by harvest of eBM.

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Bone marrow cellsCell countCell culture techniquesChimeraFlow cytometryHematopoietic stem cellsHumansMiceStem cell nicheTransplantation

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PMID26161262
PMCPMC4496931
OpenAlexW1533270389

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