Background: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells support proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic progenitor cells in vitro. Since these cells constitute a rare subset of bone marrow cells, mesenchymal stem cell preparations for clinical purposes require a preparative step of ex vivo multiplication. The aim of our study was to analyze the influence of culture duration on mesenchymal stem cell supportive activity. Design and Methods: Mesenchymal stem cells were expanded for up to ten passages. These cells and CD34+ cells were seeded in cytokine-free co-cultures after which the phenotype, clonogenic capacity and in vivo repopulating activity of harvested hematopoietic cells were assessed. Results: Early passage mesenchymal stem cells supported hematopoietic progenitor cell expansion and differentiation toward both B lymphoid and myeloid lineages. Late passage mesenchymal stem cells did not support hematopoietic progenitor cell and myeloid cell outgrowth but maintained B-cell supportive ability. In vitro maintenance of NOD/SCID mouse repopulating cells cultured for 1 week in contact with mesenchymal stem cells was effective until the fourth passage of the mesenchymal cells and declined thereafter. The levels of engraftment of CD34 + cells in NOD/SCID mice was higher when these cells were co-injected with early passage mesenchymal stem cells; however mesenchymal cells expanded beyond nine passages were ineffective in promoting CD34 + cell engraftment. Non-contact cultures indicated that mesenchymal stem cell supportive activity involved diffusible factors. Among these, interleukins 6 and 8 contributed to the supportive activity of early passage mesenchymal stem cells but not to those of late passage cells. The phenotype, as well as fat, bone and cartilage differentiation capacity, of mesenchymal stem cells did not change during their culture. Conclusions: Extended culture of mesenchymal stem cells alters the ability of these cells to support hematopoietic progenitor cells without causing concomitant changes in their phenotype or differentiation capacity.

Abnormal immunoglobulin serum free light chains (SFLC) ratio is associated with unfavorable prognostic markers and is a predictor of treatment free survival (TFS) in chronic lymphocytic leukemia / F. Morabito, R. De Filippi, M. Gentile, G. Iaccarino, I. Attolico, G. Cutrona, A. Neri, M. Ferrarini, B. Amoroso, S. Molica, G. Del Poeta, A. Pinto. - In: HAEMATOLOGICA. - ISSN 0390-6078. - 95:Suppl. 2(2010), pp. 47-47. ((Intervento presentato al 15. convegno Congress of the European Hematology Association tenutosi a Barcellona nel 2010 [10.3324/haematol.2009.008524].

Abnormal immunoglobulin serum free light chains (SFLC) ratio is associated with unfavorable prognostic markers and is a predictor of treatment free survival (TFS) in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

A. Neri;
2010

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Background: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells support proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic progenitor cells in vitro. Since these cells constitute a rare subset of bone marrow cells, mesenchymal stem cell preparations for clinical purposes require a preparative step of ex vivo multiplication. The aim of our study was to analyze the influence of culture duration on mesenchymal stem cell supportive activity. Design and Methods: Mesenchymal stem cells were expanded for up to ten passages. These cells and CD34+ cells were seeded in cytokine-free co-cultures after which the phenotype, clonogenic capacity and in vivo repopulating activity of harvested hematopoietic cells were assessed. Results: Early passage mesenchymal stem cells supported hematopoietic progenitor cell expansion and differentiation toward both B lymphoid and myeloid lineages. Late passage mesenchymal stem cells did not support hematopoietic progenitor cell and myeloid cell outgrowth but maintained B-cell supportive ability. In vitro maintenance of NOD/SCID mouse repopulating cells cultured for 1 week in contact with mesenchymal stem cells was effective until the fourth passage of the mesenchymal cells and declined thereafter. The levels of engraftment of CD34 + cells in NOD/SCID mice was higher when these cells were co-injected with early passage mesenchymal stem cells; however mesenchymal cells expanded beyond nine passages were ineffective in promoting CD34 + cell engraftment. Non-contact cultures indicated that mesenchymal stem cell supportive activity involved diffusible factors. Among these, interleukins 6 and 8 contributed to the supportive activity of early passage mesenchymal stem cells but not to those of late passage cells. The phenotype, as well as fat, bone and cartilage differentiation capacity, of mesenchymal stem cells did not change during their culture. Conclusions: Extended culture of mesenchymal stem cells alters the ability of these cells to support hematopoietic progenitor cells without causing concomitant changes in their phenotype or differentiation capacity.
Human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells; NOD/SCID-repopulating cells; Progenitor cells of B lymphoid
Settore MED/15 - Malattie del Sangue
2010
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