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EXPERIMENTAL HEMATOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 10, Pages 1250-1257Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2009.07.008
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- Japanese government
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan [Tokyo, Japan]
- Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan [Tokyo, Japan]
- Mitsubishi Pharma Research Foundation [Osaka, Japan]
- Kanae Foundation
- Aichi Cancer Research Foundation [Aichi, Japan]
- Takeda Science Foundation [Osaka, Japan]
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Objective. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) reside in the osteoblastic niche, which consists of osteoblasts. Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have an ability to differentiate into osteoblasts. Here, using nonhuman primates, we investigated the effects of cotransplantation with MSCs on the engraftment of HSCs after autologous intra-bone marrow transplantation. Materials and Methods. From three cynomolgus monkeys, CD34-positive cells (as HSCs) and MSCs were obtained. The former were divided into two equal aliquots and each aliquot was genetically marked with a distinctive retroviral vector to track the in vivo fate. Each HSC aliquot with or without MSCs was autologously injected into the bone marrow (BM) cavity of right or left side, enabling the comparison of in vivo fates of the two HSC grafts in the same body. Results. In the three monkeys, CD34(+) cells transplanted with MSCs engrafted 4.4, 6.0, and 1.6 times more efficiently than CD34(+) cells alone, as assessed by BM colony polymerase chain reaction. In addition, virtually all marked cells detected in the peripheral blood were derived from the cotransplantation aliquots. Notably, colony-forming units derived from the cotransplantation aliquots were frequently detected in BM distant sites from the injection site, implying that cotransplantation with MSCs also restored the ability of gene-marked HSCs to migrate and achieve homing in the distant BM. Conclusion. Cotransplantation with MSCs would improve the efficacy of transplantation of gene-modified HSCs in primates, with enhanced engraftment in BM as well as increased chimerism in peripheral blood through migration and homing. (C) 2009 ISEH - Society for Hematology and Stem Cells. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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