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Title: Long-term maintenance of donor-derived hematopoiesis by intra-bone marrow-bone marrow transplantation. Author: Omae M, Inaba M, Sakaguchi Y, Tsuda M, Miyake T, Fukui J, Iwai H, Yamashita T, Ikehara S. Journal: Stem Cells Dev; 2008 Apr; 17(2):291-302. PubMed ID: 18447644. Abstract: The long-term maintenance of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) is assessed by serial bone marrow transplantation (BMT), in which HSCs are injected intravenously. Recently, we have found that intra-bone marrow (IBM)-BMT can efficiently reconstitute the hematopoietic system with cells of donor origin, in contrast to conventional intravenous (i.v.) BMT. In the present study, we have compared the long-term maintenance of HSCs using multiple rounds of serial i.v.-BMT and IBM-BMT. The frequencies of donor-derived progenitor cells (Lin(-)/c-kit(+) cells) and more primitive progenitors (Lin(-)/c-kit(+)/CD34(+)/Sca-1(+) cells) were higher in the tertiary recipients by serial IBM-BMT than in those that had received bone marrow cells by serial i.v.-BMT. Furthermore, neither donor-derived progenitor cells nor mature hematolymphoid cells were detected in approximately 25% of the tertiary recipients after serial i.v.-BMT, indicating that progenitor cells can be efficiently maintained by IBM-BMT but not by i.v.-BMT. Finally, we confirmed that the recipients treated with the primary IBM-BMT (without carrying out serial BMT) showed a significantly higher survival rate than those treated with i.v.-BMT. These findings clearly show that IBM-BMT efficiently promotes the longterm maintenance of donor-derived hematopoiesis.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]