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  • Title: Megakaryocytopoiesis and granulopoiesis in W/Wv mice: comparisons between bone marrow and spleen.
    Author: Petursson SR, Chervenick PA.
    Journal: J Lab Clin Med; 1987 Dec; 110(6):773-83. PubMed ID: 3681118.
    Abstract:
    To determine how megakaryocyte progenitor cells (CFU-M) of W/Wv mice are affected by the hematopoietic stem cell abnormality, megakaryocytopoiesis was studied in the spleen and marrow of these genetically anemic W/Wv mice. CFU-M were assayed in the soft gel colony-forming system. Megakaryocyte colony size was determined by counting the number of megakaryocytes per colony, and megakaryocyte diameter was determined on acetylcholinesterase-stained cytocentrifuged cell preparations with use of an eyepiece micrometer. In spite of normal blood platelet levels, megakaryocyte level was reduced in the spleen and humerus to about 60% that of +/+ littermates. Megakaryocyte diameters were increased in W/Wv mice. CFU-M in W/Wv mice were reduced to 40% the number seen in the spleen of +/+ mice and to 62% in the humerus. In cell cycle studies, significantly fewer marrow CFU-M were in DNA synthesis in W/Wv mice compared with +/+ animals, but similar numbers of cells were in cycle in the spleen for both genotypes. No difference was observed between W/Wv and +/+ CFU-M in their requirement for exogenous colony-stimulating activity or in the distribution of colony sizes. However, CFU-M-derived colonies cloned from adherent cell-depleted marrow cells were significantly smaller compared with those cultured from unfractionated marrow cells. Results for granulocytes and granulocyte-macrophage progenitor cells (CFU-GM) were similar to those obtained for the megakaryocyte series, indicating that the abnormalities are present in different cell lineages. These results suggest that the macromegakaryocytosis of W/Wv mice appears to be a compensation for the megakaryocytopenia. Cells in the progenitor cell compartment appeared not to be involved in this compensation. Furthermore, adherent cells appear to elaborate a factor regulating megakaryocyte development. These findings are compatible with two-level regulation of megakaryocyte formation and a complex mechanism of blood platelet level regulation.
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