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  • Title: The response of cord blood megakaryocyte progenitors to IL-3, IL-6 and aplastic canine serum varies with gestational age.
    Author: Deutsch VR, Olson TA, Nagler A, Slavin S, Levine RF, Eldor A.
    Journal: Br J Haematol; 1995 Jan; 89(1):8-16. PubMed ID: 7833281.
    Abstract:
    Fetal cord blood (CB) is rich in haemopoietic stem cells and progenitors. We studied the clonogenic, proliferative and maturational responses of megakaryocyte (MK) progenitors in CB, from different gestational ages, to various cytokines: IL-3, IL-6, IL-3 + IL-6, and aplastic canine serum (PICS-J), and compared their responses to those of progenitors in adult peripheral blood (PB) or bone marrow (BM). We found that 34-week gestation CB produced some spontaneous colonies 28 +/- 4.7 CFU-MK in the absence of exogenous cytokines, and produced more CFU-MK and BFU-MK in response to IL-3, IL-6 and IL-3 + IL-6 than the other samples tested. Proliferation of CFU-MK was maximal at 34 weeks and decreased gradually toward term. When compared to adult BM or PB, the CB-derived CFU-MK had increased cellularity and contained significantly more cells undergoing fragmentation into platelet-like particles after stimulation with IL-3 or IL-6. Post-irradiation aplastic canine serum (PICS-J) was a highly potent stimulator of MK progenitors at all developmental stages. Our results indicate that CB MK progenitors are exquisitely sensitive to exogenous cytokines and that the magnitude of their proliferative and maturational responses to cytokines is related to developmental age.
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