Further Evidence of the In Vivo Role of Erythropoietin or Companion Molecules Induced by Hypoxia on Proliferation and Continuing Differentiation of BFU-e in PCDC

Autor: Harigaya, Kenichi, Cronkite, Eugene P., Miller, Marilyn E., Moccia, Giuseppe
Zdroj: Blood; February 1981, Vol. 57 Issue: 2 p298-304, 7p
Abstrakt: Normal and plethoric bone marrow cells were grown in plasma clot diffusion chambers (PCDC) implanted into the peritoneum of normal mice or mice submitted to 7 hr of hypoxia (23,000 ft) daily, on a single day or on 2 consecutive days at different times after implantation of the PCDC's. Daily discontinuous hypoxia (DDH) produced more 6-day bursts than other treatments. Hypoxia on days 1 and 2 after implantation was nearly as effective as DDH on day-6 bursts. Later bouts of hypoxia or a single hypoxic exposure on day 1 or 2 was less effective. Erythropoietin (Ep) levels were measured by bioassay on both diffusion chamber (DC) contents and serum. Serum Ep levels peaked at 160 mil/ml after a 7-hr hypoxic exposure while the DC content Ep levels were in the nondetectable range (less than 50 mU/ml). The data implies that either higher than normal Ep levels or a companion molecules(s) produced by hypoxia are required for 1–2 days early in the culture period to force an increasing number of BFU-d-e down the erythrocytic pathway and thus increase red cell production at times of need in vivo.
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