Expansion Culture Of Hematopoietic Stem & Progenitor Cells From Frozen-Thawed, Non-Enriched Human Umbilical Cord Blood In Animal Component– & Serum–Free Medium Enhances Engraftment & Reduces Graft-Versus-Host-Disease
| Autor: | Gigi Nc Chiu, Sudipto Bari, Pat Py Chu, Andrea Lim, William Yk Hwang, Xiubo Fan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Blood. 122:4460-4460 |
| ISSN: | 1528-0020 0006-4971 |
| Popis: | Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in adults using umbilical cord blood (UCB) is limited by low cell dosage & post-thaw viability. In several clinical trials cytokine supplementation & stromal cell support have been shown to enhance total nucleated cells (TNC). However, clinical safety is compromised due to source inconsistency & population heterogeneity of stromal cells along with animal components of the conventional growth media. In this study, we demonstrate effective use of an animal component– & serum–free growth medium to enhance the viability & ex vivo expansion of SCID repopulating cells (SRC) from frozen-thawed, non-enriched UCB–mononucleated cells (UCB-MNC). UCB-MNC were cultured in a commercially available animal component– & serum–free medium, StemSpanTM–ACF (ACF), while StemSpanTM–SFEM (SFEM), a conventional serum–free medium with human and bovine components served as control. Both media (from STEMCELL Technologies INC. Vancouver, Canada) were supplemented with clinical grade SCF, Flt-3 ligand, TPO, & IGFBP2. The expansion effects were characterized based on cell viability, phenotypic stem & progenitor cells & functional in vitro & in vivo assays. After 3-days of culturing, viability of CD45+ UCB-MNC was maintained at a significantly higher level in ACF (90.7±0.2%) compared to SFEM (75.4±0.1%) (p UCB-MNC cultured for 11 days reconstituted the bone marrow (BM) of sub-lethally irradiated NOD/SCID gamma (NSG) mice with human CD45+/71+ cells as measured 16 weeks after transplantation at a dosage of 1x108 cells/kg. The frequency of human cells was higher for UCB expanded in ACF (38.1±15.4%; n=5) than for UCB expanded in SFEM (3.4±2.1; n=14; p NSG mice transplanted with non-expanded grafts had a significantly lower (p In conclusion, expansion of freeze-thawed, non-enriched UCB-MNC in animal component– & serum–free medium improves in vivo repopulation and reduces mortality due to GVHD in a xenotransplantation model. These findings could set the platform for developing safer, cheaper & time efficient clinical transplantation, since no animal components, in the form of serum albumin or stromal cells, are required to achieve desired ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic stem & progenitor cells & pre-clinical outcomes. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare. |
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