An agonist murine monoclonal antibody to the human c-Mpl receptor stimulates megakaryocytopoiesis
| Autor: | Lisa A. Cavacini, Jian Feng Wang, Dan Eaton, Naheed Banu, Hava Avraham, Philip Hass, Beth Malloy, Bijia Deng |
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Immunology CD34 Biology Monoclonal antibody Biochemistry Colony-Forming Units Assay Mice Cell surface receptor Bone Marrow Proto-Oncogene Proteins medicine Animals Humans Platelet Receptors Cytokine Thrombopoietin Megakaryocytopoiesis Mice Inbred BALB C Antibodies Monoclonal Cell Biology Hematology Molecular biology Hematopoiesis Neoplasm Proteins Haematopoiesis biology.protein Female Antibody Megakaryocytes Receptors Thrombopoietin |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| Popis: | Thrombopoietin (TPO) is a hematopoietic growth factor that stimulates megakaryocytopoiesis and platelet production in vivo and promotes the development of identifiable megakaryocytes in vitro. We have developed a murine monoclonal antibody, BAH-1, raised against human megakaryocytic cells, which specifically recognizes the c-Mpl receptor and shows agonist activity by stimulating megakaryocytopoiesis in vitro. BAH-1 antibody specifically binds to platelets and to recombinant c-Mpl with high affinity. Similar to TPO, BAH-1 alone supported the formation of colony-forming unit-megakaryocyte (CFU-MK) colonies. The combination of BAH-1 plus interleukin-3 or of BAH-1 plus human TPO significantly increased the number of human CFU-MK colonies. In addition, BAH-1 monoclonal antibody stimulated the proliferation and maturation of primary bone marrow megakaryocytes in a dynamic heterogeneous liquid culture system. Individual large megakaryocytes as well as small megakaryocytic cells were observed in cultures of CD34+ CD41+cells in the presence of BAH-1 antibodies. Similar to TPO, BAH-1 antibody induced a significant response of murine immature megakaryocytes as observed by an increase in the detectable numbers of acetylcholinesterase-positive megakaryocytes. No effects of BAH-1 antibody were observed on colony-forming unit–granulocyte-macrophage, burst-forming unit-erythroid, or colony-forming unit-erythroid colonies. In vivo studies showed that BAH-1, alone or in combination with TPO, expands the numbers of megakaryocytic progenitor cells in myelosuppressed mice. This antibody should prove useful in understanding the structure-function aspects of the c-Mpl receptor as well as in evaluating the effects of the sustained activation of this receptor in preclinical models of severe thrombocytopenia. © 1998 by The American Society of Hematology. |
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