Affiliation:
1. Research Department, SyStemix Inc, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
Abstract
CD43 (the major sialoglycoprotein of leukocytes) is an adhesion molecule broadly expressed on hematopoietic cells. A monoclonal antibody recognizing this molecule induces apoptosis of lineage marker- negative bone marrow hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) that express CD34 at a high density (CD34hiLIN-). However, not all cells within this population undergo apoptosis on stimulation via CD43. Dividing progenitor cells are most highly affected, whereas more primitive quiescent cells survive anti-CD43 monoclonal antibody treatment. These surviving cells (1) are enriched for cobblestone area-forming cells, (2) repopulate fragments for human fetal bone implanted into C.B-17 scid/scid mice, (3) have a potential to differentiate in vivo to myeloid and lymphoid cells, and (4) have a high proliferative potential in long-term stromal cell-free liquid culture. These data indicate that cells with hematopoietic stem cell characteristics are relatively resistant to CD43-mediated apoptosis as compared with HPCs. Thus, CD43 may be specifically involved in the regulation of HPC proliferation.
Publisher
American Society of Hematology
Subject
Cell Biology,Hematology,Immunology,Biochemistry
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