Table 5.

Competitive engraftment of PMVEC coculture expanded cord blood and adult bone marrow CD34+ cells in triple HLA-mismatched SCID-hu bone model

Population5-150No. of cells injected per bone5-151ABM positive grafts5-152ABM-PMVEC % positive cells5-153CB positive grafts5-152CB-PMVEC % positive cells5-153
CD34+CD34+CD38CD33CD19CD34CD33CD19CD34
ABM-PMVEC 1 × 105 3.2 × 103 10/10 26 ± 9 39 ± 12 29 ± 11     
CB-PMVEC 1 × 105 1.7 × 104     9/9 42 ± 10 56 ± 12 40  ±  9  
ABM-PMVEC + CB-PMVEC See above 0/6 6/6 0.3 ± 0.1 17 ± 7 5  ±  2 
Population5-150No. of cells injected per bone5-151ABM positive grafts5-152ABM-PMVEC % positive cells5-153CB positive grafts5-152CB-PMVEC % positive cells5-153
CD34+CD34+CD38CD33CD19CD34CD33CD19CD34
ABM-PMVEC 1 × 105 3.2 × 103 10/10 26 ± 9 39 ± 12 29 ± 11     
CB-PMVEC 1 × 105 1.7 × 104     9/9 42 ± 10 56 ± 12 40  ±  9  
ABM-PMVEC + CB-PMVEC See above 0/6 6/6 0.3 ± 0.1 17 ± 7 5  ±  2 

CB indicates cord blood; ABM, adult bone marrow; ABM-PMVEC, PMVEC coculture expanded ABM, CB-PMVEC, PMVEC coculture expanded CB.

F5-150

CB and ABM CD34+ cells were immunomagnetically isolated and expanded for 17 days in cultures with or without pre-established PMVEC monolayers. Cultures were supplemented with IL3, IL6, GM-CSF, SCF, and FLT-3L. HLA-mismatched PMVEC coculture-expanded CB and ABM cells were injected individually or simultaneously into human fetal bone fragment (bearing a third distinct HLA allele) implanted in the SCID mouse (SCID-hu bone assay) to determine their competitive marrow repopulating ability. CD34+ cells were reisolated prior to injection.

F5-151

Ten weeks after injection, fetal bone implants were removed and analyzed for the presence of CB and ABM HLA-bearing cells and CD19, CD33, and CD34 cells in a 5-color flow cytometric assay. Uninjected grafts were used to determine the level of nonspecific binding of monoclonal antibodies.

F5-152

Positive grafts indicate number of grafts containing donor-derived multilineage hematopoiesis per total number of injected grafts.

F5-153

Percent positive cells represent donor-derived to total cells of the particular cell lineage present in the bone 10 weeks after injection. Numbers are expressed as mean % ± SEM.

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