Extensive in vivo self-renewal, long-term reconstitution capacity, and hematopoietic multipotency of Pax5-deficient precursor B-cell clones

C Schaniel, M Gottar, E Roosnek… - Blood, The Journal …, 2002 - ashpublications.org
C Schaniel, M Gottar, E Roosnek, F Melchers, AG Rolink
Blood, The Journal of the American Society of Hematology, 2002ashpublications.org
Self-renewal, pluripotency, and long-term reconstitution are defining characteristics of single
hematopoietic stem cells. Pax5−/− precursor B cells apparently possess similar
characteristics. Here, using serial transplantations, with in vitro recloning and growth of the
bone marrow–homed donor cells occurring after all transplantations, we analyzed the extent
of self-renewal and hematopoietic multipotency of Pax5−/− precursor B-cell clones.
Moreover, telomere length and telomerase activity in these clones was analyzed at various …
Abstract
Self-renewal, pluripotency, and long-term reconstitution are defining characteristics of single hematopoietic stem cells.Pax5−/− precursor B cells apparently possess similar characteristics. Here, using serial transplantations, with in vitro recloning and growth of the bone marrow–homed donor cells occurring after all transplantations, we analyzed the extent of self-renewal and hematopoietic multipotency ofPax5−/− precursor B-cell clones. Moreover, telomere length and telomerase activity in these clones was analyzed at various time points. Thus far, 5 successive transplantations have been performed. Clones transplanted for the fifth time, which have proliferated for more than 150 cell divisions in vitro, still repopulate the bone marrow with precursor B cells and reconstitute these recipients with lymphoid and myeloid cells. During this extensive proliferation, Pax5−/− precursor B cells shorten their telomeres at 70 to 90 base pairs per division. Their telomerase activity remains at 3% of that of HEK293 cancer cells during all serial in vivo transplantations/in vitro expansions. Together, these data show thatPax5−/− precursor B-cell clones possess extensive in vivo self-renewal capacity, long-term reconstitution capacity, and hematopoietic multipotency, with their telomeres shortening at the normal rate.
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