Host natural suppressor activity regulates hemopoietic engraftment kinetics in antibody-conditioned recipient mice

Journal Article · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1990 · Journal of Immunology; (USA)

OSTI ID:7043427

Sadelain, M W; Green, D R; Wegmann, T G ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton (Canada)

Resistance to semi-allogeneic or syngeneic hemopoietic stem cell engraftment can be reduced by treating the unirradiated host with anti-class I MHC antibody. In our previous studies we showed a direct correlation between such resistance and the level of natural suppressor (NS) activity in the host. Thus newborn mice that have high NS activity are very resistant to marrow engraftment, as are adults pretreated with CFA that increases NS activity in the bone marrow. We have now devised a method that allows us to follow hemopoietic engraftment kinetics within the marrow cavity itself by assaying individual CFU-granulocyte/macrophage progenitor cells for their host or donor origin over the immediate post-transplant period. By using this method, we find a close correlation between the rate of marrow engraftment and reduction in host NS activity. Marrow engraftment does not correlate with the reduction of either total host bone marrow cellular content or CFU-granulocyte/macrophage progenitor cell levels. NS activity is mediated by Thy-1-, partially radiosensitive, nylon wool nonadherent cells without NK activity. Adoptively transferred Thy-1-, irradiated spleen cells containing NS activity induced by pretreatment with CFA delayed engraftment kinetics in the marrow cavity. Thus hemopoietic engraftment in the marrow cavity appears to be controlled by an inhibitory regulatory activity that is reflected in the in vitro NS assay. These studies suggest new regulatory targets for selective host conditioning to eliminate resistance to marrow transplantation.

• OSTI ID: 7043427
• Journal Information: Journal of Immunology; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of Immunology; (USA) Vol. 144:5; ISSN 0022-1767; ISSN JOIMA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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