Publikationsdatum:
2013-11-15
Beschreibung:
Platelet transfusions are widely used for patients with severe thrombocytopenia. There are, however, practical problems in the current donor-dependent platelet transfusions, such as the limited supply and risk of serious immune reactions. Thus, the development of new strategies for generating platelets for transfusion is crucial. Platelets have been differentiated from hematopoietic stem cells, fetal liver cells, embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, NF-E2-transduced fibroblasts, and preadipocytes. Here, among these cells preadipocytes, especially in the subcutaneous adipose tissue, could be ideal candidate cells for manufacturing megakaryocytes (MKs) and platelets, because (1) they are relatively easy to obtain large quantities and have ability to proliferate in vitro, (2) their differentiation does not require gene transfer, as they possess genes in relation to megakaryopoiesis and thrombopoiesis, such as p45NF-E2 and c-mpl, and (3) they differentiate into MKs and platelets using an endogenous thrombopoietin. Thus, to clarify the usefulness of preadipocytes as a donor-independent source for platelet transfusion, we compared both number and function between platelets derived from mouse subcutaneous preadipocytes and those from bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMNCs), the established cell source for manufacturing platelets. First, BMMNCs were not feasible for their expansion in vitro and therefore the cells were directly seeded in MK lineage induction media. In contrast, preadipocytes were to be passaged 6 times without any morphological changes, and then cultured in MK lineage induction media for their differentiation into platelets. Thus, as assessed by CD41-positive platelet-sized cells, 106.2±5.0 ×105 or 3.9±1.0 ×105 platelets were obtained from 106 preadipocytes or 106 BMMNCs, respectively (p
Print ISSN:
0006-4971
Digitale ISSN:
1528-0020
Thema:
Biologie
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Medizin
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