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a Department of Hygiene, the
b Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, and the
c Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan;
d Second Department of Internal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan; the
e Tokyo Research Center, Tosoh Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan
Key Words. IL-6R/IL-6 fusion protein • Soluble IL-6R • gp130 • PB-derived CD34+IL-6R- cells • Ex vivo expansion
Correspondence:
Yoshiaki Sonoda, M.D., Department of Hygiene, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyoku, Kyoto 602, Japan. Telephone: 075-251-5335; Fax: 075-251-5334; e-mail: sonoda{at}basic.kpu-m.ac.jp
This study was designed to investigate the effects of a combination of soluble interleukin (sIL)-6 receptor (R) and IL-6 on the ex vivo expansion of human peripheral blood (PB)-derived hematopoietic progenitor cells in a short-term serum-free liquid suspension culture system, using PB-derived CD34+IL-6R+/– cells as a target. In combination with stem cell factor (SCF), IL-3, and sIL-6R/IL-6, the expansion efficiency (EE) for granulocyte/macrophage colony-forming unit (CFU-GM) reached a peak level on day 10 of incubation. On the other hand, the EE for erythroid burst (BFU-E) and mixed colony-forming unit (CFU-Mix) reached a peak level on day 7 of incubation. Among the cytokine combinations tested, SCF + IL-3 + sIL-6R/IL-6 + flt3 ligand (FL) most effectively expanded CFU-GM and CFU-Mix. The maximum EEs for CFU-GM and CFU-Mix were 208-fold and 42-fold, respectively. While the EE for BFU-E was 70-90-fold in the presence of SCF + IL-3 + sIL-6R/IL-6, FL significantly augmented the EE for CFU-GM and CFU-Mix. In contrast, thrombopoietin (TPO) significantly augmented the EE for CFU-Mix. Interestingly, in combination with IL-3 and SCF, newly generated IL-6R/IL-6 fusion protein (FP) expanded PB-derived BFU-E and CFU-Mix twice more effectively than a combination of sIL-6R and IL-6. These results demonstrated that human PB-derived committed progenitors were effectively expanded in vitro using sIL-6R/IL-6 or FP, in combination with IL-3, SCF and/or FL or TPO, and that FP may transduce a stronger intracellular signal than a combination of sIL-6R and IL-6.
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