脐血干/祖细胞短期体外扩增后归巢相关粘附特性的研究

探讨体外扩增对脐血（UCB)造血干／祖细胞(HSPC)原有粘附功能的影响。将从新鲜UCB标本中纯化的CD34^ 细胞接种于无血清、无基质的悬浮扩增体系，分别于培养第7天、第10天和第14天从扩增产物中再次纯化CD34^ 细胞，比较扩增前后CD34^ 细胞表面VLA—4(CD49d)、VLA—5(CD49e)、LFA—l(CDlla)、L-selecin(CD62L)、PECAM—l(CD3l)、ICAM—l(CD54)和HCAM(CD44)等归巢相关粘附分子(SAMs)的表达情况，并检测CD34^ 细胞与纤连蛋白(FN)间的自发粘附率和基质细胞来源因子—l(SDF—1)诱导粘附率。①在第14天的培养扩增中，表达上述CAMs的各CD34^ 细胞亚群均有不同程度(15～72倍)的扩增；②扩增后CD34^ 细胞表面粘附分子CD44、CD11a、CD49e和CD49d的表达与原代CD34^ 细胞持平或高于培养开时水平，而CD62L、CD54和CD31的表达则有不同程度下调；③在前10d的扩增中，CD34^ 细胞与FN间的自发粘附率和SDF—l诱导粘附率均呈上升趋势。所建立的短期培养体系不仅可以支持表达重要CAMs的UCB CD34^ 细胞亚群的有效扩增，而且扩增后的HSPC总体上保持原有的粘附功能。

Studies on the homing-related adhesion activities of UCB HSPC in short-term ex vivo expansion

OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of ex vivo expansion on the adhesion activities of umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC). METHODS: Fresh UCB CD(34)(+) cells were cultured in a serum and stroma-free culture system. At day 7, day 10 and day 14, CD(34)(+) cells were re-selected from the expanded products. The expression of adhesion molecules (CAMs) such as VLA-4, VLA-5, LFA-1, ICAM-1, HCAM, L-selectin and PECAM-1, and the adhesion activity of the expanded CD(34)(+) cells were evaluated and compared with those of precultured fresh CD(34)(+) cells. RESULTS: (1) The CD(34)(+) cells expressing homing-related CAMs were increased (from 15-fold increase for CD(34)(+) CD(54)(+) subset to 72-fold increase for CD(34)(+) CD(49e)(+) subset at day 14). (2) The expressions of CD(49d), CD(44), CD(11a) and CD(49e) on the expanded CD(34)(+) cells were increased or sustained the same levels as those on fresh UCB CD(34)(+) cells, while the expression of CD(62L), CD(54) and CD(31) on expanded CD(34)(+) cells declined with the cultivating. (3) Spontaneous adhesion and SDF-1-induced adhesion tended to be increased in the course of the first 10 day's culture. CONCLUSIONS: The culture system used in this study could substantially support the expansion of HSPCs expressing the above CAMs, and the expanded HSPCs would sustain their intrinsic adhesion potentials.