Abstract
We report identification of a unique class of human hemopoietic colony-forming cells with extensive ability to generate progenitors for secondary colonies. Mononuclear cells isolated from human umbilical cord blood formed colonies consisting of 40-500 blast cells after 25 d of incubation in methylcellulose culture in the presence of erythropoietin and medium conditioned by phytohemagglutinin-stimulated leukocytes. Replating of these blast cell colonies revealed that 100% of the primary colonies had the ability to generate secondary colonies, including multipotential colonies. These colonies could be distinguished from other hemopoietic colonies in situ by the complete absence of signs of terminal differentiation. Replating of granulocyte-erythrocyte-macrophage-megakaryocyte (GEMM) colonies, consisting of an average of 2 x 10(4) cells, revealed less capacity for secondary colony formation. This human blast cell colony assay may provide a method for quantitation of more primitive hemopoietic stem cells than progenitors for GEMM colonies (CFU-GEMM) in man.
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