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. 1995 Jun 20;92(13):5945–5949. doi: 10.1073/pnas.92.13.5945

Long-term repopulation of hematolymphoid cells with only a few hemopoietic stem cells in mice.

H Ogata 1, W G Bradley 1, M Inaba 1, N Ogata 1, S Ikehara 1, R A Good 1
PMCID: PMC41618  PMID: 7597058

Abstract

A PCR-based assay has been devised for the detection and semiquantitation of cells originating from a few donor hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in a background of recipient cells. Upon sequencing a segment of murine Y chromosome contained in the plasmid pY2, oligonucleotide primers were designed for specific amplification of the Y chromosome-restricted segment. The HSCs were isolated from the bone marrow of mice on day 4 following a single i.v. injection of 5-fluorouracil and were readily distinguished from other bone marrow elements by the characteristics of low density, absence of lineage-specific surface markers, lack of expression of transferrin receptor, and a high expression of major histocompatibility complex class I antigen. Injection of as few as four such HSCs was shown to produce donor-derived cells (including lymphoid cells) for at least 8 months after transplantation into syngeneic female recipients. Retransplantation, employing 10(6) bone marrow cells from the initial recipients, also yielded clear evidence of repopulation with detectable levels of male donor cells. On statistical grounds, it is clear that long-term repopulation in vivo may result from even a single HSC having the characteristics defined herein.

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