PMID- 10606164 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000118 LR - 20031114 IS - 1066-5099 (Print) IS - 1066-5099 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 6 DP - 1999 TI - Age-dependent abnormalities of hematopoietic stem cells in (NZW x BXSB)F1 mice. PG - 357-65 AB - The (NZW x BXSB)F1 (W/BF1) mouse is known as an autoimmune-prone strain which develops lupus nephritis, thrombocytopenia due to platelet-specific autoantibodies, leukocytosis, and myocardial infarction. In this experiment, we investigated the age-dependent abnormalities of the hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and hematopoiesis in this mouse. White blood cell counts (especially Mac-1- or Gr-1-positive cells) in the peripheral blood of 12-week-old W/BF1 mice increased in comparison with those of four-week-old W/BF1 or normal mice. To investigate whether the abnormal hematopoiesis can be attributed to the HSCs of W/BF1 mice, colony-forming unit in spleen (CFU-S) and colony-forming unit in culture (CFU-C) assays were performed. Day 12 CFU-S counts of 12-week-old W/BF1 mice significantly increased in comparison with those of four-week-old W/BF1 mice or normal mice. In the CFU-C assay, CFU-GEMM and CFU-GM counts in 12-week-old W/BF1 mice increased in comparison with those of four-week-old W/BF1 or control mice. The bone marrow cells (BMCs) from 12-week-old W/BF1 mice showed a high level of G-CSF and a low level of GM-CSF in mRNA expression. To examine the effect of HSCs from 12-week-old W/BF1 mice on the onset of autoimmune diseases and the abnormal hematopoiesis, T- and B-cell-depleted BMCs of four-week-old or 12-week-old W/BF1 mice were transplanted to C3H mice. Recipient C3H mice that had received the BMCs from 12-week-old W/BF1 mice showed an earlier onset of autoimmune diseases and a shorter survival rate than those that had received the BMCs from four-week-old W/BF1 mice. These data suggest that the HSCs from 12-week-old W/BF1 mice showing the symptoms of autoimmune diseases have the capacity to induce autoimmune diseases earlier than the HSCs from four-week-old W/BF1 mice. FAU - Sugihara, A AU - Sugihara A AD - First Department of Pathology, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi City, Osaka, Japan. FAU - Adachi, Y AU - Adachi Y FAU - Inaba, M AU - Inaba M FAU - Hisha, H AU - Hisha H FAU - Sugiura, K AU - Sugiura K FAU - Miyashima, S AU - Miyashima S FAU - Amoh, Y AU - Amoh Y FAU - Taketani, S AU - Taketani S FAU - Oyaizu, H AU - Oyaizu H FAU - Ikebukuro, K AU - Ikebukuro K FAU - Kawamura, M AU - Kawamura M FAU - Genba, H AU - Genba H FAU - Horio, T AU - Horio T FAU - Ikehara, S AU - Ikehara S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Stem Cells JT - Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) JID - 9304532 RN - 0 (Macrophage-1 Antigen) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 143011-72-7 (Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor) RN - 81627-83-0 (Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor) RN - 83869-56-1 (Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor) SB - IM MH - Age of Onset MH - Aging/*pathology MH - Animals MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Gene Expression/immunology MH - Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor/genetics MH - Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/genetics MH - Hematopoiesis/immunology MH - *Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cells/chemistry/*pathology MH - Leukocyte Count MH - Leukocytosis/mortality/pathology/therapy MH - Lupus Nephritis/mortality/*pathology/therapy MH - Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/genetics MH - Macrophage-1 Antigen/analysis MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Mice, Inbred C3H MH - Mice, Inbred NZB MH - Platelet Count MH - RNA, Messenger/analysis MH - Survival Analysis MH - Thrombocytopenia/mortality/*pathology/therapy EDAT- 1999/12/22 00:00 MHDA- 1999/12/22 00:01 CRDT- 1999/12/22 00:00 PHST- 1999/12/22 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/12/22 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/12/22 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/stem.170357 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Stem Cells. 1999;17(6):357-65. doi: 10.1002/stem.170357.