PMID- 19798096 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100127 LR - 20220321 IS - 1476-5551 (Electronic) IS - 0887-6924 (Print) IS - 0887-6924 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 1 DP - 2010 Jan TI - Stem cell traits in long-term co-culture revealed by time-lapse imaging. PG - 153-61 LID - 10.1038/leu.2009.191 [doi] AB - A deeper understanding of stem cell niche engagement and subsequent behaviors would be enhanced by technologies enabling the tracking of individual stem cells at the clonal level in long-term co-culture (LTC), which mimics the complexity of the bone marrow microenvironment in vivo. Here, we report the application of time-lapse imaging with intermittent fluorescence for tracking well-defined populations of GFP(+) murine hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) using LTC for >5 weeks. Long-term (LT) and short-term (ST) repopulating HSCs and hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) were compared. The transition from cobblestone areas (CAs) under the stromal cell mantle into dispersed migrating cells on top of the stroma (COS) were directly observed. The ST-HSC and LT-HSC were able to initiate multiple waves of CA formation and COS expansion beyond 2 and 4 weeks, respectively. Retrospective tracking of individual CA forming cell (CAFC) revealed a preference for residing under stroma before the first division and a longer interval before first division for LT-HSC. Inability to maintain quiescence in subsequent divisions was revealed. Our study represents an important starting point from which the LTC system can be augmented to provide a better in vitro model for bone marrow stem cell niches. FAU - Song, Y AU - Song Y AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Cancer Stem Cell Program, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. FAU - Bahnson, A AU - Bahnson A FAU - Hall, N AU - Hall N FAU - Yu, H AU - Yu H FAU - Shen, H AU - Shen H FAU - Koebler, D AU - Koebler D FAU - Houck, R AU - Houck R FAU - Xie, Y AU - Xie Y FAU - Cheng, T AU - Cheng T LA - eng GR - R01 HL070561-06/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL070561-05A2/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL 075601/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL070561-03/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI080424-01/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL070561-04/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EB 001051/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI080424/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL070561/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EB001051/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20091001 PL - England TA - Leukemia JT - Leukemia JID - 8704895 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Division MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cells/*cytology MH - Immunophenotyping MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Microscopy, Fluorescence MH - Stromal Cells/cytology MH - Time Factors PMC - PMC2806505 MID - NIHMS139942 EDAT- 2009/10/03 06:00 MHDA- 2010/01/28 06:00 PMCR- 2010/07/01 CRDT- 2009/10/03 06:00 PHST- 2009/10/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/10/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/01/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - leu2009191 [pii] AID - 10.1038/leu.2009.191 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Leukemia. 2010 Jan;24(1):153-61. doi: 10.1038/leu.2009.191. Epub 2009 Oct 1.