PMID- 22238752 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120525 LR - 20190813 IS - 1573-8221 (Electronic) IS - 0007-4888 (Linking) VI - 151 IP - 2 DP - 2011 Jun TI - Age-associated reduction of the count and functional activity of stromal precursor cells can be caused by both true reduction (exhaustion) of cell pool and regulatory effects of the organism. PG - 210-4 AB - The study was carried out on CBA mice using the method of heterotopic transplantation. A fragment of the femoral bone marrow (1/2) or spleen (1/5 of the organ) was transplanted under the renal capsule of a recipient. The following donor-recipient cross-transplantation variants were studied: young-young (Y-Y), young-old (Y-O), old-old (O-O), and old-young (O-Y). Cell suspensions were prepared from 2-month transplants inoculated in monolayer cultures and the cloning efficiency (ECF-F) of stromal precursor cells (CFC-F) was evaluated. The bone marrow transplant ECF-F and the count of CFC-F in the O-O group were 8-fold lower than in the Y-Y group. In the O-Y group, ECF-F was 3-fold higher than in the O-O group, but by 2.5 times lower than in the Y-Y group. ECF-F in Y-O group was 2-fold lower than in Y-Y group. The ECF-F and CFC-F count in spleen transplants in the O-O group were 4- and 6-fold lower, respectively, than in Y-Y group. However, in O-Y group ECF-F was 7-fold higher than in O-O group and higher than even in Y-Y group. The weight of induced ectopic bone tissue after transplantation of the osteoinductor (fragments of the allogenic urinary bladder mucosa) was 2-fold lower in the O-O vs. Y-Y group. However, comparison of the ectopic bone tissue weights in different experimental groups showed that osteoinductor activity of the bladder epithelium did not decrease, but increased 3-fold with age (O-Y:Y-Y). A 5-fold reduction of this proportion in groups where the osteoinductor was transplanted from old donors to old and young recipients (O-Y:O-O) could be attributed to age-specific reduction of the count of inducible osteogenic precursor cells (IOPC). The data in general suggest that age-specific reduction of the stromal precursor count and functional activity could be caused by the true reduction (exhaustion) of cell pool (bone marrow CFC-F; presumably, IOPC) and by the regulatory effects of the organism (bone marrow and splenic CFC-F, IOPC). These data seem to be significant for understanding of the role of osteogenic stromal precursor cells in the development of age-associated bone tissue defects, for example, senile osteoporosis. FAU - Gorskaya, Yu F AU - Gorskaya YF AD - Laboratory of Immunity Regulation, N. F. Gamaleya Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia. uliya.gorskaya@nearmedic.ru FAU - Danilova, T A AU - Danilova TA FAU - Nesterenko, V G AU - Nesterenko VG LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Bull Exp Biol Med JT - Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine JID - 0372557 SB - IM MH - Age Factors MH - Aging MH - Animals MH - Bone Marrow Transplantation MH - Cell Count MH - Cell Culture Techniques MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Guinea Pigs MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred CBA MH - Osteogenesis MH - Spleen/cytology/transplantation MH - Stem Cells/*cytology MH - Stromal Cells/*cytology MH - Transplantation, Heterotopic MH - Urinary Bladder/cytology/transplantation EDAT- 2012/01/13 06:00 MHDA- 2012/05/26 06:00 CRDT- 2012/01/13 06:00 PHST- 2012/01/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/01/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/05/26 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s10517-011-1291-2 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Bull Exp Biol Med. 2011 Jun;151(2):210-4. doi: 10.1007/s10517-011-1291-2.