Low/Negative Expression of PDGFR-α Identifies the Candidate Primary Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Adult Human Bone Marrow

Hongzhe Li, Roshanak Ghazanfari, Dimitra Zacharaki, Nicholas Ditzel, Joan Isern, Marja Ekblom, Simón Méndez-Ferrer, Moustapha Kassem, Stefan Scheding

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Abstract

Human bone marrow (BM) contains a rare population of nonhematopoietic mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), which are of central importance for the hematopoietic microenvironment. However, the precise phenotypic definition of these cells in adult BM has not yet been reported. In this study, we show that low/negative expression of CD140a (PDGFR-α) on lin(-)/CD45(-)/CD271(+) BM cells identified a cell population with very high MSC activity, measured as fibroblastic colony-forming unit frequency and typical in vitro and in vivo stroma formation and differentiation capacities. Furthermore, these cells exhibited high levels of genes associated with mesenchymal lineages and HSC supportive function. Moreover, lin(-)/CD45(-)/CD271(+)/CD140a(low/-) cells effectively mediated the ex vivo expansion of transplantable CD34(+) hematopoietic stem cells. Taken together, these data indicate that CD140a is a key negative selection marker for adult human BM-MSCs, which enables to prospectively isolate a close to pure population of candidate human adult stroma stem/progenitor cells with potent hematopoiesis-supporting capacity.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftStem Cell Reports
Vol/bind3
Udgave nummer6
Sider (fra-til)965-74
Antal sider10
ISSN2213-6711
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 9 dec. 2014

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