TY - JOUR
T1 - Recombinant human granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor-mobilized and apheresis-collected endothelial progenitor cells
T2 - A novel blood cell component for therapeutic vasculogenesis
AU - Körbling, Martin
AU - Reuben, James M.
AU - Gao, Hui
AU - Lee, Bang Ning
AU - Harris, David M.
AU - Cogdell, David
AU - Giralt, Sergio A.
AU - Khouri, Issa F.
AU - Saliba, Rima M.
AU - Champlin, Richard E.
AU - Zhang, Wei
AU - Estrov, Zeev
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - BACKGROUND: Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) have been identified among hematopoietic tissue-derived progenitor cells that are mobilized into the peripheral blood (PB) as a result of tissue injury. It therefore seems likely that circulating EPCs have therapeutic potential by aiding in the neovascularization of ischemic tissue. This study provides clinical data on the availability of circulating EPCs at steady state and after recombinant human granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor (rHuG-CSF) mobilization and their collection by leukapheresis. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Eight healthy donors underwent rHuG-CSF treatment over 4 days, followed by leukapheresis. Blood samples taken before rHuG-CSF treatment and before apheresis as well as apheresis-collected samples were analyzed by flow cytometry and by real time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for cells expressing EPC-specific surface markers and tissue markers, respectively, and for EPC colony-forming cells. RESULTS: The median PB concentration of CD34+133+ vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2)-+ EPCs increased 8-fold from steady state to mobilized, and the concentration of CD34+133-VEGFR-2+ EPCs increased by 10-fold. This mobilization pattern was similar to that of hematopoietic CD34+, CD133+, and CD34+117+ progenitor cells. The increase in the median circulating colony-forming unit EPC concentration was 10-fold over baseline. The median absolute number of CD34+133+VEGFR-2+ cells collected by large-volume leukapheresis was 0.8 × 106 per kg of body weight. In addition, a small subset of immature CD133+34- cells coexpressing VEGFR-2 was identified in mobilized PB and in the apheresis collection. EPC-specific cells contained in the apheresis product were also identified as expressing mRNA for the CD31 antigen, Tie-2, and VEGFR-2. CONCLUSION: Circulating EPCs represent a novel blood cell component that can be collected by apheresis in large quantities and can be used clinically, either unmanipulated or EPC-selected, for therapeutic vasculogenesis.
AB - BACKGROUND: Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) have been identified among hematopoietic tissue-derived progenitor cells that are mobilized into the peripheral blood (PB) as a result of tissue injury. It therefore seems likely that circulating EPCs have therapeutic potential by aiding in the neovascularization of ischemic tissue. This study provides clinical data on the availability of circulating EPCs at steady state and after recombinant human granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor (rHuG-CSF) mobilization and their collection by leukapheresis. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Eight healthy donors underwent rHuG-CSF treatment over 4 days, followed by leukapheresis. Blood samples taken before rHuG-CSF treatment and before apheresis as well as apheresis-collected samples were analyzed by flow cytometry and by real time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for cells expressing EPC-specific surface markers and tissue markers, respectively, and for EPC colony-forming cells. RESULTS: The median PB concentration of CD34+133+ vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2)-+ EPCs increased 8-fold from steady state to mobilized, and the concentration of CD34+133-VEGFR-2+ EPCs increased by 10-fold. This mobilization pattern was similar to that of hematopoietic CD34+, CD133+, and CD34+117+ progenitor cells. The increase in the median circulating colony-forming unit EPC concentration was 10-fold over baseline. The median absolute number of CD34+133+VEGFR-2+ cells collected by large-volume leukapheresis was 0.8 × 106 per kg of body weight. In addition, a small subset of immature CD133+34- cells coexpressing VEGFR-2 was identified in mobilized PB and in the apheresis collection. EPC-specific cells contained in the apheresis product were also identified as expressing mRNA for the CD31 antigen, Tie-2, and VEGFR-2. CONCLUSION: Circulating EPCs represent a novel blood cell component that can be collected by apheresis in large quantities and can be used clinically, either unmanipulated or EPC-selected, for therapeutic vasculogenesis.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00985.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00985.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 17002637
AN - SCOPUS:33748930462
SN - 0041-1132
VL - 46
SP - 1795
EP - 1802
JO - Transfusion
JF - Transfusion
IS - 10
ER -