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N Taniguchi, H Kuratsune, A Kanamaru, Y Tokumine, S Tagawa, T Machii and T Kitani
Department of Clinical Research, Osaka University, Japan.
The inhibitory effect by hairy cell conditioned medium (HCCM) on the growth
of granulocyte and erythrocyte colony forming cells was studied in vitro.
The percent inhibition of CFU-C formation by HCCM from four hairy cell
leukemia (HCL) patients ranged from 36% to 76%, while no inhibition was
observed with conditioned medium (CM) obtained from three B-cell chronic
lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) patients nor from two normal controls. HCCM
inhibited specially the growth of rG-CSF responding stem cells. The hairy
cell-derived colony inhibitory factor from HCCM was nondialyzable, fairly
stable to heat treatment, and trypsin sensitive. Its maximal inhibitory
activity against granulopoiesis was observed in the fractions of 5,000 to
6,000 daltons. Moreover HCCM inhibited CFU-E colony formation but not
BFU-E. These results indicate that hairy cells produce a factor that
inhibits granulopoiesis and erythropoiesis in vitro. This factor may play a
role in neutropenia and anemia observed in HCL.
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