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Erythroid Culture Based on Differentiation of Progenitor Cells from Leftover Buffy Coats Produced in the Reveos Automated Blood Processing System

Vidovic, Karina LU ; Nylander, Anja LU orcid ; Alattar, Abdul Ghani LU orcid ; Akkök, Çiǧdem Akalin and Olsson, Martin L LU orcid (2017) 27th Regional Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion, ISBT 2017 In Vox Sanguinis 112(supp 1). p.288-288
Abstract
Background: Efforts to culture red blood cells (RBCs) for transfusion purposes are ongoing in numerous research laboratories worldwide. In addition, smaller-scale erythroid culture is one of many approaches toward better understanding of erythropoiesis, enucleation and RBC biology. Our center recently changed from traditional blood component separation to the Reveos(R) automated blood- processing system. Most buffy coats (BCs) after whole- blood donations were previously used for platelet production but leftover BCs are now discarded. BCs are still popular among scientists, mainly as a source of peripheral leukocytes but we asked the question if these leftover bags could be useful for erythroid culture. Aims: We aimed to set up and... (More)
Background: Efforts to culture red blood cells (RBCs) for transfusion purposes are ongoing in numerous research laboratories worldwide. In addition, smaller-scale erythroid culture is one of many approaches toward better understanding of erythropoiesis, enucleation and RBC biology. Our center recently changed from traditional blood component separation to the Reveos(R) automated blood- processing system. Most buffy coats (BCs) after whole- blood donations were previously used for platelet production but leftover BCs are now discarded. BCs are still popular among scientists, mainly as a source of peripheral leukocytes but we asked the question if these leftover bags could be useful for erythroid culture. Aims: We aimed to set up and evaluate a protocol for in vitro erythroid culture of CD34+ progenitor cells extracted from Reveos(R) BCs. Methods: Total CD34+ cells in Reveos(R) BCs were measured using flow cytometry and the BD Cell Enumeration Kit. Following pre-enrichment and fractionation on a density gradient, the mononuclear cells were labeled with anti-CD34 and separated by magnetic particles using an EasySep™ magnet. Culture conditions for the extracted CD34+ cells were divided into phases I-III, each lasting for 7 days. Phase I is an expansion phase, phase II an erythroid differentiation phase and phase III a terminal differentiation phase. StemSpan™ SFEM II culture medium containing bovine serum albumin, human insulin and iron-saturated human transferrin was used in all phases. In phase I, SFEM II was supplemented with SCF, IL-3, FLT3L, TPO and dexamethasone, in phase II with SCF, IL-3, EPO and dexamethasone and in phase III with 30% serum, EPO and holo-transferrin. Fetal bovine serum (FBS) or human serum (HS) were used initially in parallel cultures, to compare their influence on proliferation rate and terminal differentiation. In all cultures, the total number of cells and cell viability were determined by cell counting in a Bürker chamber after trypan blue dye staining. The cultures were carefully monitored and diluted to 0.4 × 106/ml when entering phase II. Erythroid differentiation was analyzed on day 19, 21 and 23 by flow cytometry with anti-GPA-APC, anti-Band3-PE and anti- CD49d-PE-Cy7. The frequency of erythroblasts and enucleated cells present in the cultures were counted on May-Grünwald-Giemsa stained cytospin samples. Results: We found the CD34+ cell content by flow cytometry in BCs (n = 11, volume of 9.5-13.5 ml) to be 0.2-1.5 × 106 with a mean of 93% viability. Thereafter progenitor cells were isolated and subjected to a 3-phase erythroid culture procedure to evaluate their potential to expand and differentiate. Cells cultured in 30% HS in phase III were less viable but showed slightly higher co-expression of CD49d and Band 3 compared to cultures grown in 30% FBS (86% vs 75% on day 19, and 95% vs 86% on day 21), as well as a higher proportion Band 3-positive, CD49d-negative cells, indicating an increased proportion of late erythroblasts and reticulocytes. In order to promote end-stage maturation, HS cultures were favored. After 23 days in culture with HS in phase III, 8-21% of the cells were enucleated and the cultures contained ∼60% erythroblasts. Summary/Conclusions: Extraction of CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors at acceptable viability from leftover Reveos(R) BCs is feasible and convenient. Despite their small volume and the processing cycle, these BCs provide suitable starting material for small-scale, experimental erythroid cultures directly from single donors. Conditions in this culture model can be fine-tuned further to focus on different aspects of erythropoiesis. (Less)
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27th Regional Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion, ISBT 2017
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2017-06-17 - 2017-06-21
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1423-0410
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10.1111/vox.12530
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  abstract     = {{Background: Efforts to culture red blood cells (RBCs) for transfusion purposes are ongoing in numerous research laboratories worldwide. In addition, smaller-scale erythroid culture is one of many approaches toward better understanding of erythropoiesis, enucleation and RBC biology. Our center recently changed from traditional blood component separation to the Reveos(R) automated blood- processing system. Most buffy coats (BCs) after whole- blood donations were previously used for platelet production but leftover BCs are now discarded. BCs are still popular among scientists, mainly as a source of peripheral leukocytes but we asked the question if these leftover bags could be useful for erythroid culture. Aims: We aimed to set up and evaluate a protocol for in vitro erythroid culture of CD34+ progenitor cells extracted from Reveos(R) BCs. Methods: Total CD34+ cells in Reveos(R) BCs were measured using flow cytometry and the BD Cell Enumeration Kit. Following pre-enrichment and fractionation on a density gradient, the mononuclear cells were labeled with anti-CD34 and separated by magnetic particles using an EasySep™ magnet. Culture conditions for the extracted CD34+ cells were divided into phases I-III, each lasting for 7 days. Phase I is an expansion phase, phase II an erythroid differentiation phase and phase III a terminal differentiation phase. StemSpan™ SFEM II culture medium containing bovine serum albumin, human insulin and iron-saturated human transferrin was used in all phases. In phase I, SFEM II was supplemented with SCF, IL-3, FLT3L, TPO and dexamethasone, in phase II with SCF, IL-3, EPO and dexamethasone and in phase III with 30% serum, EPO and holo-transferrin. Fetal bovine serum (FBS) or human serum (HS) were used initially in parallel cultures, to compare their influence on proliferation rate and terminal differentiation. In all cultures, the total number of cells and cell viability were determined by cell counting in a Bürker chamber after trypan blue dye staining. The cultures were carefully monitored and diluted to 0.4 × 106/ml when entering phase II. Erythroid differentiation was analyzed on day 19, 21 and 23 by flow cytometry with anti-GPA-APC, anti-Band3-PE and anti- CD49d-PE-Cy7. The frequency of erythroblasts and enucleated cells present in the cultures were counted on May-Grünwald-Giemsa stained cytospin samples. Results: We found the CD34+ cell content by flow cytometry in BCs (n = 11, volume of 9.5-13.5 ml) to be 0.2-1.5 × 106 with a mean of 93% viability. Thereafter progenitor cells were isolated and subjected to a 3-phase erythroid culture procedure to evaluate their potential to expand and differentiate. Cells cultured in 30% HS in phase III were less viable but showed slightly higher co-expression of CD49d and Band 3 compared to cultures grown in 30% FBS (86% vs 75% on day 19, and 95% vs 86% on day 21), as well as a higher proportion Band 3-positive, CD49d-negative cells, indicating an increased proportion of late erythroblasts and reticulocytes. In order to promote end-stage maturation, HS cultures were favored. After 23 days in culture with HS in phase III, 8-21% of the cells were enucleated and the cultures contained ∼60% erythroblasts. Summary/Conclusions: Extraction of CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors at acceptable viability from leftover Reveos(R) BCs is feasible and convenient. Despite their small volume and the processing cycle, these BCs provide suitable starting material for small-scale, experimental erythroid cultures directly from single donors. Conditions in this culture model can be fine-tuned further to focus on different aspects of erythropoiesis.}},
  author       = {{Vidovic, Karina and Nylander, Anja and Alattar, Abdul Ghani and Akkök, Çiǧdem Akalin and Olsson, Martin L}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Conference Abstract}},
  number       = {{supp 1}},
  pages        = {{288--288}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Vox Sanguinis}},
  title        = {{Erythroid Culture Based on Differentiation of Progenitor Cells from Leftover Buffy Coats Produced in the Reveos Automated Blood Processing System}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/vox.12530}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/vox.12530}},
  volume       = {{112}},
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