Biological Features of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Journal Title: Turkish Journal of Hematology - Year 2018, Vol 35, Issue 1
Abstract
Objective: Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have a supportive role in hematopoiesis and as components of the bone marrow (BM) microenvironment may present alterations during acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and be affected by chemotherapeutic agents. We examined the biological and functional characteristics of MSCs in ALL diagnosis and treatment and their effect on MSC qualitative properties. Materials and Methods: Immunophenotypic characterization, evaluation of clonogenicity, and proliferative capacity were measured. Apoptotic features, cell-cycle analysis, and stromal cell-derived factor 1α and angiopoietin-1 levels in MSC supernatant at diagnosis and in different phases of treatment were assessed. Chemotherapy was administered according to the Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster-2000 protocol. BM samples from children with solid tumors without BM involvement were used as the control group. Results: The morphology, the immunophenotypic profile, and the apoptotic characteristics of the MSCs were not affected by leukemia. The secretion of factors involved in the trafficking of hematopoietic cells in the BM seems to be upregulated at diagnosis in comparison to the treatment phases. MSCs are influenced by the disease in terms of their functional characteristics such as clonogenicity and proliferation rate. These effects cease as soon as treatment is initiated. Chemotherapy does not seem to exert any effect on any of the MSC features examined. Conclusion: MSCs from children with ALL are affected by their interaction with the leukemic environment, but this phenomenon ceases upon treatment initiation, while no effect is observed by chemotherapy itself.
Authors and Affiliations
Stella Genitsari, Eftichia Stiakaki, Chryssoula Perdikogianni, Georgia Martimianaki, Iordanis Pelagiadis, Margarita Pesmatzoglou, Maria Kalmanti, Helen Dimitriou
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