Reduced LAK cytotoxicity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with bladder cancer: Decreased LAK cytotoxicity caused by a low incidence of CD56+ and CD57+ mononuclear blood cells

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 311-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregers G. Hermann ◽  
Kresten R. Petersen ◽  
Kenneth Steven ◽  
Jesper Zeuthen
Blood ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 1050-1057 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Meytes ◽  
JA Ma Ortega ◽  
NA Shore ◽  
PP Dukes

Abstract The regulation of erythroid burst-colony formation was studied in cultures of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Numbers of erythropoietin-stimulated colonies obtainable from the cells in response to various treatments were compared. One-day preincubation of the cells with phytohemagglutinin (PHA) doubled the yield of colonies. Irradiation of the cells with 3000 rad eliminated their ability to form erythroid bursts, but did not impair the ability of PHA-treated cells to enhance burst formation when added to a fresh batch of cells. This was due to a humoral factor, since media conditioned by PHA-treated washed cells were as effective as the cells themselves. When cells were separated into subpopulations by an adherence procedure and according to their ability to form rosettes with sheep red blood cells, it was found that the PHA-dependent burst-promoting activity released into the medium originated in a nonadherent, nonrosetting (T-cell depleted) cell population.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shouping Zhang ◽  
Emmanuel N Olivier ◽  
Zi Yan ◽  
Sandra Suzuka ◽  
Karl Roberts ◽  
...  

AbstractMany methods have been developed to produce red blood cellsin vitrobut translational applications have been hampered by the high cost of production. We have developed R6, a chemically-defined, albumin-free, low-transferrin culture medium, and MNC-RED, a protocol to differentiate peripheral blood mononuclear cells into enucleated erythroid cells that does not require any albumin or any animal components. Erythropoiesis requires large amounts of iron for hemoglobin synthesis. In all existing protocols, these large iron needs are met by increasing the concentration of holo-transferrin. This is necessary because transferrin recycling does not take place in existing erythroid culture conditions. In the R6 medium, iron is provided to the differentiating erythroblasts by small amounts of recombinant transferrin supplemented with FeIII-EDTA, an iron chelator that allows transferrin recycling to take place in cell culture. As a result of the absence of albumin and the use of low amounts of transferrin, the production of cultured red blood cells using the MNC-RED protocol is much less expensive than with existing protocols. The MNC-RED protocol should therefore help make the many translational applications of cultured RBCs economically more feasible.HighlightsWe have developed R6, a chemically-defined, albumin-free low-transferrin culture medium, and MNC-RED, a protocol to differentiate peripheral blood mononuclear cells into enucleated erythroid ER6 is suitable for red blood cell culture despite the low transferrin amounts because of the presence of FeIII-EDTA, an iron chelator that allows transferrin recycling to take place in cell culture.The MNC-RED protocol should help make the many translational applications of cultured RBCs more economically feasible.


Blood ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 1050-1057
Author(s):  
D Meytes ◽  
JA Ma Ortega ◽  
NA Shore ◽  
PP Dukes

The regulation of erythroid burst-colony formation was studied in cultures of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Numbers of erythropoietin-stimulated colonies obtainable from the cells in response to various treatments were compared. One-day preincubation of the cells with phytohemagglutinin (PHA) doubled the yield of colonies. Irradiation of the cells with 3000 rad eliminated their ability to form erythroid bursts, but did not impair the ability of PHA-treated cells to enhance burst formation when added to a fresh batch of cells. This was due to a humoral factor, since media conditioned by PHA-treated washed cells were as effective as the cells themselves. When cells were separated into subpopulations by an adherence procedure and according to their ability to form rosettes with sheep red blood cells, it was found that the PHA-dependent burst-promoting activity released into the medium originated in a nonadherent, nonrosetting (T-cell depleted) cell population.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Heshusius ◽  
Esther Heideveld ◽  
Patrick Burger ◽  
Marijke Thiel-Valkhof ◽  
Erica Sellink ◽  
...  

AbstractTransfusion of donor-derived red blood cells is the most common form of cellular therapy. Donor availability and the potential risk of alloimmunization and other transfusion-related complications may, however, limit the availability of transfusion units especially for chronically transfused patients.In-vitrocultured, customizable red blood cells would negate these concerns and introduce precision medicine. Large-scale, cost effective production depends on optimization of culture conditions. We developed a defined medium and adapted our protocols to GMP culture requirements, which reproducibly provided pure erythroid cultures from peripheral blood mononuclear cells without prior CD34+isolation, and a 3×107-fold increase in erythroblasts in 25 days. Expanded erythroblast cultures could be differentiated to CD71dimCD235a+CD44+CD117−DRAQ5−red blood cells in 12 days. More than 90% of the cells enucleated and expressed adult hemoglobin as well as the correct blood group antigens. Deformability and oxygen binding capacity of cultured red blood cells was comparable toin-vivoreticulocytes. Daily RNA sampling during differentiation followed by RNA-seq provided a high-resolution map/resource of changes occurring during terminal erythropoiesis. The culture process was compatible with upscaling using a G-Rex bioreactor with a capacity of 1L per reactor, allowing transition towards clinical studies and small-scale applications.


Author(s):  
Sudeep Nagaraj ◽  
Shubha Nivargi ◽  
Leelavathy Nanjappa ◽  
Jagadish Tavarekere Venkataravanappa

One step centrifugation procedure used commonly for separation of blood cells is the ficoll gradient centrifugation. In this method, after centrifugation, the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) are located on the top of the separation fluid, whereas other blood cells erythrocytes and granulocytes sediment to the bottom. In the present study 75% of lymphocyte suspension could be separated by using a one-step density gradient centrifugation of sodium heparin blood with Sucrose. Sucrose was diluted into different concentrations using miliQ water (10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%,70%, 80%, 90%, 100%,). 4 mL of diluted blood was layered on 4 mL of each sucrose solution and centrifuged for 45 minutes at 1000 rpm. Clear separation of PBMCs could be observed in solution with 40% sucrose. The separated PBMCs were analysed in haeme analyser which showed 75% lymphocytes, 23% monocytes and 2% of other cells.


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