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Assessment of Ex Vivo Prostaglandin pathway activation in HSCs

ABSTRACT: Transplantation with low numbers of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), found in many of the publically accessible cryopreserved umbilical cord blood (UCB) units, leads to delayed time to engraftment, high graft failure rates, and early mortality in many patients. A chemical screen in zebrafish identified the prostaglandin compound, 16,16 dimethyl prostaglandin E2 (dmPGE2), to be a critical regulator of hematopoietic stem cell homeostasis. We hypothesized that an ex vivo modulation with dmPGE2 prior to transplantation would lead to enhanced engraftment by increasing the “effective” dose of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in cord blood. A phase I trial of reduced-intensity double UCB transplantation was performed to evaluate safety, rates of engraftment and fractional chimerism of dmPGE2 enhanced UCB units. To explore potential causes of the lack of enhanced efficacy in the first cohort, we characterized HSCs to determine whether the prostaglandin pathway was being activated under the ex vivo incubation conditions (4°C, 10µM dmPGE2, 60 minutes). Incubation conditions were identified (37°C, 10µM dmPGE2, 120 minutes) that maximize the activation of the prostaglandin pathway by dmPGE2 in human CD34+ cells.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE36547 | GEO | 2012/04/16

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA153419

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Abstract: Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are used in transplantation therapy to reconstitute the hematopoietic system. Human cord blood (hCB) transplantation has emerged as an attractive alternative treatment option when traditional HSC sources are unavailable, however, the absolute number of hCB HSCs transplanted is significantly lower than bone marrow or mobilized peripheral blood stem cells (MPBSCs). We previously demonstrated that dimethyl-prostaglandin E2 (dmPGE2) increased HSCs in vertebrate models. Here, we describe preclinical analyses of the therapeutic potential of dmPGE2-treatment using human and non-human primate HSCs. dmPGE2 significantly increased total human hematopoietic colony formation in vitro and enhanced engraftment of unfractionated and CD34+ hCB following xenotransplantation. In non-human primate autologous transplantation, dmPGE2-treated CD34+ MPBSCs showed stable multilineage engraftment over one year post-infusion. Together, our analyses indicated that dmPGE2 mediates conserved responses in HSCs from human and non-human primates, and provided sufficient preclinical information to support proceeding to an FDA-approved phase 1 clinical trial. In order to identify the potential mechanism of action of dmPGE2 on gene expression and HSC function, and to possibly explain the muted response of rhesus CD34+ MPBSCs to dmPGE2 exposure, microarray gene expression analysis was conducted. Human and rhesus CD34+ MPBSCs were exposed to DMSO control or dmPGE2 at a dose of either 10 and 50 uM as described above, and processed for microarray analysis at 0, 2, 6, 12 and 24 hours post treatment. Four human donors contributed 8 to 10 samples each at varying time points and dosage for a total of 37 samples (2 samples were technical repeats). Six rhesus macaques contributed 3 to 9 samples each at varying time points and dosage for a total of 28 samples (4 samples were technical repeats). Pooled PBMC's from 6 donors aphereses were used as a reference sample.

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Assessment of Ex Vivo Prostaglandin pathway activation in HSCs

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