Reduced bone marrow stem cell pool and progenitor mobilisation in multiple myeloma after melphalan treatment |
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Authors: | L Meldgaard Knudsen T Rasmussen L Jensen and HE Johnsen |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Haematology, L. Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark;(2) the Stem Cell Laboratory, L. Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark |
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Abstract: | The content of stem cells was analysed in bone marrow samples from 75 multiple myeloma patients. In unstimulated bone marrow
the percentage of CD34+cells was significantly reduced in 11 patients previously treated with melphalan-prednisolone (MP)(median=
0.15%) compared to median 0.87% in 31 untreated patients (P=0.0001). The bone marrow cellularity in the two groups did not differ. There was no correlation between the number of courses
or total dose of melphalan and content of CD34+cells in the bone marrow. The clonogenicity as, well as the ability to expand
the marrow stem cell pool during growth factor treatment were also reduced in MP treated patients compared to untreated patients.
Analysis of different subsets of CD34+ cells revealed no influence on the pre B cell compartment in the bone marrow by MP
treatment, but the committed stem cells (CD34+CD38+) were reduced more than the uncommitted stem cells (CD34+CD38—) in the
MP treated group compared to the untreated patients. Mobilisation to and harvest of total number of CD34+ cells from peripheral
blood was also reduced in the MP treated group. There was, however, no difference in the distribution between CD34+CD38+and
CD34+CD38—populations in the leukapheresis products in the untreated and the melphalan-treated group, suggesting selective
mobilisation of CD34+CD38+ cells and/or differentiation of CD34+ CD38-cells during growth factor stimulation.
We conclude that melphalan decreased the number of stem cells in the bone marrow, the ability to expand the stem cell pool
and mobilise stem cells to the pheripheral blood. |
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Keywords: | stem cells multiple myeloma melphalan treatment |
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