Abstract
Parvovirus B19 exerts a highly selective cytopathic effect on erythroid progenitor cells. Studies so far on the pathogenesis of B19-infection have been performed using bone marrow samples providing large amounts of erythroid progenitor cells. Extensive study, however, has been hampered by the limited access to bone marrow samples. We have designed a liquid culture method allowing the generation of large numbers of erythroid progenitor cells, initiating cultures with CD3- and CD14-poor peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Following a 12 d preincubation in liquid cultures containing recombinant human interleukin 3 (rhIl-3) and recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEpo), cells harvested from the liquid cultures were exposed to B19-containing plasma, followed by a further cultivation in liquid culture for up to 96 h. Cells expressing the CD13 and the glycophorin A (GlyA) antigens, respectively, were monitored sequentially by flow-cytometry, demonstrating a selective inhibition of GlyA-positive cells following B19-inoculation. Typical morphological changes were observed on cytocentrifuge-spots, and typical giant-cells were identified as staining for GlyA. Productive infection by B19 was demonstrable, as B19-DNA increased by about x 100 after 72 h of culture. The liquid culture method generating erythroid target cells for effective infection by B19 virus promises to be a useful and easily accessible tool for further research on B19 infection of haemopoietic cells.
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