Abstract
BackgroundIn spite of its establishment from the peripheral blood of a case with acute myeloid leukemia (AML)-M1, HPB-AML-I shows plastic adherence with spindle-like morphology. In addition, lipid droplets can be induced in HPB-AML-I cells by methylisobutylxanthine, hydrocortisone, and indomethacin. These findings suggest that HPB-AML-I is similar to mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) or mesenchymal stromal cells rather than to hematopoietic cells.MethodsTo examine this possibility, we characterized HPB-AML-I by performing cytochemical, cytogenetic, and phenotypic analyses, induction of differentiation toward mesenchymal lineage cells, and mixed lymphocyte culture analysis.ResultsHPB-AML-I proved to be negative for myeloperoxidase, while surface antigen analysis disclosed that it was positive for MSC-related antigens, such as CD29, CD44, CD55, CD59, and CD73, but not for CD14, CD19, CD34, CD45, CD90, CD105, CD117, and HLA-DR. Karyotypic analysis showed the presence of complicated abnormalities, but no reciprocal translocations typically detected in AML cases. Following the induction of differentiation toward adipocytes, chondrocytes, and osteocytes, HPB-AML-I cells showed, in conjunction with extracellular matrix formation, lipid accumulation, proteoglycan synthesis, and alkaline phosphatase expression. Mixed lymphocyte culture demonstrated that CD3+ T-cell proliferation was suppressed in the presence of HPB-AML-I cells.ConclusionsWe conclude that HPB-AML-I cells appear to be unique neoplastic cells, which may be derived from MSCs, but are not hematopoietic progenitor cells.
Highlights
In spite of its establishment from the peripheral blood of a case with acute myeloid leukemia (AML)M1, HPB-AML-I shows plastic adherence with spindle-like morphology
HPB-AML-I shows plastic adherence, negative myeloperoxidase expression, and complex chromosomal abnormalities Inverted microscopic examination (Figure 1A) and May Grünwald-Giemsa staining (Figure 1B) of HPBAML-I cells revealed that this cell line is composed of round-polygonal and spindle-like cells
Since HPB-AML-I was established from a case with AML, we examined this cell line for the presence of myeloperoxidase expression
Summary
In spite of its establishment from the peripheral blood of a case with acute myeloid leukemia (AML)M1, HPB-AML-I shows plastic adherence with spindle-like morphology. In spite of its establishment from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of a case with acute myeloid leukemia (AML)-M1, this cell line reportedly has the features of spindle-like morphology and plastic adherence [12]. In the presence of methylisobutylxanthine, hydrocortisone, and indomethacin, but not troglitazone, an increase in the number of lipid droplets was observed in these cells [12]. In view of these features, we further investigated the possibility of HPB-AML-I being a neoplasm of MSC origin
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