Abstract
It is currently impossible to isolate or identify human hematopoietic progenitor cells from the bone marrow, yet the biophysical properties of these cells are important for the development of techniques to isolate and preserve stem cells for transplantation. Osmotic permeability properties of human bone marrow stem cells were estimated from the kinetics of cell damage in a hypotonic solution measured using in vitro colony assays for multipotential (CFU-GEMM) and committed (BFU-E, CFU-GM) progenitor cells. Cells exposed to a hypotonic solution swell as a result of water influx, and the rate of change of volume is proportional to the hydraulic conductivity of the plasma membrane. Cell damage occurs when the cell volume exceeds the maximum tolerable volume, so the hydraulic conductivity can be estimated from the kinetics of cell damage. For all the progenitor cells studied, the mean value of the hydraulic conductivity was 0.283 μm 3/μm 2/min/atm at 20 °C, with an Arrhenius activation energy of 6.41 kcal/mole. No significant differences were observed in the osmotic properties of the various progenitor cells. These data were used to predict the osmotic responses of human bone marrow stem cells at subzero temperatures during freezing.
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