Engraftment following T-cell-depleted bone marrow transplantation. II. Stability of mixed chimerism in semiallogeneic recipients after total-body irradiation

Transplantation. 1987 Oct;44(4):495-9. doi: 10.1097/00007890-198710000-00007.

Abstract

Chronic, stable mixed chimerism of both lymphocytes and erythrocytes was observed in semiallogeneic murine recipients of T-cell-depleted bone marrow transplants that had been conditioned with supralethal total-body irradiation (1100 cGy). Mixed chimerism was extensive, with a wide range of donor engraftment persisting for at least one year after transplant. In both erythrocyte and lymphocyte lineages, decreasing donor engraftment correlated with decreasing marrow dose; however, complete red cell engraftment was more easily achieved than complete lymphocyte engraftment. There were no late graft failures, even among animals exhibiting a substantial host component of hematopoiesis. The extent of mixed hematopoietic chimerism therefore appears to be much greater than had been expected in recipients of T-cell-depleted bone marrow transplants.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation*
  • Erythrocytes
  • Graft Enhancement, Immunologic
  • Graft Survival
  • Hematopoiesis
  • Lymphocyte Depletion*
  • Lymphocytes
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Radiation Chimera*