| First Author | Epperly M | Year | 2013 |
| Journal | In Vivo | Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 | Pages | 419-30 |
| PubMed ID | 23812211 | Mgi Jnum | J:333583 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:6882126 | Citation | Epperly M, et al. (2013) Increased longevity of hematopoiesis in continuous marrow cultures and radiation resistance of marrow stromal and hematopoietic progenitor cells from caspase-1 homozygous recombinant-negative (knockout) mice. In Vivo 27(4):419-30 |
| abstractText | AIM: We determined whether absence of caspase-1 altered the stress response of hematopoietic and bone marrow stromal cells in vitro. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Long-term bone marrow cultures from caspase-1 -/- and control caspase-1 +/+ mice were established and the derived bone marrow stromal and interleukin-3 (Il-3)-dependent hematopoietic progenitor cell lines were evaluated for radiosensitivity. RESULTS: Long-term bone marrow cultures from caspase-1 -/- mice generated hematopoietic cells for over 30 weeks in vitro, significantly longer than controls did (p=0.0018). Bone marrow stromal (mesenchymal stem cell) and Il-3-dependent hematopoietic progenitor cell lines from caspase-1-/- marrow cultures compared to caspase-1 +/+ were radioresistant (p=0.0486 and p=0.0235 respectively). Total-body irradiated caspase-1 -/- mice were not significantly radioresistant compared to controls (p=0.6542). CONCLUSION: Caspase-1 deletion increases hematopoiesis and radioresistance of bone marrow cells in vitro. |
