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Human Adipose Tissue Stem Cells Promote the Growth of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cells in NOD/SCID Mice

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In this study, the effect of adipose tissue stem cells (ASCs) on the growth of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells was examined in an in vivo model. We established ALL cell lines expressing firefly luciferase (ALL/fLuc) by lentiviral infection that were injected intraperitoneally to NOD/SCID mice. The luciferase activities were significantly higher in mice co-injected with 105 ALL/fLuc cells and ASCs than in those injected with ALL/fLuc cells alone. Co-injection of 105 ALL/fLuc cells and ASCs in differing ratios into mice gradually increased the bioluminescence intensity in all groups, and mice co-injected with 1 or 2 × 106 ASCs showed higher bioluminescence intensity than those receiving lower numbers. Interestingly, in the mice injected with 105 or 107 ALL/fLuc cells alone, the formation of tumor masses was not observed for at least five weeks. Moreover, co-injection of 107 ALL/fLuc cells and 5 × 105 ASCs into mice increased the bioluminescence intensity in all groups, and showed significantly higher bioluminescence intensity compared to mice co-injected with human normal fibroblast HS68 cells. Overall, ASCs promote the growth of ALL cells in vivo, suggesting that ASCs negatively influence hematologic malignancy, which should be considered in developing cell therapy using ASCs.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education [2017R1D1A1B03027984] and by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning [2013R1A2A2A01067331 and 2017R1A2B4008716], Republic of Korea.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea

    Myoung Woo Lee, Yoo Jin Park, Dae Seong Kim, Hyun Jin Park, Hye Lim Jung, Ji Won Lee, Ki Woong Sung, Hong Hoe Koo & Keon Hee Yoo

  2. Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea

    Myoung Woo Lee, Yoo Jin Park, Dae Seong Kim, Hyun Jin Park, Hong Hoe Koo & Keon Hee Yoo

  3. Department of Health Sciences and Technology, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea

    Hong Hoe Koo

  4. Department of Medical Device Management and Research, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea

    Keon Hee Yoo

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Lee, M.W., Park, Y.J., Kim, D.S. et al. Human Adipose Tissue Stem Cells Promote the Growth of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cells in NOD/SCID Mice. Stem Cell Rev and Rep 14, 451–460 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12015-018-9806-0

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