Alterations in multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells from the bone marrow of acute myeloid leukemia patients at diagnosis and during treatment.

We analyzed multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MMSCs) from the bone marrow (BM) of 33 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients at diagnosis, after the first course of chemotherapy (day 37), and at days 100 and 180 after diagnosis. All patients were treated according to the AML 01.10 protocol.

Alterations of the bone marrow stromal microenvironment in adult patients with acute myeloid and lymphoblastic leukemias before and after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Bone marrow (BM) derived adult multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MMSCs) and fibroblast colony-forming units (CFU-Fs) of 20 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and 15 patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) before and during 1 year after receiving allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) were studied. The growth characteristics of MMSCs of all patients before allo-HSCT were not altered; however, relative expression level (REL) of some genes in MMSCs, but not in CFU-Fs, from AML and ALL patients significantly changed. After allo-HSCT, CFU-F concentration and MMSC production were significantly decreased for 1 year; REL of several genes in MMSCs and CFU-F-derived colonies were also significantly downregulated.

The ability of multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells from the bone marrow of patients with leukemia to maintain normal hematopoietic progenitor cells.

Background: The development of leukemia impairs normal hematopoiesis and marrow stromal microenvironment. The aim of the investigation was to study the ability of multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) derived from the bone marrow of patients with leukemia to maintain normal hematopoietic progenitor cells.

Methods: MSCs were obtained from the bone marrow of 14 patients with acute lymphoblastic (ALL), 25 with myeloid (AML), and 15 with chronic myeloid (CML) leukemia.