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Journal of Leukocyte Biology, Vol 46, Issue 3 246-253, Copyright © 1989 by Society for Leukocyte Biology

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Rat bone marrow and monocyte cultures: influence of culture time and lymphokines on the expression of macrophage differentiation antigens

JG Damoiseaux, EA Dopp, RH Beelen and CD Dijkstra
Department of Cell Biology, Medical Faculty, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

A set of seven monoclonal antibodies (moabs) has been shown to discriminate in situ between distinct subpopulations of macrophages in the rat. It is still controversial if this heterogeneity is caused by the existence of different lineages or by differentiation of a common precursor. In both cases, the differentiation process might be regulated by microenvironmental factors. The present study examines the expression of the macrophage markers recognized by the seven ED-moabs in bone marrow and monocyte cultures. Furthermore, the impact of culture time and stimulating factors on the antigen expression in these cultures was tested. The expression of the ED3 antigen is highly inducible in bone marrow cultures. Factors that might be responsible for the increased ED3 expression are investigated. This strong ED3 expression by bone marrow-derived macrophages is nearly absent by monocyte-derived macrophages. This implies that the ability to express ED3 is blocked before the macrophage precursor cells enter the circulation to become monocytes. The ED2 expression cannot be induced under the tested circumstances bone marrow macrophages in vivo do not express these antigens. In culture, these macrophages stain positive for these markers already after the first day of culturing. The other three antigens are expressed on all macrophages under all tested circumstances.


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