TY - JOUR
T1 - In vitro erythropoiesis from bone marrow-derived progenitors provides a physiological assay for toxic and mutagenic compounds
AU - Shuga, J.
AU - Zhang, J.
AU - Samson, L. D.
AU - Lodish, H. F.
AU - Griffiths, L. G.
PY - 2007/5/22
Y1 - 2007/5/22
N2 - The goal of this study was to create an in vitro cell culture system that captures essential features of the in vivo erythroid micronucleus (MN) genotoxicity assay, thus enabling increased throughput and controlled studies of the hematopoietic DNA damage response. We show that adult bone marrow (BM) cultures respond to erythropoietin, the principal hormone that stimulates erythropoiesis, with physiological erythropoietic proliferation, differentiation, and enucleation. We then show that this in vitro erythropoietic system clearly signals exposure to genotoxicants through erythroid MN formation. Furthermore, we determined that DNA repair-deficient (MGMT -/-) BM displayed sensitivity to genotoxic exposure in vivo compared with WT BM and that this phenotypic response was reflected in erythropoietic cultures. These findings suggest that this in vitro erythroid MN assay is capable of screening for genotoxicity on BM in a physiologically reflective manner. Finally, responses to genotoxicants during erythroid differentiation varied with exposure time, demonstrating that this system can be used to study the effect of DNA damage at specific developmental stages.
AB - The goal of this study was to create an in vitro cell culture system that captures essential features of the in vivo erythroid micronucleus (MN) genotoxicity assay, thus enabling increased throughput and controlled studies of the hematopoietic DNA damage response. We show that adult bone marrow (BM) cultures respond to erythropoietin, the principal hormone that stimulates erythropoiesis, with physiological erythropoietic proliferation, differentiation, and enucleation. We then show that this in vitro erythropoietic system clearly signals exposure to genotoxicants through erythroid MN formation. Furthermore, we determined that DNA repair-deficient (MGMT -/-) BM displayed sensitivity to genotoxic exposure in vivo compared with WT BM and that this phenotypic response was reflected in erythropoietic cultures. These findings suggest that this in vitro erythroid MN assay is capable of screening for genotoxicity on BM in a physiologically reflective manner. Finally, responses to genotoxicants during erythroid differentiation varied with exposure time, demonstrating that this system can be used to study the effect of DNA damage at specific developmental stages.
KW - DNA damage and repair
KW - Genotoxicity
KW - Hematopoiesis
KW - In vitro toxicity screens
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.0701829104
DO - 10.1073/pnas.0701829104
M3 - Article
C2 - 17502613
AN - SCOPUS:34547477270
VL - 104
SP - 8737
EP - 8742
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
SN - 0027-8424
IS - 21
ER -