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MegaCultâ„¢-C Medium with Lipids

Medium with lipids, without cytokines, for human and mouse CFU-Mk assays

MegaCultâ„¢-C Medium with Lipids

Medium with lipids, without cytokines, for human and mouse CFU-Mk assays

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Medium with lipids, without cytokines, for human and mouse CFU-Mk assays
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Overview

MegaCultâ„¢-C Medium with Lipids is intended for the culture of CFU-Mk in human bone marrow, mobilized peripheral blood, and cord blood samples after addition of appropriate cytokines. It is recommended for use with CD34+-enriched cells, mononuclear cells, and cells isolated by other purification methods. It can also be used for CFU-MK assays of megakaryocyte progenitor cells in unseparated or purified cell suspensions of mouse bone marrow after addition of appropriate cytokines.
Subtype
Semi-Solid Media, Specialized Media
Cell Type
Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells
Species
Human, Mouse
Application
Cell Culture, Colony Assay, Functional Assay
Brand
MegaCult
Area of Interest
Drug Discovery and Toxicity Testing, Stem Cell Biology
Formulation Category
Serum-Free

Protocols and Documentation

Find supporting information and directions for use in the Product Information Sheet or explore additional protocols below.

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Applications

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Resources and Publications

Educational Materials (3)

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is the MegaCult™-C formulation serum free?

MegaCult™-C is formulated without FBS to avoid inhibition of CFU-Mk growth by TGF beta and Platelet Factor-4, which are often present in the serum.

Why use semi-solid media?

Semi-solid media (such as methylcellulose-based or collagen-based) allow the clonal progeny of a single progenitor cell to stay together so you can recognize distinct colonies.

Publications (7)

An immunophenotype-coupled transcriptomic atlas of human hematopoietic progenitors X. Zhang et al. Nature Immunology 2024 Mar

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Analysis of the human hematopoietic progenitor compartment is being transformed by single-cell multimodal approaches. Cellular indexing of transcriptomes and epitopes by sequencing (CITE-seq) enables coupled surface protein and transcriptome profiling, thereby revealing genomic programs underlying progenitor states. To perform CITE-seq systematically on primary human bone marrow cells, we used titrations with 266 CITE-seq antibodies (antibody-derived tags) and machine learning to optimize a panel of 132 antibodies. Multimodal analysis resolved >80 stem, progenitor, immune, stromal and transitional cells defined by distinctive surface markers and transcriptomes. This dataset enables flow cytometry solutions for in silico-predicted cell states and identifies dozens of cell surface markers consistently detected across donors spanning race and sex. Finally, aligning annotations from this atlas, we nominate normal marrow equivalents for acute myeloid leukemia stem cell populations that differ in clinical response. This atlas serves as an advanced digital resource for hematopoietic progenitor analyses in human health and disease. In this Resource article, the authors integrate genomic, bioinformatic and flow cytometric data from human bone marrow to provide an atlas of hematopoietic progenitor cell states in health and disease.
Aged marrow macrophages expand platelet-biased hematopoietic stem cells via Interleukin1B. B. J. Frisch et al. JCI insight 2019 apr

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The bone marrow microenvironment (BMME) contributes to the regulation of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) function, though its role in age-associated lineage skewing is poorly understood. Here we show that dysfunction of aged marrow macrophages (Mphis) directs HSC platelet-bias. Mphis from the marrow of aged mice and humans exhibited an activated phenotype, with increased expression of inflammatory signals. Aged marrow Mphis also displayed decreased phagocytic function. Senescent neutrophils, typically cleared by marrow Mphis, were markedly increased in aged mice, consistent with functional defects in Mphi phagocytosis and efferocytosis. In aged mice, Interleukin 1B (IL1B) was elevated in the bone marrow and caspase 1 activity, which can process pro-IL1B, was increased in marrow Mphis and neutrophils. Mechanistically, IL1B signaling was necessary and sufficient to induce a platelet bias in HSCs. In young mice, depletion of phagocytic cell populations or loss of the efferocytic receptor Axl expanded platelet-biased HSCs. Our data support a model wherein increased inflammatory signals and decreased phagocytic function of aged marrow Mphis induce the acquisition of platelet bias in aged HSCs. This work highlights the instructive role of Mphis and IL1B in the age-associated lineage-skewing of HSCs, and reveals the therapeutic potential of their manipulation as antigeronic targets.
Comparison of four serum-free, cytokine-free media for analysis of endogenous erythroid colony growth in polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia. Dobo I et al. The hematology journal : the official journal of the European Haematology Association / EHA 2001 JAN

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INTRODUCTION: The assay of endogenous erythroid colony formation (EEC), a characteristic of polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia, is not standardized. In this multicentric study, we tested four semisolid, serum-free, cytokine-free media based on either methylcellulose (M1, M2) or collagen (C1, C2) commercialized for the EEC assay. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMC) from 73 individuals (62 patients with either polycythemia vera (26), essential thrombocythemia (19), secondary polyglobuly (17) or chronic myeloid leukemia (2) and 11 healthy donors) were grown in parallel in the four media without, or with 0.01 U/ml erythropoietin (EPo). RESULTS: In all four media EEC formation was specific, as it was not observed in cultures of patients with secondary polyglobuly or chronic myeloid leukemia, nor of healthy donors. Analysis of fresh or MGG-stained collagen gel cultures allowed detection of EEC formation significantly more frequently than methylcellulose-based media; addition of 0.01 U/ml of EPo had little or no effect on EEC formation. Collagen-based medium C1 gave better results than the other media tested: the 'C1' EEC assay was positive for 68.2% of polycythemia vera cultures with significantly higher median EEC numbers (6.5/10(5) BMMC for patients with one major criteria of polycythemia vera and 19 and 21/10(5) BMMC for patients with two or three major criteria, respectively). Medium C1 was also better for essential thrombocythemia cultures with 47.4% of positive results but with a low median EEC number (6.7/10(5) BMMC). When associated with the ELISA dosage of serum EPo, the 'C1' EEC assay allowed confirmation or elimination of the diagnosis of polycythemia vera for 91% (20/22) of polyglobulic patients. CONCLUSION: We propose that serum-free collagen-based culture systems be considered to standardize the EEC assay, now part of the new criteria of polycythemia vera.