The effect of lithium on murine hematopoiesis in a liquid culture system

The New England Journal of Medicine
L J Levitt, P J Quesenberry

Abstract

Lithium carbonate has been shown to increase granulocyte production. We studied the effect of lithium on murine hematopoiesis in a liquid culture system providing for the prolonged growth of stem cells and their progeny. After one week of incubation, lithium, at a supernatant concentration of 1 mmol per liter, increased murine pluripotent stem cells (CFU-S, or colony-forming units in spleen) to 232 per cent of control values (P less than 0.001), granulocyte-monocyte progenitor cells (CFU-C, or colony-forming units in culture) to 218 per cent of control values (P less than 0.0001), granulocytes to 125 per cent of control values (P less than 0.01), and megakaryocytes to 246 per cent of control values (P less than 0.001). These increases were associated with transient elevations in colony-stimulatory activity. Prolonged exposure to lithium (three to 12 weeks) was associated with a dose-dependent progressive depletion of stem cells and their progeny. Lithium enhancement of granulopoiesis may be explained by primary stimulation of the pluripotent stem cell. Prolonged proliferative stress induced by lithium when the stem-cell reserve is limited may be associated with diminished replicative potential of the stem cells and rapid deplet...Continue Reading

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