Table 5.

Colony Formation From Clone-Sorted Linec-Kit+Sca-1+ and Linc-Kit+Sca-1 Cells in Serum-Free Culture

PhenotypeFactorsNo. of Cells SortedNo. of Colonies
Linc-Kit+Sca-1 Leptin 183 
 SCF 180 
 Leptin + SCF 182 16 
Linc-Kit+Sca-1+ Leptin 184 
 SCF 87 
 Leptin + SCF 92 
PhenotypeFactorsNo. of Cells SortedNo. of Colonies
Linc-Kit+Sca-1 Leptin 183 
 SCF 180 
 Leptin + SCF 182 16 
Linc-Kit+Sca-1+ Leptin 184 
 SCF 87 
 Leptin + SCF 92 

Linc-Kit+Sca-1+ and Linc-Kit+Sca-1 cells were sorted singly into 96-well flat-bottomed plates. The clone-sorted cells were cultured in each well containing serum-free culture medium supplemented with 1,000 ng/mL of leptin and/or 100 ng/mL of SCF for 7 days.