Abstract:Objective To study the effects of different dosages and methods of Clodronate liposomes administration on the clearance of bone marrow macrophages.Methods Male BALB/c and females C57BL/6 mice were firstly used to establish an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) model, and were randomly divided into HSCT group, HSCT+ Clodronate liposome 100 μL group (ip), HSCT + Clodronate Liposome 100 μL group (iv), HSCT + Clodronate Liposome 150 μL group (iv), HSCT + Clodronate Liposome 200 μL (iv), HSCT + Clodronate Liposome 250 μLgroup (iv). Mice were injected with different dose of Clodronate Liposome day 1 post HSCT and then every 5 days until corresponding time point. The changes in the number of macrophages in bone marrow were detected by flow cytometry and Western blot. The changes in peripheral blood were determined by complete blood count, and the injuries in bone marrow cavity were observed by H&E staining.Results Compared with the HSCT group, the peripheral blood leukocyte counts of the other groups were significantly increased (P < 0.05); Compared with the intraperitoneal injection group, the intravenous injection group showed a significant enhancement on the clearance of bone marrow macrophages (P < 0.05); Flow cytometry results showed that the clearance effect on bone marrow macrophages became stronger as the dose of Clodronate liposome increased. Bone marrow pathology staining showed that the fat vacuoles in the bone marrow lumen increased more with the increase of dose of Clodronate liposome.Conclusion Compared with intraperitoneal injection, intravenous injection of Clodronate liposome showed a more significant bone marrow macrophage clearance effect, and the clearance effect of clodronate liposome on bone marrow macrophages increasing with a higher dosage in a certain dose range.