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  • 标题:Conditional requirement for the Flk-1 receptor in the in vitro generation of early hematopoietic cells
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  • 作者:Michihiro Hidaka ; William L. Stanford ; Alan Bernstein
  • 期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
  • 电子版ISSN:1091-6490
  • 出版年度:1999
  • 卷号:96
  • 期号:13
  • 页码:7370-7375
  • DOI:10.1073/pnas.96.13.7370
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • 摘要:Genetic studies in mice have previously demonstrated an intrinsic requirement for the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor Flk-1 in the early development of both the hematopoietic and endothelial cell lineages. In this study, embryonic stem (ES) cells homozygous for a targeted null mutation in flk-1 (flk-1 (-/-)) were examined for their hematopoietic potential in vitro during embryoid body (EB) formation or when cultured on the stromal cell line OP9. Surprisingly, in EB cultures flk-1 (-/-) ES cells were able to differentiate into all myeloid-erythroid lineages, albeit at half the frequency of heterozygous lines. In contrast, although flk-1 (-/-) ES cells formed mesodermal-like colonies on OP9 monolayers, they failed to generate hematopoietic clusters even in the presence of exogenous cytokines. However, flk-1 (-/-) OP9 cultures did contain myeloid precursors, albeit at greatly reduced percentages. This defect was rescued by first allowing flk-1 (-/-) ES cells to differentiate into EBs and then passaging these cells onto OP9 stroma. Thus, the requirement for Flk-1 in early hematopoietic development can be abrogated by alterations in the microenvironment. This finding is consistent with a role for Flk-1 in regulating the migration of early mesodermally derived precursors into a microenvironment that is permissive for hematopoiesis.
  • 关键词:embryonic stem cells ; embryoid body ; endothelial cell ; OP9 cells ; hemangioblast
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