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The endothelial antigen ESAM marks primitive hematopoietic progenitors throughout life in mice
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Yokota, Takafumi Oritani, Kenji Butz, Stefan Kokame, Koichi Kincade, Paul W. Miyata, Toshiyuki Vestweber, Dietmar Kanakura, Yuzuru |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Description | Although recent advances have enabled hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to be enriched to near purity, more information about their characteristics will improve our understanding of their development and stage-related functions. Here, using microarray technology, we identified endothelial cell-selective adhesion molecule (ESAM) as a novel marker for murine HSCs in fetal liver. Esam was expressed at high levels within a Rag1− c-kitHi Sca1+ HSC-enriched fraction, but sharply down-regulated with activation of the Rag1 locus, a valid marker for the most primitive lymphoid progenitors in E14.5 liver. The HSC-enriched fraction could be subdivided into 2 on the basis of ESAM levels. Among endothelial antigens on hematopoietic progenitors, ESAM expression showed intimate correlation with HSC activity. The ESAMHi population was highly enriched for multipotent myeloid-erythroid progenitors and primitive progenitors with lymphopoietic activity, and exclusively reconstituted long-term lymphohematopoiesis in lethally irradiated recipients. Tie2+ c-kit+ lymphohematopoietic cells in the E9.5–10.5 aorta-gonad-mesonephros region also expressed high levels of ESAM. Furthermore, ESAM was detected on primitive hematopoietic progenitors in adult bone marrow. Interestingly, ESAM expression in the HSC-enriched fraction was up-regulated in aged mice. We conclude that ESAM marks HSC in murine fetal liver and will facilitate studies of hematopoiesis throughout life. |
| Related Links | http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/113/13/2914.full.pdf |
| Ending Page | 2923 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| Starting Page | 2914 |
| DOI | 10.1182/blood-2008-07-167106 |
| Journal | Blood |
| Issue Number | 13 |
| Volume Number | 113 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Society of Hematology |
| Publisher Date | 2009-03-26 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Research and Experimental Medicine Antigen Bone Marrow Esam Enriched Primitive Functions Adult Hematopoietic Progenitors Journal: Blood (Vol- 123, Issue- 13) |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |