腸クリプトホメオスタシスは,対称的に分裂するLgr5幹細胞の間の中立的な競争の結果である
Hugo J Snippert1, Laurens G van der Flier, Toshiro Sato
1Hubrecht Institute, KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Cell
|October 5, 2010
まとめ
腸内幹細胞 (Lgr5-high) は,毎日分裂し,生涯持続する. 細胞のダイナミクスは中性ドリフトに従っており,分裂はストキャスティック的に幹またはトランジット増幅の運命を採用します.
科学分野:
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
- 胃腸内科 胃腸内科
- 幹細胞生物学 幹細胞生物学
背景:
- 腸の幹細胞 (Lgr5-high) は,小腸の上皮質を維持するために不可欠です.
- これらの幹細胞は,クリプトの底部に存在し,毎日分裂し,組織ホメオスタシスを確保します.
研究 の 目的:
- 個々のLgr5-高い腸内幹細胞の長期的な運命と分裂ダイナミクスを調査する.
- 幹細胞の回転を制御する細胞メカニズムとクリプトクローンダイナミクスを解明する.
主な方法:
- 個々の幹細胞の運命をマッピングするために多彩のCre-reporterシステムを利用しました.
- Lgr5-高い細胞から短期および長期のクローン追跡データを収集しました.
- 幹細胞分裂パターンと集団動態の定量分析を行った.
主要な成果:
- Lgr5の高い幹細胞は生涯にわたって持続しますが,クリプトは1〜6ヶ月間にわたってクローン漂移を示します.
- ほとんどの幹細胞の分裂は対称であり,2つの幹細胞を生成します.
- 幹細胞の分裂は,固定された運命モデル (一つの幹,一つのトランジット増幅) を従わない.
- 細胞のダイナミクスは,ストキャスティックな運命の採用 (幹またはトランジット増幅) と一致しています.
結論:
- 腸内の幹細胞の周回は中性ドリフトダイナミクスで動作します.
- ストキャスティック運命決定は,幹細胞とトランジット増幅細胞のバランスを支配する.
- このモデルは,観察されたクローンダイナミクスと生涯にわたる幹細胞の持続性を説明します.
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