通过细胞因子的指导作用来转化淋巴结合原始细胞的细胞酸盐转化
M Kondo1, D C Scherer, T Miyamoto
1Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305-5324, USA. motonari.kondo@stanford.edu
Nature
|October 3, 2000
概括
细胞因子可以指导细胞在血液发育中的命运决定. 洲际蛋白-2和GM-CSF将淋巴细胞原始体重定向到髓状细胞系,揭示了细胞因子在血液形成中的关键信号作用.
科学领域:
- 血液形成 血液形成
- 细胞和分子生物学 细胞和分子生物学
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
背景情况:
- 已知细胞因子调节血细胞生长和生存.
- 细胞因子在指导造血细胞谱系承诺中的指导作用仍然不太了解.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究细胞因子在指导造血细胞命运中的指导作用.
- 通过细胞因子刺激来确定常见的淋巴原始细胞是否可以被重定向到其他血统.
主要方法:
- 在常见的淋巴细胞原体上表达互白素-2 (IL-2) 和颗粒细胞/巨细胞殖民地刺激因子 (GM-CSF) 受体.
- 分析IL-2受体β链突变体,以识别不同的信号域.
- 评估内源性细胞因子受体表达在造血干细胞和祖细胞上的表达.
主要成果:
- 在用IL-2和GM-CSF刺激时,可以诱导常见的淋巴细胞原始体分化为髓状细胞系.
- 显著的IL-2受体细胞质域介导颗粒细胞和单细胞分化信号,表明可分离的途径.
- 内源的GM-CSF和M-CSF受体在IL-2-诱导的骨髓分化后,对原始体进行上调.
结论:
- 细胞因子信号传递在血液形成过程中积极调节细胞命运决策.
- 骨髓驱动型细胞因子受体的下调可能对淋巴细胞系承诺至关重要.
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