血细胞承诺是在小鼠胚胎的原始链条中启动的
Tara L Huber1, Valerie Kouskoff, H Joerg Fehling
1Department of Gene and Cell Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, New York 10029, USA.
Nature
|December 4, 2004
概括
研究人员在胃化小鼠胚胎中鉴定出胚胎衍生的血芽细胞,这是血液和血管细胞的共同祖先. 这些细胞对于早期发育至关重要,表达特定的基因,并起源于后原始链条.
科学领域:
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
- 干细胞生物学 干细胞生物学
- 血液学 血液学 血液学
背景情况:
- 血细胞被假设为血造细胞 (血液) 和血管 (血管) 细胞的共同祖先.
- 胚胎干细胞 (ES) 研究确定了具有双重潜力的爆发性殖民地形成细胞 (BL-CFC),支持了血管细胞概念.
研究的目的:
- 在早期小鼠胚胎中识别和描述类似血细胞的祖先.
- 为了确定这些祖先在胃流动期间的发育阶段和位置.
主要方法:
- 在支持BL-CFC生长的条件下培养胃化小鼠胚胎.
- 使用细胞混合和限制稀释分析来评估克隆性.
- 在使用光蛋白标记的祖先种群中分析基因表达 (brachyury/T和Flk-1/Kdr).
主要成果:
- 确定了胚胎衍生的祖先,形成具有造血和血管潜力的爆细胞殖民地.
- 证实了这些殖民地的克隆性,支持它们起源于血细胞.
- 检测到从胚胎衍生的血芽细胞从中条纹到神经板阶段,主要是在后原始条纹.
- 已证明血芽细胞作为一个中皮亚群共同表达brachyury和Flk-1.
结论:
- 造血和血管承诺的初始阶段发生在黄囊血岛形成之前的后原始条纹中.
- 胚胎衍生的血芽细胞代表着一个独特的祖先群体,在早期心血管和造血发育中起着重要的作用.
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