Murine hemogenic endothelial precursors display heterogeneous hematopoietic potential ex vivo.

ABSTRACT: Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) sustain life-long hematopoiesis and are first detected in the embryo by transplantation at embryonic day 10.5 (E10.5). HSPCs are mesodermal in origin and ultimately emerge from a subset of arterial endothelium (i.e., hemogenic endothelium [HE]), which is highly concentrated in the aorta-gonad-mesonephros region of the midgestation embryo. Here, we used clonal ex vivo assays, in which endothelial cells isolated from the midgestation aorta and vitelline and umbilical arteries are co-cultured on supportive stroma, to show that only about 0.1%, 1.3%, and 0.29% of E9.5, E10.5, and E11.5 endothelium are functional HE, respectively. We further show high phenotypic and functional variability in the hematopoietic potential of individual hemogenic endo

SUBMITTER: Ganuza M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5510025 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature