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Goyal S, Kim S, Chen ISY, Chou T. Mechanisms of blood homeostasis: lineage tracking and a neutral model of cell populations in rhesus macaques. BMC Biol 2015; 13:85. [PMID: 26486451 PMCID: PMC4615871 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-015-0191-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 09/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background How a potentially diverse population of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) differentiates and proliferates to supply more than 1011 mature blood cells every day in humans remains a key biological question. We investigated this process by quantitatively analyzing the clonal structure of peripheral blood that is generated by a population of transplanted lentivirus-marked HSCs in myeloablated rhesus macaques. Each transplanted HSC generates a clonal lineage of cells in the peripheral blood that is then detected and quantified through deep sequencing of the viral vector integration sites (VIS) common within each lineage. This approach allowed us to observe, over a period of 4-12 years, hundreds of distinct clonal lineages. Results While the distinct clone sizes varied by three orders of magnitude, we found that collectively, they form a steady-state clone size-distribution with a distinctive shape. Steady-state solutions of our model show that the predicted clone size-distribution is sensitive to only two combinations of parameters. By fitting the measured clone size-distributions to our mechanistic model, we estimate both the effective HSC differentiation rate and the number of active HSCs. Conclusions Our concise mathematical model shows how slow HSC differentiation followed by fast progenitor growth can be responsible for the observed broad clone size-distribution. Although all cells are assumed to be statistically identical, analogous to a neutral theory for the different clone lineages, our mathematical approach captures the intrinsic variability in the times to HSC differentiation after transplantation. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12915-015-0191-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Sidhartha Goyal
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, St George Campus, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA.,UCLA AIDS Institute and Department of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
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- Departments of Biomathematics and Mathematics, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA.
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Li P, Zhang L. Exogenous Nkx2.5- or GATA-4-transfected rabbit bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and myocardial cell co-culture on the treatment of myocardial infarction in rabbits. Mol Med Rep 2015; 12:2607-21. [PMID: 25975979 PMCID: PMC4464300 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2015.3775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2014] [Accepted: 02/23/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The present study aimed to investigate the effects of Nkx2.5 or GATA-4 transfection with myocardial extracellular environment co-culture on the transformation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) into differentiated cardiomyocytes. Nkx2.5 or GATA-4 were transfected into myocardial extracellular environment co-cultured BMSCs, and then injected into the periphery of infarcted myocardium of a myocardial infarction rabbit model. The effects of these gene transfections and culture on the infarcted myocardium were observed and the results may provide an experimental basis for the efficient myocardial cell differentiation of BMSCs. The present study also suggested that these cells may provide a source and clinical basis for myocardial injury repair via stem cell transplantation. The present study examined whether Nkx2.5 or GATA-4 exogenous gene transfection with myocardial cell extracellular environment co-culture were able to induce the differentiation of BMSCs into cardiac cells. In addition, the effect of these transfected BMSCs on the repair of the myocardium following myocardial infarction was determined using New Zealand rabbit models. The results demonstrated that myocardial cell differentiation was significantly less effective following exogenous gene transfection of Nkx2.5 or GATA-4 alone compared with that of transfection in combination with extracellular environment co-culture. In addition, the results of the present study showed that exogenous gene transfection of Nkx2.5 or GATA-4 into myocardial cell extracellular environment co-cultured BMSCs was able to significantly enhance the ability to repair, mitigating the death of myocardial cells and activation of the myocardium in rabbits with myocardial infarction compared with those of the rabbits transplanted with untreated BMSCs. In conclusion, the exogenous Nkx2.5 and GATA-4 gene transfection into myocardial extracellular environment co-cultured BMSCs induced increased differentiation into myocardial cells compared with that of gene transfection alone. Furthermore, significantly enhanced reparative effects were observed in the myocardium of rabbits following treatment with Nkx2.5- or GATA-4-transfected myocardial cell extracellular environment co-cultured BMSCs compared with those treated with untreated BMSCs.
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- Pu Li
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei, Shijiazhuang 050017, P.R. China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Hebei Medical University, Hebei, Shijiazhuang 050017, P.R. China
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Park SJ, Umemoto T, Saito-Adachi M, Shiratsuchi Y, Yamato M, Nakai K. Computational promoter modeling identifies the modes of transcriptional regulation in hematopoietic stem cells. PLoS One 2014; 9:e93853. [PMID: 24710559 PMCID: PMC3977923 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Accepted: 03/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Extrinsic and intrinsic regulators are responsible for the tight control of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), which differentiate into all blood cell lineages. To understand the fundamental basis of HSC biology, we focused on differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in long-term and short-term HSCs, which are closely related in terms of cell development but substantially differ in their stem cell capacity. To analyze the transcriptional regulation of the DEGs identified in the novel transcriptome profiles obtained by our RNA-seq analysis, we developed a computational method to model the linear relationship between gene expression and the features of putative regulatory elements. The transcriptional regulation modes characterized here suggest the importance of transcription factors (TFs) that are expressed at steady state or at low levels. Remarkably, we found that 24 differentially expressed TFs targeting 21 putative TF-binding sites contributed significantly to transcriptional regulation. These TFs tended to be modulated by other nondifferentially expressed TFs, suggesting that HSCs can achieve flexible and rapid responses via the control of nondifferentially expressed TFs through a highly complex regulatory network. Our novel transcriptome profiles and new method are powerful tools for studying the mechanistic basis of cell fate decisions.
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- Sung-Joon Park
- Human Genome Center, the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Human Genome Center, the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Human Genome Center, the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Raghavachari N, Liu P, Barb JJ, Yang Y, Wang R, Nguyen QT, Munson PJ. Integrated analysis of miRNA and mRNA during differentiation of human CD34+ cells delineates the regulatory roles of microRNA in hematopoiesis. Exp Hematol 2013; 42:14-27.e1-2. [PMID: 24139908 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2013.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2013] [Revised: 09/19/2013] [Accepted: 10/05/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In the process of human hematopoiesis, precise regulation of the expression of lineage-specific gene products is critical for multiple cell-fate decisions that govern cell differentiation, proliferation, and self-renewal. Given the important role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in development and differentiation, we examined the global expression of miRNA in CD34(+) cells during lineage specific hematopoiesis and found 49 miRNAs to be differentially expressed, with functional roles in cellular growth and proliferation, and apoptosis. miR-18a was upregulated during erythropoiesis and downregulated during megakaryopoiesis. miR-145 was upregulated during granulopoiesis and down regulated during erythropoiesis. Megakaryopoitic differentiation resulted in significant alteration in the expression of many miRNAs that are believed to play critical roles in the regulation of B and T cell differentiation. Target prediction analyses on three different miRNA databases indicated that TargetScan outperformed microCosm and miRDB in identifying potential miRNA targets associated with hematopoietic differentiation process. An integrated analysis of the observed miRNAs and messenger RNAs (mRNAs) resulted in 87 highly correlated miRNA-mRNA pairs that have major functional roles in cellular growth and proliferation, hematopoietic system development, and Wnt/B-catenin and Flt 3 signaling pathways. We believe that this study will enhance our understanding on the regulatory roles of miRNA in hematopoiesis by providing a library of mRNA-miRNA networks.
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- Nalini Raghavachari
- Genomics Core Facility, Genetics and Development Biology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA; Geriatrics and Clinical Geronotology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Mathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory, Center for Information Technology, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Genomics Core Facility, Genetics and Development Biology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Genomics Core Facility, Genetics and Development Biology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Genomics Core Facility, Genetics and Development Biology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Mathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory, Center for Information Technology, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Mathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory, Center for Information Technology, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Zaghloul NA, Yan B, Moody SA. Step-wise specification of retinal stem cells during normal embryogenesis. Biol Cell 2012; 97:321-37. [PMID: 15836431 DOI: 10.1042/bc20040521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The specification of embryonic cells to produce the retina begins at early embryonic stages as a multi-step process that gradually restricts fate potentials. First, a subset of embryonic cells becomes competent to form retina by their lack of expression of endo-mesoderm-specifying genes. From these cells, a more restricted subset is biased to form retina by virtue of their close proximity to sources of bone morphogenetic protein antagonists during neural induction. During gastrulation, the definitive RSCs (retinal stem cells) are specified as the eye field by interactions with underlying mesoderm and the expression of a network of retina-specifying genes. As the eye field is transformed into the optic vesicle and optic cup, a heterogeneous population of RPCs (retinal progenitor cells) forms to give rise to the different domains of the retina: the optic stalk, retinal pigmented epithelium and neural retina. Further diversity of RPCs appears to occur under the influences of cell-cell interactions, cytokines and combinations of regulatory genes, leading to the differentiation of a multitude of different retinal cell types. This review examines what is known about each sequential step in retinal specification during normal vertebrate development, and how that knowledge will be important to understand how RSCs might be manipulated for regenerative therapies to treat retinal diseases.
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- Norann A Zaghloul
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The George Washington University, 2300 Eye Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA
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Chaudhry P, Yang X, Wagner M, Jong A, Wu L. Retinoid-regulated FGF8f secretion by osteoblasts bypasses retinoid stimuli to mediate granulocytic differentiation of myeloid leukemia cells. Mol Cancer Ther 2011; 11:267-76. [PMID: 22135230 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-11-0584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Signaling from the human hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) niche formed by osteoblastic cells regulates hematopoiesis. We previously found that retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARα), a transcription factor activated by retinoic acid (RA), mediates both granulocytic and osteoblastic differentiation. This effect depends on decreased phosphorylation of serine 77 of RARα (RARαS77) by the cyclin-dependent kinase-activating kinase (CAK) complex, a key cell-cycle regulator. In this article, we report that, by suppressing CAK phosphorylation of RARα, RA induces FGF8f to mediate osteosarcoma U2OS cell differentiation in an autocrine manner. By contrast, paracrine FGF8f secreted into osteoblast-conditioned medium by U2OS cells transduced with FGF8f or a phosphorylation-defective RARαS77 mutant, RARαS77A, bypasses RA stimuli to cross-mediate granulocytic differentiation of different types of human leukemic myeloblasts and normal primitive hematopoietic CD34(+) cells, possibly through modulating mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways. Further experiments using recombinant human FGF8f (rFGF8f) stimuli, antibody neutralization, and peptide blocking showed that paracrine FGF8f is required for mediating terminal leukemic myeloblast differentiation. These studies indicate a novel regulatory mechanism of granulocytic differentiation instigated by RA from the HSC niche, which links loss of CAK phosphorylation of RARα with paracrine FGF8f-mediated MAPK signaling to mediate leukemic myeloblast differentiation in the absence of RA. Therefore, these findings provide a compelling molecular rationale for further investigation of paracrine FGF8f regulation, with the intent of devising HSC niche-based FGF8f therapeutics for myeloid leukemia, with or without RA-resistance.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Differentiation/drug effects
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Proliferation/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Culture Media, Conditioned/pharmacology
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinases/metabolism
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 8/genetics
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 8/metabolism
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 8/pharmacology
- Granulocytes/drug effects
- Granulocytes/metabolism
- Granulocytes/pathology
- HL-60 Cells
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/drug effects
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/metabolism
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myeloid/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid/metabolism
- Leukemia, Myeloid/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred NOD
- Mice, Nude
- Mice, SCID
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Mutation
- Osteoblasts/drug effects
- Osteoblasts/metabolism
- Phosphorylation/drug effects
- Protein Isoforms/genetics
- Protein Isoforms/metabolism
- Receptors, Retinoic Acid/genetics
- Receptors, Retinoic Acid/metabolism
- Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha
- Retinoids/pharmacology
- Stem Cell Niche/drug effects
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase-Activating Kinase
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- Parvesh Chaudhry
- Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles Saban Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Suzuki N, Furusawa C, Kaneko K. Oscillatory protein expression dynamics endows stem cells with robust differentiation potential. PLoS One 2011; 6:e27232. [PMID: 22073296 PMCID: PMC3207845 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2011] [Accepted: 10/12/2011] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The lack of understanding of stem cell differentiation and proliferation is a fundamental problem in developmental biology. Although gene regulatory networks (GRNs) for stem cell differentiation have been partially identified, the nature of differentiation dynamics and their regulation leading to robust development remain unclear. Herein, using a dynamical system modeling cell approach, we performed simulations of the developmental process using all possible GRNs with a few genes, and screened GRNs that could generate cell type diversity through cell-cell interactions. We found that model stem cells that both proliferated and differentiated always exhibited oscillatory expression dynamics, and the differentiation frequency of such stem cells was regulated, resulting in a robust number distribution. Moreover, we uncovered the common regulatory motifs for stem cell differentiation, in which a combination of regulatory motifs that generated oscillatory expression dynamics and stabilized distinct cellular states played an essential role. These findings may explain the recently observed heterogeneity and dynamic equilibrium in cellular states of stem cells, and can be used to predict regulatory networks responsible for differentiation in stem cell systems.
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- Narito Suzuki
- Department of Basic Science and Research Center for Complex Systems Biology, University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bioinformatic Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Laboratory for Multiscale Biosystem Dynamics, Quantitative Biology Center, RIKEN, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science and Research Center for Complex Systems Biology, University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Kaneko K. Characterization of stem cells and cancer cells on the basis of gene expression profile stability, plasticity, and robustness: dynamical systems theory of gene expressions under cell-cell interaction explains mutational robustness of differentiated cells and suggests how cancer cells emerge. Bioessays 2011; 33:403-13. [PMID: 21538414 DOI: 10.1002/bies.201000153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Here I present and discuss a model that, among other things, appears able to describe the dynamics of cancer cell origin from the perspective of stable and unstable gene expression profiles. In identifying such aberrant gene expression profiles as lying outside the normal stable states attracted through development and normal cell differentiation, the hypothesis explains why cancer cells accumulate mutations, to which they are not robust, and why these mutations create a new stable state far from the normal gene expression profile space. Such cells are in strong contrast with normal cell types that appeared as an attractor state in the gene expression dynamical system under cell-cell interaction and achieved robustness to noise through evolution, which in turn also conferred robustness to mutation. In complex gene regulation networks, other aberrant cellular states lacking such high robustness are expected to remain, which would correspond to cancer cells.
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- Kunihiko Kaneko
- Department of Basic Science and Research Center for Complex Systems Biology, University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.
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Hoang T. Of mice and men: how an oncogene transgresses the limits and predisposes to T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Sci Transl Med 2010; 2:21ps10. [PMID: 20374994 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3000885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The gene encoding LIM-only 2 (LMO2), an oncogenic transcription factor, is frequently activated in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), but how LMO2 transforms primary hematopoietic cells to induce T-ALL remains an open question. McCormack et al. now show that, in mice, Lmo2 confers self-renewal potential on normally nonrenewing thymocyte progenitor cells, and this property is maintained over four serial transplantations when the cells are transplanted into irradiated mice that lack thymocytes. These leukemia-initiating cells are resistant to irradiation, indicating the need to develop new therapeutic drugs that specifically target the oncogene itself.
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- Trang Hoang
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Departments of Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada.
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Sadvakassova G, Dobocan MC, Difalco MR, Congote LF. Regulator of differentiation 1 (ROD1) binds to the amphipathic C-terminal peptide of thrombospondin-4 and is involved in its mitogenic activity. J Cell Physiol 2009; 220:672-9. [DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Darling EM, Guilak F. A neural network model for cell classification based on single-cell biomechanical properties. Tissue Eng Part A 2009; 14:1507-15. [PMID: 18620486 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2008.0180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The potential success of tissue engineering or other cell-based therapies is dependent on factors such as the purity and homogeneity of the source cell populations. The ability to enrich cell harvests for specific phenotypes can have significant effects on the overall success of such therapies. While most techniques for cell sorting or enrichment have relied on cell surface markers, recent studies have shown that single-cell mechanical properties can serve as identifying markers of phenotype. In this study, a neural network modeling approach was developed to classify mesenchymal-derived primary and stem cells based on their biomechanical properties. Cell sorting was simulated using previously published data characterizing the mechanical properties of several different cell types as measured by atomic force microscopy. Neural networks were trained using combined data sets, with the resultant groupings analyzed for their purity, efficiency, and enrichment. Heterogeneous populations of zonal chondrocytes, chondrosarcoma cells, and mesenchymal-lineage cells, respectively, could all be classified into enriched subpopulations. Additionally, adult stem cells (adipose-derived or bone marrow-derived) separated disproportionately into nodes associated with the three primary mesenchymal lineages examined. These findings suggest that mathematical approaches such as neural network modeling, in combination with novel measures of cell properties, may provide a means of classifying and eventually sorting mixed populations of cells that are otherwise difficult to identify using more established techniques. In this respect, the identification of biomechanically based cell properties that increase the percentage of stem cells capable of differentiating into predictable lineages may improve the overall success of cell-based therapies.
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- Eric M Darling
- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Richards J, McNally B, Fang X, Caligiuri MA, Zheng P, Liu Y. Tumor growth decreases NK and B cells as well as common lymphoid progenitor. PLoS One 2008; 3:e3180. [PMID: 18784839 PMCID: PMC2527520 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2008] [Accepted: 08/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND It is well established that chronic tumor growth results in functional inactivation of T cells and NK cells. It is less clear, however, whether lymphopoeisis is affected by tumor growth. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In our efforts of analyzing the impact of tumor growth on NK cell development, we observed a major reduction of NK cell numbers in mice bearing multiple lineages of tumor cells. The decrease in NK cell numbers was not due to increased apoptosis or decreased proliferation in the NK compartment. In addition, transgenic expression of IL-15 also failed to rescue the defective production of NK cells. Our systematic characterization of lymphopoeisis in tumor-bearing mice indicated that the number of the common lymphoid progenitor was significantly reduced in tumor-bearing mice. The number of B cells also decreased substantially in tumor bearing mice. CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE Our data reveal a novel mechanism for tumor evasion of host immunity and suggest a new interpretation for the altered myeloid and lymphoid ratio in tumor bearing hosts.
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- John Richards
- Division of Cancer Immunology, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University Medical Center and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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- Division of Cancer Immunology, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University Medical Center and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Division of Immunotherapy, Departments of Surgery, Internal Medicine, Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Division of Immunotherapy, Departments of Surgery, Internal Medicine, Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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- Division of Immunotherapy, Departments of Surgery, Internal Medicine, Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- * E-mail: (PZ); (YL)
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- Division of Immunotherapy, Departments of Surgery, Internal Medicine, Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- * E-mail: (PZ); (YL)
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May T, Eccleston L, Herrmann S, Hauser H, Goncalves J, Wirth D. Bimodal and hysteretic expression in mammalian cells from a synthetic gene circuit. PLoS One 2008; 3:e2372. [PMID: 18523635 PMCID: PMC2394661 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2008] [Accepted: 04/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In order to establish cells and organisms with predictable properties, synthetic biology makes use of controllable, synthetic genetic devices. These devices are used to replace or to interfere with natural pathways. Alternatively, they may be interlinked with endogenous pathways to create artificial networks of higher complexity. While these approaches have been already successful in prokaryotes and lower eukaryotes, the implementation of such synthetic cassettes in mammalian systems and even animals is still a major obstacle. This is mainly due to the lack of methods that reliably and efficiently transduce synthetic modules without compromising their regulation properties. To pave the way for implementation of synthetic regulation modules in mammalian systems we utilized lentiviral transduction of synthetic modules. A synthetic positive feedback loop, based on the Tetracycline regulation system was implemented in a lentiviral vector system and stably integrated in mammalian cells. This gene regulation circuit yields a bimodal expression response. Based on experimental data a mathematical model based on stochasticity was developed which matched and described the experimental findings. Modelling predicted a hysteretic expression response which was verified experimentally. Thereby supporting the idea that the system is driven by stochasticity. The results presented here highlight that the combination of three independent tools/methodologies facilitate the reliable installation of synthetic gene circuits with predictable expression characteristics in mammalian cells and organisms.
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- Tobias May
- Department of Gene Regulation and Differentiation, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Gene Regulation and Differentiation, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Gene Regulation and Differentiation, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Gene Regulation and Differentiation, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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Rieger MA, Schroeder T. Exploring hematopoiesis at single cell resolution. Cells Tissues Organs 2008; 188:139-49. [PMID: 18230950 DOI: 10.1159/000114540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Hematopoietic stem cell research has made tremendous progress over the last decades, and blood has become one of the best understood mammalian stem cell systems. The easy accessibility of hematopoietic cells, which are not tightly embedded in tissue, has supported this fast development. However, the hematopoietic system also exhibits disadvantages over other stem cell systems: the identity of individual cells is quickly lost when followed in cell culture and developmental stages cannot easily be distinguished by morphology. Therefore, difficulties to constantly analyze the fate of single cells are one reason for many open questions in hematopoiesis. So far, most findings are based on endpoint analyses of populations, consisting of heterogeneous cells in different stages of development or cell cycle. However, endpoint analyses merely reflect the result of a progressive sequence of fate decisions, whereas individual decisions, which would elucidate stem cell behavior, are not investigated. Thorough observation of the fate of individual cells and their progeny over many generations will add to a comprehensive understanding of the regulation of stem cell behavior. Here, we review current attempts of single cell analyses in hematopoiesis research and outline how time-lapse imaging and single cell tracking can contribute to approaching long-standing questions in hematopoiesis.
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- Michael A Rieger
- Institute of Stem Cell Research, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg/Munich, Germany
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Ley K. The Microcirculation in Inflammation. Microcirculation 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-374530-9.00011-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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Kankuri E, Babusikova O, Hlubinova K, Salmenperä P, Boccaccio C, Lubitz W, Harjula A, Bizik J. Fibroblast nemosis arrests growth and induces differentiation of human leukemia cells. Int J Cancer 2007; 122:1243-52. [DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Loose M, Swiers G, Patient R. Transcriptional networks regulating hematopoietic cell fate decisions. Curr Opin Hematol 2007; 14:307-14. [PMID: 17534154 DOI: 10.1097/moh.0b013e3281900eee] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW We provide a summary of the temporal cascade of transcriptional networks giving rise to the hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) and controlling differentiation of the erythroid lineage from it. We focus on the mechanisms by which cell fate decisions are made and comment on recent developments and additions to the networks. RECENT FINDINGS A role for an SCL/LMO2 complex in HSC emergence, as well as in subsequent erythroid differentiation, has received support. Connections between the transcriptional networks and signaling molecules are being made but more work is needed in this area. Evidence that transcriptional cross-antagonistic switches underlie the choice between lineage pathways is increasing, and we highlight how the dynamics of earlier lineage decisions can influence later ones. Mathematical models are being built and reveal a surprising degree of power in these simple motifs to explain lineage choices. SUMMARY New links in the transcriptional networks underlying cell-fate decisions are constantly emerging, and their incorporation into the evolving networks will make mathematical modeling more precise in its predictions of cell behavior, which can be tested experimentally.
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- Matt Loose
- Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
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Martinez-Morales JR, Henrich T, Ramialison M, Wittbrodt J, Martinez-Morales JR. New genes in the evolution of the neural crest differentiation program. Genome Biol 2007; 8:R36. [PMID: 17352807 PMCID: PMC1868935 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-3-r36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2006] [Revised: 01/04/2007] [Accepted: 03/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The phylogenetic classification of genes that are ontologically associated with neural crest development reveals that neural crest evolution is associated with the emergence of new signalling peptides. Background Development of the vertebrate head depends on the multipotency and migratory behavior of neural crest derivatives. This cell population is considered a vertebrate innovation and, accordingly, chordate ancestors lacked neural crest counterparts. The identification of neural crest specification genes expressed in the neural plate of basal chordates, in addition to the discovery of pigmented migratory cells in ascidians, has challenged this hypothesis. These new findings revive the debate on what is new and what is ancient in the genetic program that controls neural crest formation. Results To determine the origin of neural crest genes, we analyzed Phenotype Ontology annotations to select genes that control the development of this tissue. Using a sequential blast pipeline, we phylogenetically classified these genes, as well as those associated with other tissues, in order to define tissue-specific profiles of gene emergence. Of neural crest genes, 9% are vertebrate innovations. Our comparative analyses show that, among different tissues, the neural crest exhibits a particularly high rate of gene emergence during vertebrate evolution. A remarkable proportion of the new neural crest genes encode soluble ligands that control neural crest precursor specification into each cell lineage, including pigmented, neural, glial, and skeletal derivatives. Conclusion We propose that the evolution of the neural crest is linked not only to the recruitment of ancestral regulatory genes but also to the emergence of signaling peptides that control the increasingly complex lineage diversification of this plastic cell population.
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- Developmental Biology Unit, EMBL, Meyerhofstraße, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Developmental Biology Unit, EMBL, Meyerhofstraße, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Pick M, Azzola L, Mossman A, Stanley EG, Elefanty AG. Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells in serum-free medium reveals distinct roles for bone morphogenetic protein 4, vascular endothelial growth factor, stem cell factor, and fibroblast growth factor 2 in hematopoiesis. Stem Cells 2007; 25:2206-14. [PMID: 17556598 DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2006-0713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We have utilized a serum- and stromal cell-free "spin embryoid body (EB)" differentiation system to investigate the roles of four growth factors, bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), stem cell factor (SCF), and basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF2), singly and in combination, on the generation of hematopoietic cells from human embryonic stem cells (HESCs). Of the four factors, only BMP4 induced expression of genes that signaled the emergence of the primitive streak-like population required for the subsequent development of hematopoietic mesoderm. In addition, BMP4 initiated the expression of genes marking hematopoietic mesoderm and supported the generation of hematopoietic progenitor cells at a low frequency. However, the appearance of robust numbers of hematopoietic colony forming cells and their mature progeny required the inclusion of VEGF. Finally, the combination of BMP4, VEGF, SCF, and FGF2 further enhanced the total yield of hematopoietic cells. These data demonstrate the utility of the serum-free spin EB system in dissecting the roles of specific growth factors required for the directed differentiation of HESCs toward the hematopoietic lineage.
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- Marjorie Pick
- Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Liu Y, Du L, Osato M, Teo EH, Qian F, Jin H, Zhen F, Xu J, Guo L, Huang H, Chen J, Geisler R, Jiang YJ, Peng J, Wen Z. The zebrafish udu gene encodes a novel nuclear factor and is essential for primitive erythroid cell development. Blood 2007; 110:99-106. [PMID: 17369489 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-11-059204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hematopoiesis is a complex process which gives rise to all blood lineages in the course of an organism's lifespan. However, the underlying molecular mechanism governing this process is not fully understood. Here we report the isolation and detailed study of a newly identified zebrafish ugly duckling (Udu) mutant allele, Udu(sq1). We show that loss-of-function mutation in the udu gene disrupts primitive erythroid cell proliferation and differentiation in a cell-autonomous manner, resulting in red blood cell (RBC) hypoplasia. Positional cloning reveals that the Udu gene encodes a novel factor that contains 2 paired amphipathic alpha-helix-like (PAH-L) repeats and a putative SANT-L (SW13, ADA2, N-Cor, and TFIIIB-like) domain. We further show that the Udu protein is predominantly localized in the nucleus and deletion of the putative SANT-L domain abolishes its function. Our study indicates that the Udu protein is very likely to function as a transcription modulator essential for the proliferation and differentiation of erythroid lineage.
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- Yanmei Liu
- Laboratory of Molecular & Developmental Immunology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Proteos, Singapore
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Ferjoux G, Augé B, Boyer K, Haenlin M, Waltzer L. A GATA/RUNX cis-regulatory module couples Drosophila blood cell commitment and differentiation into crystal cells. Dev Biol 2007; 305:726-34. [PMID: 17418114 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2007] [Revised: 02/12/2007] [Accepted: 03/07/2007] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Members of the RUNX and GATA transcription factor families play critical roles during hematopoiesis from Drosophila to mammals. In Drosophila, the formation of the crystal cell hematopoietic lineage depends on the continuous expression of the lineage-specific RUNX factor Lozenge (Lz) and on its interaction with the GATA factor Serpent (Srp). Crystal cells are the main source of prophenoloxidases (proPOs), the enzymes required for melanization. By analyzing the promoter regions of several insect proPOs, we identify a conserved GATA/RUNX cis-regulatory module that ensures the crystal cell-specific expression of the three Drosophila melanogaster proPO. We demonstrate that activation of this module requires the direct binding of both Srp and Lz. Interestingly, a similar GATA/RUNX signature is over-represented in crystal cell differentiation markers, allowing us to identify new Srp/Lz target genes by genome-wide screening of Drosophila promoter regions. Finally, we show that the expression of lz in the crystal cells also relies on Srp/Lz-mediated activation via a similar module, indicating that crystal cell fate choice maintenance and activation of the differentiation program are coupled. Based on our observations, we propose that this GATA/RUNX cis-regulatory module may be reiteratively used during hematopoietic development through evolution.
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- Géraldine Ferjoux
- Centre de Biologie du Développement, UMR 5547, CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France
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Yamada Y, Sakurada K, Takeda Y, Gojo S, Umezawa A. Single-cell-derived mesenchymal stem cells overexpressing Csx/Nkx2.5 and GATA4 undergo the stochastic cardiomyogenic fate and behave like transient amplifying cells. Exp Cell Res 2006; 313:698-706. [PMID: 17208226 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2006.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2006] [Revised: 10/31/2006] [Accepted: 11/15/2006] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Bone marrow-derived stromal cells can give rise to cardiomyocytes as well as adipocytes, osteocytes, and chondrocytes in vitro. The existence of mesenchymal stem cells has been proposed, but it remains unclear if a single-cell-derived stem cell stochastically commits toward a cardiac lineage. By single-cell marking, we performed a follow-up study of individual cells during the differentiation of 9-15c mesenchymal stromal cells derived from bone marrow cells. Three types of cells, i.e., cardiac myoblasts, cardiac progenitors and multipotent stem cells were differentiated from a single cell, implying that cardiomyocytes are generated stochastically from a single-cell-derived stem cell. We also demonstrated that overexpression of Csx/Nkx2.5 and GATA4, precardiac mesodermal transcription factors, enhanced cardiomyogenic differentiation of 9-15c cells, and the frequency of cardiomyogenic differentiation was increased by co-culturing with fetal cardiomyocytes. Single-cell-derived mesenchymal stem cells overexpressing Csx/Nkx2.5 and GATA4 behaved like cardiac transient amplifying cells, and still retained their plasticity in vivo.
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- Yoji Yamada
- BioFrontier Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. Ltd., 3-6-6 Asahi-machi, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-8533, Japan
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A fundamental problem in cancer research is identification of the cells within a tumor that sustain the growth of the neoplastic clone. The concept that only a subpopulation of rare cancer stem cells (CSCs) is responsible for maintenance of the neoplasm emerged nearly 50 years ago; however, conclusive proof for the existence of a CSC was obtained only relatively recently. The evidence for the existence of CSCs was first derived from the study of human acute myeloid leukemia (AML), largely because of the availability of quantitative stem cell assays for the leukemic stem cell (LSC). These studies showed that only rare cells within the leukemic clone had the capacity to initiate AML growth after transplant into NOD/SCID mice, establishing the hierarchical organization of AML. Recent clonal-tracking studies showed that the LSC compartment is composed of different classes of LSCs, which can be distinguished on the basis of self-renewal potential. These findings have important implications for our understanding of the leukemogenic process as well as the design of more effective therapies to eliminate AML based on eradication of the LSCs. These studies are briefly reviewed here.
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- John E Dick
- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, University Health Network, Suite 7-700, 620 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C1.
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Krueger C, Danke C, Pfleiderer K, Schuh W, Jäck HM, Lochner S, Gmeiner P, Hillen W, Berens C. A gene regulation system with four distinct expression levels. J Gene Med 2006; 8:1037-47. [PMID: 16779863 DOI: 10.1002/jgm.932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The amount of a particular protein, and not just its presence or absence, frequently determines the outcome of a developmental process or disease progression. These dosage effects can be studied by conditionally expressing such proteins at different levels. With typical gene regulation systems like the Tet-On system, intermediate expression levels can be obtained by varying the effector concentration. However, this strategy is limited to situations in which these concentrations can be precisely controlled and, thus, not suited for animal models or gene therapy approaches. Here, we present a Tet transregulator setup that allows establishment of four levels of promoter activity largely independent of effector concentration. METHODS A newly introduced transsilencer is combined with a reverse transactivator. As the regulators respond differentially to tetracycline derivatives, four expression levels are obtained by adding different effectors. To facilitate integration of the components, we generated versatile all-in-one vectors. Apart from a cassette expressing the transregulators and a selection marker, these vectors encode a bidirectional, regulated promoter driving expression of GFP and the gene of interest. The features of this stepwise regulation system were analyzed by transient and stable transfections of human cell lines. RESULTS We demonstrate in a variety of experimental settings that coexpression of these transregulators leads to robust stepwise regulation. Depending on the respective effectors, four expression levels are achieved with different responsive promoters, cell lines and target genes. CONCLUSIONS This system shows that a promoter can be adjusted to different activities and provides an excellent strategy to investigate protein dosage effects.
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- Christel Krueger
- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Staudtstr. 5, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Dimberg A, Kårehed K, Nilsson K, Oberg F. Inhibition of Monocytic Differentiation by Phosphorylation-deficient Stat1 is Associated with Impaired Expression of Stat2, ICSBP/IRF8 and C/EBPɛ. Scand J Immunol 2006; 64:271-9. [PMID: 16918696 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2006.01827.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Monocytic differentiation is coordinated through the ordered activation of multiple signalling pathways, controlling transcription of specific subsets of genes that regulate the development of the mature phenotype. To identify key transcription factors involved in this process, we used the human monoblastic U-937 cell line as a model of monocytic differentiation. U-937 cells can be differentiated by treatment with all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and 1,25alpha-dihydroxycholecalciferol (VitD3), resulting in G(0)/G(1)-arrested cells expressing monocytic surface markers. We have previously shown that ATRA-induced differentiation and cell cycle arrest specifically requires Stat1 activation, through phosphorylation of tyrosine 701 and serine 727. In this report, we used U-937 cells expressing phosphorylation-deficient mutants of Stat1 (Stat1Y701F and Stat1S727A) to determine myeloid-specific transcription factors that are activated downstream of Stat1 during induced monocytic differentiation. We demonstrate that ATRA-induced upregulation of Stat2, ICSBP/IRF8 and C/EBPepsilon, key transcription factors linked to myelomonocytic differentiation, is selectively impaired in cells expressing mutant Stat1. In contrast, ATRA-induced expression of PU.1, C/EBPalpha, C/EBPbeta and IRF-1 was unaffected. Taken together, our data suggest that ATRA-induced regulation of Stat2, ICSBP and C/EBPepsilon is dependent on active Stat1, and that a failure to correctly regulate these transcription factors is associated with the inhibition of monocytic differentiation.
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- A Dimberg
- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, S-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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Omidvar N, Pearn L, Burnett AK, Darley RL. Ral is both necessary and sufficient for the inhibition of myeloid differentiation mediated by Ras. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:3966-75. [PMID: 16648489 PMCID: PMC1489015 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.26.10.3966-3975.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hyperactivation of Ras is one of the most common abnormalities in acute myeloid leukemia. In experimental models, Ras inhibits myeloid differentiation, which is characteristic of leukemia; however, the mechanism through which it disrupts hematopoiesis is poorly understood. In multipotent FDCP-mix cells, Ras inhibits terminal neutrophil differentiation, thereby indefinitely extending their proliferative potential. Ras also strongly promotes the sensitivity of these cells to granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). Using this model, we have dissected the signaling elements downstream of Ras to determine their relative contribution to the dysregulation of hematopoiesis. Cells expressing Ras mutants selectively activating Raf (Ras*T35S) or phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (Ras*Y40C) did not significantly affect differentiation or proliferative capacity, whereas Ras*E37G (which selectively activates RalGEFs) perpetuated proliferation and blocked neutrophil development in a manner similar to that of Ras. Correspondingly, expression of constitutively active versions of these effectors confirmed the overriding importance of Ral guanine nucleotide exchange factors. Cells expressing Ras demonstrated hyperactivation of Ral, which itself was able to exactly mimic the phenotype of Ras, including hypersensitivity to GM-CSF. Conversely, dominant negative Ral promoted spontaneous neutrophil development. Ral, in turn, appears to influence differentiation through multiple effectors. These data show, for the first time, the importance of Ral in regulating differentiation and self-renewal in hematopoietic cells.
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- Nader Omidvar
- Department of Haematology, School of Medicine, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
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May T, Hauser H, Wirth D. Current status of transcriptional regulation systems. Cytotechnology 2006; 50:109-19. [PMID: 19003074 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-006-9007-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/31/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Many attempts have been undertaken to control transgene activity in mammalian cells. This is of importance for both applied biotechnology and basic research activities. State of the art regulatory systems use elements for transgene regulation which are unrelated to host regulatory networks and thus do not interfere with endogenous activities. Most of these regulation systems consist of transregulators and transregulator responding promoter elements that are derived from non mammalian origin. Apart from the tetracycline (Tet) regulated system which is most widely used for conditional gene expression at the moment, a number of new systems were created. These systems have been significantly refined and their performance makes them suitable for regulating transgenes not only in cellular systems but also in transgenic animals and for human therapeutic use.
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- Tobias May
- Department of Gene Regulation and Differentiation, GBF-German Research Center for Biotechnology, Mascheroder Weg 1, Braunschweig, D-38124, Germany
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Cai Y, Wu P, Ozen M, Yu Y, Wang J, Ittmann M, Liu M. Gene expression profiling and analysis of signaling pathways involved in priming and differentiation of human neural stem cells. Neuroscience 2006; 138:133-48. [PMID: 16414199 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.11.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2005] [Revised: 11/08/2005] [Accepted: 11/08/2005] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Human neural stem cells have the ability to differentiate into all three major cell types in the CNS including neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. The multipotency of human neural stem cells shed a light on the possibility of using stem cells as a therapeutic tool for various neurological disorders including neurodegenerative diseases and neurotrauma that involve a loss of functional neurons. We have discovered previously a priming procedure to direct primarily cultured human neural stem cells to differentiate into almost pure neurons when grafted into adult CNS. However, the molecular mechanism underlying this phenomenon is still unknown. To unravel transcriptional changes of human neural stem cells upon priming, cDNA microarray was used to study temporal changes in human neural stem cell gene expression profile during priming and differentiation. As a result, transcriptional levels of 520 annotated genes were detected changed in at least at two time points during the priming process. In addition, transcription levels of more than 3000 hypothetical protein encoding genes and EST genes were modulated during the priming and differentiation processes of human neural stem cells. We further analyzed the named genes and grouped them into 14 functional categories. Of particular interest, key cell signal transduction pathways, including the G-protein-mediated signaling pathways (heterotrimeric and small monomeric GTPase pathways), the Wnt signaling pathway and the TGF-beta pathway, are modulated by the neural stem cell priming, suggesting important roles of these key signaling pathways in priming and differentiation of human neural stem cells.
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- Y Cai
- Alkek Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Missal K, Cross MA, Drasdo D. Gene network inference from incomplete expression data: transcriptional control of hematopoietic commitment. Bioinformatics 2005; 22:731-8. [PMID: 16332705 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bti820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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MOTIVATION The topology and function of gene regulation networks are commonly inferred from time series of gene expression levels in cell populations. This strategy is usually invalid if the gene expression in different cells of the population is not synchronous. A promising, though technically more demanding alternative is therefore to measure the gene expression levels in single cells individually. The inference of a gene regulation network requires knowledge of the gene expression levels at successive time points, at least before and after a network transition. However, owing to experimental limitations a complete determination of the precursor state is not possible. RESULTS We investigate a strategy for the inference of gene regulatory networks from incomplete expression data based on dynamic Bayesian networks. This permits prediction of the number of experiments necessary for network inference depending on parameters including noise in the data, prior knowledge and limited attainability of initial states. Our strategy combines a gradual 'Partial Learning' approach based solely on true experimental observations for the network topology with expectation maximization for the network parameters. We illustrate our strategy by extensive computer simulations in a high-dimensional parameter space in a simulated single-cell-based example of hematopoietic stem cell commitment and in random networks of different sizes. We find that the feasibility of network inferences increases significantly with the experimental ability to force the system into different initial network states, with prior knowledge and with noise reduction. AVAILABILITY Source code is available under: www.izbi.uni-leipzig.de/services/NetwPartLearn.html SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary Data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Kristin Missal
- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Leipzig Härtelstrasse 16-18, D-04107 Leipzig, Germany
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The substantial understanding that has been gained over the past 5 decades of the biology of blood formation is largely due to the development of functional quantitative assays for cells at all stages of differentiation, from multipotential stem cells to mature cells. The majority of studies have involved the mouse because the ease with which repopulation studies can be carried out with this animal model allows the assay of complete lineage development from stem cells. In the past decade, advances in repopulation assays for human stem cells using xenotransplantation have greatly enhanced our understanding of human stem cell biology. Importantly, the xenotransplantation methodology has also been used to identify the cancer stem cell that initiates and sustains leukemic proliferation, providing key evidence for the cancer stem cell hypothesis. This hypothesis argues that cancer cells are functionally heterogeneous and hierarchically organized such that only specific cells are capable of sustaining tumor growth and continuously producing the cells that make up the bulk of the tumor. Recent studies have also brought into focus the importance of the intimate relationship between the stem cell (normal or leukemic) and its microenvironment. Coming into view are the molecular players involved in stem cell homing, migration, and adhesion, as well as the cellular components of the microenvironmental niche. Here we review recent studies that have begun, to elucidate the interplay between normal and leukemic human stem cells and their microenvironment.
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- John E Dick
- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Colman-Lerner A, Gordon A, Serra E, Chin T, Resnekov O, Endy D, Pesce CG, Brent R. Regulated cell-to-cell variation in a cell-fate decision system. Nature 2005; 437:699-706. [PMID: 16170311 DOI: 10.1038/nature03998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 311] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2005] [Accepted: 07/05/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Here we studied the quantitative behaviour and cell-to-cell variability of a prototypical eukaryotic cell-fate decision system, the mating pheromone response pathway in yeast. We dissected and measured sources of variation in system output, analysing thousands of individual, genetically identical cells. Only a small proportion of total cell-to-cell variation is caused by random fluctuations in gene transcription and translation during the response ('expression noise'). Instead, variation is dominated by differences in the capacity of individual cells to transmit signals through the pathway ('pathway capacity') and to express proteins from genes ('expression capacity'). Cells with high expression capacity express proteins at a higher rate and increase in volume more rapidly. Our results identify two mechanisms that regulate cell-to-cell variation in pathway capacity. First, the MAP kinase Fus3 suppresses variation at high pheromone levels, while the MAP kinase Kss1 enhances variation at low pheromone levels. Second, pathway capacity and expression capacity are negatively correlated, suggesting a compensatory mechanism that allows cells to respond more precisely to pheromone in the presence of a large variation in expression capacity.
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Kaern M, Elston TC, Blake WJ, Collins JJ. Stochasticity in gene expression: from theories to phenotypes. Nat Rev Genet 2005; 6:451-64. [PMID: 15883588 DOI: 10.1038/nrg1615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1512] [Impact Index Per Article: 79.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Genetically identical cells exposed to the same environmental conditions can show significant variation in molecular content and marked differences in phenotypic characteristics. This variability is linked to stochasticity in gene expression, which is generally viewed as having detrimental effects on cellular function with potential implications for disease. However, stochasticity in gene expression can also be advantageous. It can provide the flexibility needed by cells to adapt to fluctuating environments or respond to sudden stresses, and a mechanism by which population heterogeneity can be established during cellular differentiation and development.
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- Mads Kaern
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H8M5, Canada.
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Kolch W, Calder M, Gilbert D. When kinases meet mathematics: the systems biology of MAPK signalling. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:1891-5. [PMID: 15763569 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2004] [Revised: 12/20/2004] [Accepted: 02/01/2005] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The mitogen activated protein kinase/extracellular signal regulated kinase pathway regulates fundamental cellular function such as cell proliferation, survival, differentiation and motility, raising the question how these diverse functions are specified and coordinated. They are encoded through the activation kinetics of the pathway, a multitude of feedback loops, scaffold proteins, subcellular compartmentalisation, and crosstalk with other pathways. These regulatory motifs alone or in combination can generate a multitude of complex behaviour. Systems biology tries to decode this complexity through mathematical modelling and prediction in order to gain a deeper insight into the inner works of signalling networks.
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- Walter Kolch
- Sir Henry Wellcome Functional Genomics Facility, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
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