Early dynamic fate changes in haemogenic endothelium characterized at the single-cell level

Autor: Swiers, G, Baumann, C, O'Rourke, J, Giannoulatou, E, Taylor, S, Joshi, A, Moignard, V, Pina, C, Bee, T, Kokkaliaris, K, Yoshimoto, M, Yoder, M, Frampton, J, Schroeder, T, Enver, T, Göttgens, B, De Bruijn, M
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Nature communications. 4
ISSN: 2041-1723
Popis: Haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are the founding cells of the adult haematopoietic system, born during ontogeny from a specialized subset of endothelium, the haemogenic endothelium (HE) via an endothelial-to-haematopoietic transition (EHT). Although recently imaged in real time, the underlying mechanism of EHT is still poorly understood. We have generated a Runx1 +23 enhancer-reporter transgenic mouse (23GFP) for the prospective isolation of HE throughout embryonic development. Here we perform functional analysis of over 1,800 and transcriptional analysis of 268 single 23GFP(+) HE cells to explore the onset of EHT at the single-cell level. We show that initiation of the haematopoietic programme occurs in cells still embedded in the endothelial layer, and is accompanied by a previously unrecognized early loss of endothelial potential before HSCs emerge. Our data therefore provide important insights on the timeline of early haematopoietic commitment.
Databáze: OpenAIRE