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HIF1α is a regulator of hematopoietic progenitor and stem cell development in hypoxic sites of the mouse embryo.

TitleHIF1α is a regulator of hematopoietic progenitor and stem cell development in hypoxic sites of the mouse embryo.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2014
AuthorsImanirad P, Kartalaei PSolaimani, Crisan M, Vink C, Yamada-Inagawa T, de Pater E, Kurek D, Kaimakis P, van der Linden R, Speck N, Dzierzak E
JournalStem Cell Res
Volume12
Issue1
Pagination24-35
Date Published2014 Jan
ISSN1876-7753
KeywordsAnimals, Aorta, Cadherins, Cell Hypoxia, Cell Separation, Embryo, Mammalian, Endothelial Cells, Female, Fetus, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, Liver, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Placenta, Pregnancy, Transplantation, Homologous
Abstract

Hypoxia affects many physiologic processes during early stages of mammalian ontogeny, particularly placental and vascular development. In the adult, the hypoxic bone marrow microenvironment plays a role in regulating hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) function. HSCs are generated from the major vasculature of the embryo, but whether the hypoxic response affects the generation of these HSCs is as yet unknown. Here we examined whether Hypoxia Inducible Factor1-alpha (HIF1α), a key modulator of the response to hypoxia, is essential for HSC development. We found hypoxic cells in embryonic tissues that generate and expand hematopoietic cells (aorta, placenta and fetal liver), and specifically aortic endothelial and hematopoietic cluster cells. A Cre/loxP conditional knockout (cKO) approach was taken to delete HIF1α in Vascular Endothelial-Cadherin expressing endothelial cells, the precursors to definitive hematopoietic cells. Functional assays show that HSC and hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) are significantly reduced in cKO aorta and placenta. Moreover, decreases in phenotypic aortic hematopoietic cluster cells in cKO embryos indicate that HIF1α is necessary for generation and/or expansion of HPCs and HSCs. cKO adult BM HSCs are also affected under transplantation conditions. Thus, HIF1α is a regulator of HSC generation and function beginning at the earliest embryonic stages.

DOI10.1016/j.scr.2013.09.006
Alternate JournalStem Cell Res
PubMed ID24141110
PubMed Central IDPMC3964602
Grant ListR01 CA058343 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL091724 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R037DK54077 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
R37 DK054077 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
R01 DK054077 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
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