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  • Title: Direct evidence for the commitment of hematopoietic stem cells to T, B and myeloid lineages in murine fetal liver.
    Author: Kawamoto H, Ohmura K, Katsura Y.
    Journal: Int Immunol; 1997 Jul; 9(7):1011-9. PubMed ID: 9237110.
    Abstract:
    We established an experimental system in vitro to examine the developmental capacity of individual hematopoietic progenitors to generate T, B and myeloid (M) cells. By using this system we analyzed the process of lineage commitment of hematopoietic progenitors in murine fetal liver (FL). It is known that small numbers of B and M cells, in addition to T cells, are generated in a co-culture of hematopoietic progenitors and a deoxyguanosine-treated fetal thymus (FT) lobe. We tried to enhance the growth of B and M cells by the addition of IL-7, IL-3 and stem cell factor into the co-culture. This cytokine-supplemented FT organ culture was used to examine the developmental capacity of individual hematopoietic progenitors in FL. Single cells of lineage marker (Lin)-c-kit+Sca-1+ (Sca-1+) and Lin-c-kit+Sca-1-(Sca-1-) populations from the FL harvested at day 12 of gestation were cultured for 10 days, and the phenotypes of cells generated in each lobe were analyzed with a flow cytometer. All progenitors in the Sca-1- population were shown to be committed to generate only T, B or M cells. On the other hand, multipotent progenitors, which are capable of generating T, B and M cells, as well as unipotent progenitors committed to the T, B or M lineage were found in the Sca-1+ population. Bipotent progenitors generating M and T cells and those generating M and B cells were also found in the Sca-1+ population, which probably represent progenitors in the process of commitment. However, no bipotent progenitors generating T and B cells were detected.
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