Effect of hepatocyte growth factor on long term hematopoiesis of human progenitor cells in transgenic-severe combined immunodeficiency mice |
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Authors: | Sugiura Kikuya Taketani Shigeru Yoshimura Tomoo Nishino Tomoyoshi Nishino Naoki Fujisawa Jun-ichi Hisha Hiroko Inaba Toshio Ikehara Susumu |
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Institution: | Department of Advanced Pathobiology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan. sugiura@vet.osakafu-u.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), which was originally isolated as a liver generating factor, enhances hematopoiesis. To study the effect of HGF on hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs), we generated severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice producing human (h) HGF and/or stem cell factor (SCF) by transferring the relevant genes to fertilized eggs, and then transplanted hematopoietic progenitors from human cord blood into the transgenic (Tg) SCID mice. Six months after transplantation, a significantly larger number of human cells were found in the Tg SCID mice than in non-Tg controls. Characteristically, the recipient SCID mice producing h HGF (HGF-SCID) had a significantly increased number of h CD41+ cells, whereas the SCF-SCID recipients had more CD11b+ cells. Significantly large numbers of CD34+ progenitors were found in the SCID mice transferred with both h HGF and h SCF genes (HGF/SCF-SCID) when compared with HGF-SCID or SCF-SCID mice. These results imply that HGF supports the differentiation of progenitors in megakaryocyte lineage, whereas SCF supports that in myeloid lineage. The results also imply that HGF acts on HSCs/HPCs as a synergistic proliferative factor combined with SCF. We have demonstrated the advantage of the human cytokine-producing animal in the maintenance of human HSCs. |
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Keywords: | Hepatocyte growth factor Hematopoiesis Transgenic mouse Severe combined immunodeficiency mouse |
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