Medical Biotechnology Master’s Programmes
at the University of Pécs and at the University of Debrecen
Identification number: TÁMOP-4.1.2-08/1/A-2009-0011
HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS AND
TRANSDIFFERENTIATIO N
Dr. Péter Balogh and Dr. Péter Engelmann
Transdifferentiation and regenerative medicine – Lecture 6
Medical Biotechnology Master’s Programmes
at the University of Pécs and at the University of Debrecen
Identification number: TÁMOP-4.1.2-08/1/A-2009-0011
Issues of hemopoietic differentiation
• Development of hemopoietic system Embryonic
Postnatal
• Regenerating hemopoiesis
• Use of HSCs in non-hemopoietic regenerative
medicine
Ontogeny of embryonic hemopoietic tissues
Pro-definitive
Primitive Meso-definitive Meta-definitive Adult-definitive E10.5
E7.5 E8.25 E9.0
Hemangioblast Hemogenic Endothelium
Myeloid Lymphoid-Myeloid CFU-s Neonatal HSC
HSC Yolk sac
Allantois Chorion
Allantois
YS blood islands Placenta
AGM
Liver
Placenta
AGM
Liver Yolk sac
Embryo pSP
Umbilical artery
Vitelline artery
Umbilical artery
Vitelline artery
Evolution of hemopoietic tissues in rodents
Yolk sac
Onset of circulation
Pro
Primitive Meso Meta Adult
E7.5 E8.5 E9.5 E10.5 E11 E11.5 E12.5 E13.5 E14.5 E15 birth
Para-aortic
Splanchnopleura Allantois
Liver
Thymus
Spleen
Bone marrow AGM
Aortic clusters Placenta
Characteristics of murine
embryonic HSCs (AGM/YS/FL)
• Leukocyte surface markers: Ly-6A(Sca-1), c-kit+, CD34+, CD45+,
• Shared endothelial markers: CD31+, VE-cadherin+
• TF: Runx1+ SCL+ Gata-2+
Transcriptional induction of eHSCs
Intrinsic signals: TF
• Runx1: promotes fetal transition of hemogenic endothelium into hemopoietic cells
• GATA-2: sequential promotion of mesodermal specification, hemangioblast formation and
erythroid differentiation
Extrinsic regulation of eHSCs
Extrinsic signals: interactions with other germ layer elements
• Yolk sac (endoderm and mesoderm)
• The chorio-allantoic placenta (mesoderm and trophectoderm)
• AGM region (dorsal ectoderm, mesoderm and ventral endoderm)
– Ventralizing factors – promote hemopoiesis (VEGF, bFGF, TGFβ and BMP4)
– Dosalizing factors – antagonize hemopoiesis (EGF and
TGFα)
Hemopoietic differentiation models
Classic dichotomy model
Modified classic model
Myeloid-based model
Myeloid potential
M
Erythroid potential
E
Megakaryocyte potential
m
T-cell potential
T
B-cell potential
B (CMLP)
M E m
T B M
T B
E m
B M
T M
(CLP) (CMEP)
M E m T B
E m
B M
T M E m
T B (CLP) (CMEP)
B M M E m T B
M E m
T B M
E m
B M
T M
M M
M T
M
(CMLP) (CMEP)
M E m T B
Transcriptional regulation of early hemopoietic commitment
Hemangioblasts Hemogenic endothelium
Apoptosis
SCL AML-1 GATA-2 Lmo
PU.1/GATA-3/Ikaros PU.1/GATA-1
CMP
HSC
CLP Notch1
Ikaros HoxB4 GATA-2
Bcl-2 p21
Transcriptional regulation of myeloid differentiation
Monocyte
Neutrophil
Eosinophil
Erythrocyte
Megakaryocyte
GMP
CMP HSC
EMP PU.1 & GATA-1
PU.1
GATA-1/FOG
ICSBP, PU.1
C/EBP, GATA-1
GATA-1
GATA-1, 2 C/EBP
Transcriptional regulation of lymphoid differentiation
CLP
Pro-T
PU.1 IL-7R
GM-CSFR
Notch1
Pu.1, E2A
PU.1
Pax5?
EBF Pax5
Early pro-B Late pro-B
Pre-
pro-B D-JH V-D-JH
B cell Monocyte
HSC
HSC
HSC
HSC
HSC Endothel
Fibroblast
Osteoblast
G-CSF, GM-CSF TPO
TGF
Steady-state and activated haemopoiesis
EPO EPO
IL-1
TNF
Macrophage Bacterial
infection Inflammation
Anemia Hypoxia
HSC
HSC
HSC
HSC SCF, FLT-3I, TPO
Endothel
G-CSF, GM-CSF Fibroblast
Osteoblast
Blood vessel