期刊
STEM CELL REPORTS
卷 8, 期 1, 页码 177-190出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2016.12.004
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资金
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the NIH [K08HL108998]
- ASH Junior Faculty Scholar Award
- University of Minnesota Children's Discovery Fund
- University of Minnesota Academic Health Center Seed Grant
- Minnesota Regenerative Medicine Grant
To discover small molecules that modulate hematopoietic cell homing after adoptive transfer, we created a transgenic zebrafish expressing firefly luciferase downstream of the ubiquitin promoter (ubi: luc) to serve as a hematopoietic donor. Bioluminescence imaging (BLI) was used to detect and follow ubi: luc hematopoietic cells that homed to the marrow as early as 1 day post-transplant. BLI was able to detect the biological effect of prostaglandin E2 on early homing/engraftment of donor hematopoietic cells. This system was utilized in a functional screen of small molecules to enhance homing/engraftment. We discovered a phytosterol, ergosterol, that could increase hematopoietic cell homing in zebrafish and mice. In addition, ergosterol increased CXCR4 expression and promoted expansion of Lin(-)SCA-1(+)KIT(+) cells in vitro. We have demonstrated the utility of in vivo BLI to non-invasively monitor donor hematopoietic cell activity in adult zebrafish as a functional screen for mediators of cellular homing.
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