Fgd5 identifies hematopoietic stem cells in the murine bone marrow
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Date
2014
Author(s)
Gazit, Roi
Ben-Zvi, Ayal
Nombela-Arrieta, César
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The Rockefeller University Press
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Gazit, Roi, Pankaj K. Mandal, Wataru Ebina, Ayal Ben-Zvi, César Nombela-Arrieta, Leslie E. Silberstein, and Derrick J. Rossi. 2014. “Fgd5 identifies hematopoietic stem cells in the murine bone marrow.” The Journal of Experimental Medicine 211 (7): 1315-1331. doi:10.1084/jem.20130428. http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20130428.
Abstract
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are the best-characterized tissue-specific stem cells, yet experimental study of HSCs remains challenging, as they are exceedingly rare and methods to purify them are cumbersome. Moreover, genetic tools for specifically investigating HSC biology are lacking. To address this we sought to identify genes uniquely expressed in HSCs within the hematopoietic system and to develop a reporter strain that specifically labels them. Using microarray profiling we identified several genes with HSC-restricted expression. Generation of mice with targeted reporter knock-in/knock-out alleles of one such gene, Fgd5, revealed that though Fgd5 was required for embryonic development, it was not required for definitive hematopoiesis or HSC function. Fgd5 reporter expression near exclusively labeled cells that expressed markers consistent with HSCs. Bone marrow cells isolated based solely on Fgd5 reporter signal showed potent HSC activity that was comparable to stringently purified HSCs. The labeled fraction of the Fgd5 reporter mice contained all HSC activity, and HSC-specific labeling was retained after transplantation. Derivation of next generation mice bearing an Fgd5-CreERT2 allele allowed tamoxifen-inducible deletion of a conditional allele specifically in HSCs. In summary, reporter expression from the Fgd5 locus permits identification and purification of HSCs based on single-color fluorescence.
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