Clonogenic mast cell progenitors and their excess numbers in chimeric BALB/c mice with inactivated GATA-1
- Author(s)
- Metcalf, D; Majewski, I; Mifsud, S; Di Rago, L; Alexander, WS;
- Details
- Publication Year 2007-11-20,Volume 104,Issue #47,Page 18642-18647
- Journal Title
- PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Publication Type
- Journal Article
- Abstract
- In agar cultures of marrow cells from adult female BALB/c chimeric GATA-1(Plt13/+) mice, a high frequency of unusual dispersed colonies was noted. Analysis showed that these were colonies of mast cells and that mast cell colony-forming cells (progenitors) could be detected in clonal cultures of adult marrow, neonatal marrow, or fetal liver if the combined stimulus of stem cell factor and interleukin-3 was used. Mast cell progenitors were in active cell cycle and showed an extensive capacity for self-generation. Mast cell colonies both from control GATA-1(+/+) mice and GATA-1(Plt13/+) mice could generate growth factor-dependent cloned cell lines that grew for > 18 months. Surprisingly, the majority of the excessive numbers of mast cell progenitors in chimeric GATA-1(Plt13/+) mice were transcribing the inactive Plt13 allele of GATA-1, suggesting that GATA-11 normally acts to restrict the emergence of committed mast cell progenitors. In sharp contrast, all eosinophil progenitors in these mice were transcribing the normal GATA-1 allele. No excess tissue mast cells were observed in GATA-(1Plt13/+) mice, suggesting that the excess mast cell progenitors in these mice might be generating mast cells with a defective in vivo proliferative or tissue homing capacity.
- Publisher
- NATL ACAD SCIENCES
- Keywords
- IN-VIVO; MOUSE; DIFFERENTIATION; THROMBOPOIETIN; MATURATION; MUTATION; LACKING; INVIVO; ADULT; ROLES
- Publisher's Version
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0709625104
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Creation Date: 2007-11-20 12:00:00