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HCA, an immunoglobulin-like adhesion molecule present on the earliest human hematopoietic precursor cells, is also expressed by stromal cells in blood-forming tissues.
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Blood [Blood] 1999 Feb 01; Vol. 93 (3), pp. 826-37. - Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- We have previously shown that the HCA/ALCAM (CD166) glycoprotein, a member of the immunoglobulin family that mediates both homophilic and heterophilic cell-cell adhesion, via the CD6 ligand, is expressed at the surface of all of the most primitive CD38(-/lo), Thy-1(+), rho123(lo), CD34(+) hematopoietic cells in human fetal liver and fetal and adult bone marrow. In the present report we show that HCA is also expressed by subsets of stromal cells in the primary hematopoietic sites that sequentially develop in the human embryo and fetus, ie, the paraaortic mesoderm, liver, thymus, and bone marrow. Adult bone marrow stromal cells established in vitro, including those derived from Stro-1(+) progenitors and cells from immortalized cell lines, express HCA. In contrast, no HCA expression could be detected in peripheral lymphoid tissues, fetal spleen, and lymph nodes. HCA membrane molecules purified from marrow stromal cells interact with intact marrow stromal cells, CD34(+) CD38(-) hematopoietic precursors, and CD3(+) CD6(+) peripheral blood lymphocytes. Finally, low but significant levels of CD6 are here for the first time detected at the surface of CD34(+) rho123(med/lo) progenitors in the bone marrow and in mobilized blood from healthy individuals. Altogether, these results indicate that the HCA/ALCAM surface molecule is involved in homophilic or heterophilic (with CD6) adhesive interactions between early hematopoietic progenitors and associated stromal cells in primary blood-forming organs.
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- Adult
Antigens, CD biosynthesis
Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte biosynthesis
Antigens, Surface genetics
Bone Marrow embryology
Bone Marrow growth & development
Bone Marrow metabolism
Cell Adhesion
Fetal Proteins genetics
Hematopoiesis
Hematopoietic System embryology
Hematopoietic System growth & development
Humans
Liver embryology
Liver metabolism
Lymphoid Tissue embryology
Lymphoid Tissue metabolism
Mesoderm metabolism
Organ Specificity
Thymus Gland embryology
Thymus Gland metabolism
Antigens, Surface biosynthesis
Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal
Fetal Proteins biosynthesis
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Hematopoietic Stem Cells metabolism
Hematopoietic System metabolism
Stromal Cells metabolism
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0006-4971
- Volume :
- 93
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Blood
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9920831