Inflammatory signaling regulates fetal hematopoiesis
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ABSTRACT: Multiple signaling pathways contribute to blood cell formation in the fetus, but a role for innate immune/inflammatory signaling has not been described. Here we show that mouse fetuses deficient for either interferon gamma 1 (IFNg) or its receptor have decreased numbers of lymphoid progenitors and hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in the aorta/gonad/mesonephros region and placenta. The role of IFNg signaling was evolutionarily conserved, as morpholino knockdown of IFNg and its receptor reduced the number of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in the dorsal aorta and caudal hematopoietic territory of zebrafish embryos, and rag2 expressing cells in the thymus. ChIP-Seq analysis demonstrated that interferon regulatory factor 2 occupied genes in human fetal liver CD34+ hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells, and Gene Ontology analysis identified innate immunity and interferon signaling as enriched processes. Thus inflammatory signaling in the fetus, in the absence of pathogenic challenge, regulates the production of lymphoid progenitors and HSCs.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE55493 | GEO | 2014/11/12
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA239780
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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