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Blood ; 120(22): 4343-51, 2012 Nov 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23018642

RESUMO

Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) constitute a rare population of tissue-specific cells that can self-renew and differentiate into all lineages of the blood cell system. These properties are critical for tissue regeneration and clinical applications of HSCs. Cord blood is an easily accessible source of HSCs. However, the number of HSCs from one unit is too low to effectively transplant most adult patients, and expansion of HSCs in vitro has met with limited success because of incomplete knowledge regarding mechanisms regulating self-renewal. Members of the TGF-ß superfamily have been shown to regulate HSCs through the Smad signaling pathway; however, its role in human HSCs has remained relatively uncharted in vivo. Therefore, we asked whether enforced expression of the common-Smad, Smad4, could reveal a role for TGF-ß in human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) from cord blood. Using a lentiviral overexpression approach, we demonstrate that Smad4 overexpression sensitizes HSPCs to TGF-ß, resulting in growth arrest and apoptosis in vitro. This phenotype translates in vivo into reduced HSPC reconstitution capacity yet intact lineage distribution. This suggests that the Smad pathway regulates self-renewal independently of differentiation. These findings demonstrate that the Smad signaling circuitry negatively regulates the regeneration capacity of human HSPCs in vivo.


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Proliferação de Células , Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/metabolismo , Proteína Smad4/genética , Animais , Antígenos CD34/metabolismo , Diferenciação Celular/genética , Diferenciação Celular/fisiologia , Células Cultivadas , Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento/fisiologia , Humanos , Lentivirus/genética , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos NOD , Camundongos Transgênicos , Modelos Biológicos , Proteína Smad4/metabolismo , Transfecção
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