a Stem Cell & Gene Therapy Research Group ; Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences ; Delhi , India.
Cell Adh Migr. 2014;8(4):384-8. doi: 10.4161/cam.29285.
Homing and engraftment, a determining factor in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation success is defined as a process through which hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) lodge recipient bone marrow. SDF-1/CXCR4 axis acts as a principle regulator in homing and engraftment, however, CXCR4 signaling is dependent upon expression of CXCR4 and its ligand SDF-1, which is highly dynamic. Hence, present investigation was aimed to explore the potential of CXCR4 constitutive active mutants (CXCR4-CAMs) in overcoming the limitation of CXCR4 signaling and up-modulate its efficiency in homing and engraftment. Regulated transgene expression study of these mutants revealed their significantly enhanced cell adhesion efficiency to endothelium and extracellular matrix protein. This altogether indicates promising prospects of CXCR4-CAMs in research aimed to improve HSPCs engraftment efficiency.
归巢和植入是造血干细胞移植成功的决定因素,它被定义为造血干/祖细胞(HSPCs)定居受体骨髓的过程。SDF-1/CXCR4 轴作为归巢和植入的主要调节剂,然而,CXCR4 信号取决于 CXCR4 和其配体 SDF-1 的表达,而 SDF-1 的表达是高度动态的。因此,本研究旨在探索 CXCR4 组成型激活突变体(CXCR4-CAMs)在克服 CXCR4 信号限制并提高其归巢和植入效率方面的潜力。这些突变体的调控转基因表达研究表明,它们与内皮细胞和细胞外基质蛋白的黏附效率显著增强。这一切都表明,CXCR4-CAMs 在旨在提高 HSPC 植入效率的研究中具有广阔的前景。