Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, Liaoning 121000, P.R. China.
Department of Hematology, Jining First People's Hospital, Jining, Shandong 272000, P.R. China.
Int J Mol Med. 2019 Mar;43(3):1128-1138. doi: 10.3892/ijmm.2019.4053. Epub 2019 Jan 8.
Side population (SP) cells are a small subpopulation of cells found in many mammalian tissues and organs, identified by their capacity to efflux Hoechst 33342 dye. They are enriched for stem/progenitor cell activity. SP cells isolated from the adult mouse lung can be separated into a CD45+ subset (bone marrow‑derived) and a CD45‑ subset that can be subdivided into CD31‑ and CD31+ subpopulations. CD45‑/CD31‑ lung SP (LSP) cells are known to be mesenchymal stem cells. However, CD45‑/CD31+ LSP cells are not fully characterized. In the present study, it was found that CD45‑/CD31+ LSP cells were able to form colonies. Based on the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2), these cells were separated into VEGFR2‑ and VEGFR2+ cells. The CD45‑/CD31+/VEGFR2‑ LSP cells expressed genes characteristic of smooth muscle and endothelial progenitors, and were able to differentiate into smooth muscle and endothelial cells in vitro. The CD45‑/CD31+/VEGFR2+ LSP cells expressed genes characteristic of endothelial progenitors and gave rise to endothelial cells, although not smooth muscle, in vitro. The data demonstrate that CD45‑/CD31+/VEGFR2‑ LSP cells differentiated into CD45‑/CD31+/VEGFR2+ LSP cells and then endothelial cells, indicating that CD45‑/CD31+/VEGFR2+ LSP cells are likely to be derived from CD45‑/CD31+/VEGFR2‑ LSP cells. Taken together, the results suggest that CD45‑/CD31+ LSP cells can be separated into CD45‑/CD31+/VEGFR2‑ LSP cells, which may be progenitors of endothelial and smooth muscle, whereas CD45‑/CD31+/VEGFR2+ LSP cells may serve as late commitment endothelial progenitors in the adult mouse lung.
侧群 (SP) 细胞是存在于许多哺乳动物组织和器官中的一小部分细胞,其特征是能够排出 Hoechst 33342 染料。它们富含干细胞/祖细胞活性。从成年小鼠肺部分离的 SP 细胞可分为 CD45+亚群(骨髓来源)和 CD45-亚群,后者可进一步分为 CD31-和 CD31+亚群。已知 CD45-/CD31-肺 SP(LSP)细胞是间充质干细胞。然而,CD45-/CD31+LSP 细胞尚未得到充分表征。在本研究中,发现 CD45-/CD31+LSP 细胞能够形成集落。基于血管内皮生长因子受体 2 (VEGFR2) 的表达,将这些细胞分为 VEGFR2-和 VEGFR2+细胞。CD45-/CD31+/VEGFR2-LSP 细胞表达平滑肌和内皮祖细胞特征基因,并能够在体外分化为平滑肌和内皮细胞。CD45-/CD31+/VEGFR2+LSP 细胞表达内皮祖细胞特征基因,并在体外产生内皮细胞,但不是平滑肌细胞。数据表明,CD45-/CD31+/VEGFR2-LSP 细胞分化为 CD45-/CD31+/VEGFR2+LSP 细胞,然后分化为内皮细胞,表明 CD45-/CD31+/VEGFR2+LSP 细胞可能来源于 CD45-/CD31+/VEGFR2-LSP 细胞。综上所述,结果表明 CD45-/CD31+LSP 细胞可分为 CD45-/CD31+/VEGFR2-LSP 细胞,其可能是内皮和平滑肌的祖细胞,而 CD45-/CD31+/VEGFR2+LSP 细胞可能是成年小鼠肺中晚期内皮祖细胞的定向分化。