Journal article
Cells Isolated from the Epidermis by Hoechst Dye Exclusion, Small Size, and Negative Selection for Hematopoietic Markers Can Generate B Lymphocyte Precursors
Journal of investigative dermatology, Vol.128(6), pp.1386-1396
06/2008
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5701202
PMID: 18094731
Abstract
Transdifferentiation has become a common claim for somatic stem cells, yet how such cells can be directed toward a specified cell lineage has not been well investigated. We previously demonstrated that when isolated epidermal stem cells were placed into an embryonic environment, their potential was extended beyond the keratinocyte lineage. Here, we present evidence that cells isolated using a modification of our published method for epidermal stem cells can be specifically directed to differentiate into B lymphocyte precursors. We found that these isolated cells co-cultured with S17 bone marrow stromal cells in cytokine-supplemented medium changed their cell surface marker profile and gene expression pattern to one characteristic of B lymphocyte precursors. Such cells also underwent variable, diversity, joining rearrangement at the immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus, a permanent genetic change unique to lymphocytes. This feature is limited to the cells isolated using the modified epidermal stem cell method, as cells isolated using the modified transit amplifying cell method could not be re-directed or reprogrammed. Such results demonstrate that cells from the epidermis can be directed to cross lineage boundaries to become mesodermally derived lymphocytes.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cells Isolated from the Epidermis by Hoechst Dye Exclusion, Small Size, and Negative Selection for Hematopoietic Markers Can Generate B Lymphocyte Precursors
- Creators
- Mathew M Stern - Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USALorraine T Tygrett - Department of Pathology, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USAThomas J Waldschmidt - Department of Pathology, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USAJackie R Bickenbach - Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of investigative dermatology, Vol.128(6), pp.1386-1396
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1038/sj.jid.5701202
- PMID
- 18094731
- ISSN
- 0022-202X
- eISSN
- 1523-1747
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2008
- Academic Unit
- Dermatology; Anatomy and Cell Biology; Pathology
- Record Identifier
- 9984047671502771
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