PUBLICATION

Stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) and hematopoietic cell homing in an adult zebrafish model of hematopoietic cell transplant

Authors
Glass, T.J., Lund, T.C., Patrinostro, X., Tolar, J., Bowman, T.V., Zon, L.I., and Blazar, B.R.
ID
ZDB-PUB-110609-21
Date
2011
Source
Blood   118(3): 766-74 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Bowman, Teresa, Lund, Troy, Zon, Leonard I.
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Age Factors
  • Animals
  • Animals, Genetically Modified
  • Bone Marrow/physiology
  • Bone Marrow/radiation effects
  • Cell Movement/physiology*
  • Chemokine CXCL12/genetics*
  • Chemokine CXCL12/metabolism
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
  • Female
  • Gene Expression/physiology
  • Gene Expression/radiation effects
  • Hematopoiesis/physiology
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization/methods*
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/methods*
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cells/cytology
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cells/physiology*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Models, Animal
  • Up-Regulation/physiology
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
21622651 Full text @ Blood
Abstract
In mammals, stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) promotes hematopoietic cell mobilization and migration. Although the zebrafish, Danio rerio, is an emerging model for studying hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), the role of SDF-1 in the adult zebrafish has yet to be determined. We sought to characterize sdf-1 expression and function in the adult zebrafish in the context of HCT. In-situ hybridization of adult zebrafish organs shows sdf-1 expression in kidney tubules, gills, and skin. Radiation upregulates sdf-1 expression in kidney; to nearly four fold after 40 Gy. Assays indicate that zebrafish hematopoietic cells migrate toward Sdf-1, with a migration ratio approaching 1.5 in vitro. A sdf-1a:DsRed2 transgenic zebrafish allows in vivo detection of sdf-1a expression in the adult zebrafish. Matings with transgenic reporters localized sdf-1a expression to the putative hematopoietic cell niche in proximal and distal renal tubules and collecting ducts. Importantly, transplant of hematopoietic cells into myelosuppressed recipients indicated migration of hematopoietic cells to sdf-1a expressing sites in the kidney and skin. We conclude that sdf-1 expression and function in the adult zebrafish has important similarities to mammals and this sdf-1 transgenic vertebrate will be useful in characterizing the hematopoietic cell niche and its interactions with hematopoietic cells.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping