PUBLICATION

Angiopoietin-like proteins stimulate HSPC development through interaction with Notch receptor signaling

Authors
Lin, M.I., Price, E.N., Boatman, S., Hagedorn, E.J., Trompouki, E., Satishchandran, S., Carspecken, C.W., Uong, A., DiBiase, A., Yang, S., Canver, M.C., Dahlberg, A., Lu, Z., Zhang, C.C., Orkin, S.H., Bernstein, I.D., Aster, J.C., White, R.M., Zon, L.I.
ID
ZDB-PUB-150226-3
Date
2015
Source
eLIFE   4: (Journal)
Registered Authors
DiBiase, Anthony, Zon, Leonard I.
Keywords
LILRB2, angiopoietin-like proteins, developmental biology, hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, myc, notch, stem cells, zebrafish
MeSH Terms
  • Hematopoiesis/genetics
  • Receptors, Notch/genetics*
  • Receptors, Notch/metabolism
  • Mice
  • Animals
  • Time-Lapse Imaging
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cells/metabolism*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • K562 Cells
  • Gene Knockdown Techniques
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Protein Binding
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
  • Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
  • Humans
  • Animals, Genetically Modified
  • Blotting, Western
  • Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
  • Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
  • RNA Interference
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Zebrafish/embryology
  • Zebrafish/genetics
  • Zebrafish/metabolism
  • Signal Transduction/genetics*
  • Angiopoietins/genetics*
  • Angiopoietins/metabolism
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
PubMed
25714926 Full text @ Elife
Abstract
Angiopoietin-like proteins (angptls) are capable of ex vivo expansion of mouse and human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs). Despite this intriguing ability, their mechanism is unknown. Here, we show that angptl2 overexpression is sufficient to expand definitive HSPCs in zebrafish embryos. Angptl1/2 are required for definitive hematopoiesis and vascular specification of the hemogenic endothelium. The loss-of-function phenotype is reminiscent of the notch mutant mindbomb (mib) and a strong genetic interaction occurs between angptls and notch. Overexpressing angptl2 rescues mib while overexpressing notch rescues angptl1/2 morphants. Gene expression studies in Angptl2-stimulated CD34(+) cells showed a strong Myc activation signature and myc overexpression in angptl1/2 morphants or mib restored HSPCs formation. Angptl2 can increase Notch activation in cultured cells and Angptl receptor interacted with Notch to regulate Notch cleavage. Together our data provide insight to the angptl-mediated notch activation through receptor interaction and subsequent activation of myc targets.
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