Very Small Embryonic-Like Stem Cells from the Murine Bone Marrow Differentiate into Epithelial Cells of the Lung

  • Susannah H. Kassmer
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, and Yale Flow Cytometry Core Facility, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  • Huiyan Jin
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, and Yale Flow Cytometry Core Facility, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  • Ping-Xia Zhang
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, and Yale Flow Cytometry Core Facility, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  • Emanuela M. Bruscia
    Department of Pediatrics, and Yale Flow Cytometry Core Facility, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  • Kartoosh Heydari
    Department of Immunobiology, Yale Flow Cytometry Core Facility, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  • Joo-Hyeon Lee
    Stem Cell Program, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • Carla F. Kim
    Stem Cell Program, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • Diane S. Krause
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, and Yale Flow Cytometry Core Facility, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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2013-12-01
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  • https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model
DOI
  • 10.1002/stem.1413
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Oxford University Press (OUP)

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>The view that adult stem cells are lineage restricted has been challenged by numerous reports of bone marrow (BM)-derived cells giving rise to epithelial cells. Previously, we demonstrated that nonhematopoietic BM cells are the primary source of BM-derived lung epithelial cells. Here, we tested the hypothesis that very small embryonic like cells (VSELs) are responsible for this engraftment. We directly compared the level of BM-derived epithelial cells after transplantation of VSELs, hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells, or other nonhematopoietic cells. VSELs clearly had the highest rate of forming epithelial cells in the lung. By transplanting VSELs from donor mice expressing H2B-GFP under a type 2 pneumocyte-specific promoter, we demonstrate that this engraftment occurs by differentiation and not fusion. This is the first report of VSELs differentiating into an endodermal lineage in vivo, thereby potentially crossing germ layer lineages. Our data suggest that Oct4+ VSELs in the adult BM exhibit broad differentiation potential. STEM Cells  2013;31:2759–2766</jats:p>

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  • Stem Cells

    Stem Cells 31 (12), 2759-2766, 2013-12-01

    Oxford University Press (OUP)

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