title: Distinct role of gp130 activation in promoting self-renewal divisions by mitogenically stimulated murine hematopoietic stem cells.
abstract: Previous studies have demonstrated hematopoietic stem cell amplification in vitro after the activation of three cell-surface receptors: flt3/flk2, c-kit, and gp130. We now show flt3-ligand and Steel factor alone will stimulate >85% of c-kit(+)Sca-1(+)lin(-) adult mouse bone marrow cells to proliferate in single-cell serum-free cultures, but concomitant retention of their stem cell activity requires additional exposure to a ligand that will activate gp130. Moreover, this response is restricted to a narrow range of gp130-activating ligand concentrations, above and below which hematopoietic stem cell activity is lost. These findings indicate a unique contribution of gp130 signaling to the maintenance of hematopoietic stem cell function when these cells are stimulated to divide with additional differential effects dictated by the intensity of gp130 activation.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Audet
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rose-John
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Piret
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Eaves
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000378:metabolism*; D002455:Cell Division; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D050822:Cytokine Receptor gp130; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008934:Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; C494199:IL6ST protein, human; C494200:Il6st protein, mouse; D015850:Interleukin-6; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008934:Mitogens; D050822:Cytokine Receptor gp130