title: Chemotaxis and differentiation of human adipose tissue CD34+/CD31- progenitor cells: role of stromal derived factor-1 released by adipose tissue capillary endothelial cells.
abstract: The native CD34+/CD31- cell population present in the stroma-vascular fraction of human adipose tissue (hAT) displays progenitor cell properties since they exhibit adipocyte- and endothelial cell-like phenotypes under appropriate stimuli. To analyze the signals within hAT regulating their phenotypes, the influence of hAT-derived capillary endothelial cells (CECs) was studied on the chemotaxis and differentiation of the hAT-CD34+/CD31- cells. Conditioned medium from hAT-CECs led to a strong chemotaxis of the hAT-CD34+/CD31- cells that was inhibited with pretreatments with pertussis toxin, CXCR-4 antagonist, or neutralizing antibodies. Furthermore, hAT-CECs produced and secreted the CXCR-4 ligand, that is, the stromal derived factor-1 (SDF-1). Finally, hAT-CECs induced the differentiation of hAT-CD34+/CD31- cells toward an endothelial cell (EC) phenotype. Indeed, hAT-CECs and -CD34+/CD31- cell coculture stimulated in a two-dimensional system the expression of the EC CD31 marker by the hAT-progenitor cells and, in a three-dimensional approach, the formation of capillary-like structures via a SDF-1/CXCR-4 dependent pathway. Thus, the migration and differentiation of hAT progenitor cells are modulated by hAT-CEC-derived factors. SDF-1, which is secreted by hAT-derived CECs, and its receptor CXCR-4, expressed by hAT-derived progenitor cells, may promote chemotaxis and differentiation of hAT-derived progenitor cells and thus contribute to the formation of the vascular network during the development of hAT.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U858, AVENIR Team, I2MR, Paul Sabatier University, IFR31, Toulouse, France. coralie.sengenes@toulouse.inserm.fr
authors.forename: Coralie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sengenès
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miranville
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maumus
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Barros
authors.forename: Rudi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Busse
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouloumié
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D053687:Adult Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D054377:Chemokine CXCL12 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000502:physiology*; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D019718:Receptors, CXCR4 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34; D054377:Chemokine CXCL12; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D019718:Receptors, CXCR4