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Zebrafish granulocyte colony-stimulatingZebrafish granulocyte colony-stimulating factor receptor signaling promotes myelopoiesis and myeloid cell migration

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posted on 2009-03-12, 00:00 authored by Clifford LiongueClifford Liongue, C Hall, Bree Aimee O'Connell, P Crosier, Alister WardAlister Ward
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor receptor (GCSFR) signaling participates in the production of neutrophilic granulocytes during normal hematopoietic development, with a particularly important role during emergency hematopoiesis. This study describes the characterization of the zebrafish gcsf and gcsfr genes, which showed broad conservation and similar regulation to their mammalian counterparts. Morpholino-mediated knockdown of gcsfr and overexpression of gcsf revealed the presence of an anterior population of myeloid cells during primitive hematopoiesis that was dependent on GCSF/GCSFR for development and migration. This contrasted with a posterior domain that was largely independent of this pathway. Definitive myelopoiesis was also partially dependent on a functional GCSF/GCSFR pathway. Injection of bacterial lipopolysaccharide elicited significant induction of gcsf expression and emergency production of myeloid cells, which was abrogated by gcsfr knockdown. Collectively, these data demonstrate GCSF/GCSFR to be a conserved signaling system for facilitating the production of multiple myeloid cell lineages in both homeostatic and emergency conditions, as well as for early myeloid cell migration, establishing a useful experimental platform for further dissection of this pathway.

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Journal

Blood

Volume

113

Issue

11

Pagination

2535 - 2546

Publisher

American Society of Hematology

Location

Washington, D.C.

ISSN

0006-4971

eISSN

1528-0020

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2009, The American Society of Hematology

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