Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) are a heterogeneous population that can self-renew and generate stroma,cartilage, fat, and bone. Although a significant progress has been made toward recognizing about...Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) are a heterogeneous population that can self-renew and generate stroma,cartilage, fat, and bone. Although a significant progress has been made toward recognizing about the phenotypic characteristics ofMSCs, the true identity and properties of MSCs in bone marrow remain unclear. Here, we report the expression landscape of humanfetal BM nucleated cells (BMNCs) based on the single-cell transcriptomic analysis. Unexpectedly, while the common cell surfacemarkers such as CD146, CD271, and PDGFRa used for isolating MSCs were not detected, LIFR+PDGFRB+ were identified to bespecific markers of MSCs as the early progenitors. In vivo transplantation demonstrated that LIFR+PDGFRB+CD45-CD31-CD235a-MSCs could form bone tissues and reconstitute the hematopoietic microenvironment (HME) effectively in vivo. Interestingly, wealso identified a subpopulation of bone unipotent progenitor expressing TM4SF1+CD44+CD73+CD45-CD31-CD235a-, which hadosteogenic potentials, but could not reconstitute HME. MSCs expressed a set of different transcription factors at the different stagesof human fetal bone marrow, indicating that the stemness properties of MSCs might change during development. Moreover,transcriptional characteristics of cultured MSCs were significantly changed compared with freshly isolated primary MSCs. Ourcellular profiling provides a general landscape of heterogeneity, development, hierarchy, microenvironment of the human fetal BMderivedstem cells at single-cell resolution.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81930026 and 81970911)the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFA0102702 and 2018YFA0107601)the Beijing Municipal Science&Technology Commission(Z181100001318001).
文摘Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) are a heterogeneous population that can self-renew and generate stroma,cartilage, fat, and bone. Although a significant progress has been made toward recognizing about the phenotypic characteristics ofMSCs, the true identity and properties of MSCs in bone marrow remain unclear. Here, we report the expression landscape of humanfetal BM nucleated cells (BMNCs) based on the single-cell transcriptomic analysis. Unexpectedly, while the common cell surfacemarkers such as CD146, CD271, and PDGFRa used for isolating MSCs were not detected, LIFR+PDGFRB+ were identified to bespecific markers of MSCs as the early progenitors. In vivo transplantation demonstrated that LIFR+PDGFRB+CD45-CD31-CD235a-MSCs could form bone tissues and reconstitute the hematopoietic microenvironment (HME) effectively in vivo. Interestingly, wealso identified a subpopulation of bone unipotent progenitor expressing TM4SF1+CD44+CD73+CD45-CD31-CD235a-, which hadosteogenic potentials, but could not reconstitute HME. MSCs expressed a set of different transcription factors at the different stagesof human fetal bone marrow, indicating that the stemness properties of MSCs might change during development. Moreover,transcriptional characteristics of cultured MSCs were significantly changed compared with freshly isolated primary MSCs. Ourcellular profiling provides a general landscape of heterogeneity, development, hierarchy, microenvironment of the human fetal BMderivedstem cells at single-cell resolution.
