scholarly journals Modeling of human T cell development in vitro as a read-out for hematopoietic stem cell multipotency

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Strubbe ◽  
Tom Taghon
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem Cell ◽  
T Cell Development ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Cell Development ◽  
In Vitro Models ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem ◽  
Human T Cell

Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) reside in distinct sites throughout fetal and adult life and give rise to all cells of the hematopoietic system. Because of their multipotency, HSCs are capable of curing a wide variety of blood disorders through hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). However, due to HSC heterogeneity, site-specific ontogeny and current limitations in generating and expanding HSCs in vitro, their broad use in clinical practice remains challenging. To assess HSC multipotency, evaluation of their capacity to generate T lymphocytes has been regarded as a valid read-out. Several in vitro models of T cell development have been established which are able to induce T-lineage differentiation from different hematopoietic precursors, although with variable efficiency. Here, we review the potential of human HSCs from various sources to generate T-lineage cells using these different models in order to address the use of both HSCs and T cell precursors in the clinic.

In Vitro Models of Human T Cell Development: Dishing Out Progenitor T Cells

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross La Motte-Mohs ◽  
Geneve Awong ◽  
Juan Carlos Zuniga-Pflucker
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
T Cell Development ◽  
Cell Development ◽  
In Vitro Models ◽  
Human T Cell

Characterization in vitro and engraftment potential in vivo of human progenitor T cells generated from hematopoietic stem cells

Blood ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 114 (5) ◽  
pp. 972-982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Génève Awong ◽  
Elaine Herer ◽  
Charles D. Surh ◽  
John E. Dick ◽  
Ross N. La Motte-Mohs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem Cells ◽  
T Cell Development ◽  
Cell Development ◽  
Human Umbilical Cord Blood ◽  
Human Umbilical Cord ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem ◽  
Human T Cell

T-cell development follows a defined set of stage-specific differentiation steps. However, molecular and cellular events occurring at early stages of human T-cell development remain to be fully elucidated. To address this, human umbilical cord blood (UCB) hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) were induced to differentiate to the T lineage in OP9-DL1 cocultures. A developmental program involving a sequential and temporally discrete expression of key differentiation markers was revealed. Quantitative clonal analyses demonstrated that CD34+CD38− and CD34+CD38lo subsets of UCB contain a similarly high T-lineage progenitor frequency, whereas the frequency in CD34+CD38+/hi cells was 5-fold lower. Delta-like/Notch-induced signals increased the T-cell progenitor frequency of CD34+CD38−/lo cells differentiated on OP9-DL1, and 2 distinct progenitor subsets, CD34+CD45RA+CD7++CD5−CD1a− (proT1) and CD34+CD45RA+CD7++CD5+CD1a− (proT2), were identified and their thymus engrafting capacity was examined, with proT2 cells showing a 3-fold enhanced reconstituting capacity compared with the proT1 subset. Furthermore, in vitro–generated CD34+CD7++ progenitors effectively engrafted the thymus of immunodeficient mice, which was enhanced by the addition of an IL-7/IL-7 antibody complex. Taken together, the identification of T-progenitor subsets readily generated in vitro may offer important avenues to improve cellular-based immune-reconstitution approaches.

scholarly journals Gata2 +9.5 enhancer regulates adult hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal and T cell development

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaona You ◽  
Yun Zhou ◽  
Yuan-I Chang ◽  
Guangyao Kong ◽  
Erik A. Ranheim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem Cell ◽  
Bone Marrow Cells ◽  
Fetal Liver ◽  
T Cell Development ◽  
Cell Development ◽  
Phenotypic Characterization ◽  
Self Renewal ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem

Mammalian GATA2 gene encodes a dual zinc finger transcription factor, which is essential for hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) generation in the aorta, gonad, mesonephros (AGM) region, HSC self-renewal, and specification of progenitor cell fates. Previously, we demonstrated that Gata2 expression in AGM is controlled by its intronic +9.5 enhancer. Gata2 +9.5 deficiency removes the E-box motif and the GATA site and depletes fetal liver HSCs. However, whether this enhancer has essential functions to regulate adult hematopoiesis has not been established. Here, we evaluate Gata2 +9.5 enhancer function in adult hematopoiesis. +9.5+/- bone marrow cells displayed reduced T cell reconstitution in a competitive transplant assay. Donor-derived analysis demonstrated a previously unrecognized function of the +9.5 enhancer in T cell development at the lymphoid-primed multipotent progenitor stage. Moreover, +9.5+/- adult HSCs displayed increased apoptosis and reduced long-term self-renewal capability in comparison with wild-type (WT) HSCs. These phenotypes were more moderate than those of Gata2+/- HSCs. Consistent with the phenotypic characterization, Gata2 expression in +9.5+/- LSKs was moderately higher than that in Gata2+/- LSKs, but lower than that in WT LSKs. Our data suggest that +9.5 deficiency compromises, without completely abrogating, Gata2 expression in adult HSCs.

3040 – IN VITRO RECAPITULATION OF MURINE T CELL DEVELOPMENT FROM SINGLE HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS

2020 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. S51
Author(s):  
Victoria Sun ◽  
Amelie Montel-Hagen ◽  
David Casero ◽  
Steven Tsai ◽  
Alexandre Zampieri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem Cells ◽  
T Cell Development ◽  
Cell Development ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem

scholarly journals Development of a diverse human T-cell repertoire despite stringent restriction of hematopoietic clonality in the thymus

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (44) ◽  
pp. E6020-E6027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martijn H. Brugman ◽  
Anna-Sophia Wiekmeijer ◽  
Marja van Eggermond ◽  
Ingrid Wolvers-Tettero ◽  
Anton W. Langerak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
T Cell Development ◽  
Xenograft Model ◽  
Subsequent Development ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Cell Development ◽  
Cell Repertoire ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem ◽  
Human T Cell ◽  
Hsc Transplantation

The fate and numbers of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) and their progeny that seed the thymus constitute a fundamental question with important clinical implications. HSC transplantation is often complicated by limited T-cell reconstitution, especially when HSC from umbilical cord blood are used. Attempts to improve immune reconstitution have until now been unsuccessful, underscoring the need for better insight into thymic reconstitution. Here we made use of the NOD-SCID-IL-2Rγ−/− xenograft model and lentiviral cellular barcoding of human HSCs to study T-cell development in the thymus at a clonal level. Barcoded HSCs showed robust (>80% human chimerism) and reproducible myeloid and lymphoid engraftment, with T cells arising 12 wk after transplantation. A very limited number of HSC clones (<10) repopulated the xenografted thymus, with further restriction of the number of clones during subsequent development. Nevertheless, T-cell receptor rearrangements were polyclonal and showed a diverse repertoire, demonstrating that a multitude of T-lymphocyte clones can develop from a single HSC clone. Our data imply that intrathymic clonal fitness is important during T-cell development. As a consequence, immune incompetence after HSC transplantation is not related to the transplantation of limited numbers of HSC but to intrathymic events.

Long Term Follow-up of Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation without in Vitro T Cell Depletion for the Treatment of Hematological Malignancies: 9-Year Experience of a Single Center

Blood ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 118 (21) ◽  
pp. 839-839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Jun Huang
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ◽  
Stem Cell Transplantation ◽  
Cell Transplantation ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem Cell ◽  
Acute Gvhd ◽  
Disease Stage ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem

Abstract 839FN2 Many patients who require allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) lack a human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched donor. Recently, we developed a new strategy named GIAC protocol for HLA-mismatched/haploidentical transplantation from family donors that combines granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) primed bone marrow (G-BM) and peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) without in vitro T-cell depletion (TCD). For the past nine years, promising results for HLA-mismatched allo-HSCT without in vitro TCD have been achieved at our institute using this protocol. From May 2002 to December 2010, 820 patients, including 206 in high-risk group, underwent transplantation from haploidentical family donors. Eight-hundred and eleven patients (99%) achieved sustained, full donor chimerism. The incidence of grade 2–4 acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) was 42.9%, and that of grades 3 and 4 was 14.0% which was not associated with the extent of HLA disparity.Figure 1Cumulative incidence of acute GVHD grade 2–4 according to HLA disparity.Figure 1. Cumulative incidence of acute GVHD grade 2–4 according to HLA disparity.Figure 2Probability of LFS after haploidentical HSCT according to disease stage (p =.001).Figure 2. Probability of LFS after haploidentical HSCT according to disease stage (p =.001). Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

Bcr-Abl Impairs T Cell Development From Murine Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Hematopoietic Stem Cells; A Partial Explanation for the Concept That Ph+ Clone Never Involves T Cell Lineage in CML,

Blood ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 118 (21) ◽  
pp. 3748-3748
Author(s):  
Bidisha Chanda ◽  
Kiyoko Izawa ◽  
Ratanakanit Harnprasopwat ◽  
Keisuke Takahashi ◽  
Seiichiro Kobayashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem Cells ◽  
Pluripotent Stem Cells ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
T Cell Development ◽  
Cell Lineage ◽  
Cell Development ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem

Abstract Abstract 3748 Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a clonal myeloproliferative disorder generally believed to originate from a hematopoietic stem cell carrying the BCR-ABL fusion gene, which generally encodes 210kD and 190kD constitutively active tyrosine kinases termed as p210 and p190, respectively. In spite of the putative stem cell origin and the competence for differentiation toward mature B cells, there is a longstanding consensus that CML never involves the T cell lineage at least in chronic phase. To gain insight into this apparent conflict, we used in vitro T cell differentiation model from murine pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) as well as hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). C57BL/6 MEFs were reprogrammed using a polycistronic lentiviral Tet-On vector encoding human Oct4, Sox2 and Klf4, which were tandemly linked via porcine teschovirus-1 2A peptides, together with another lentiviral vector expressing rtTA driven by the EF-1a promoter. Almost all the vector sequences including the transgenes were deleted by adenovirus-mediated transduction of Crerecombinase after derivation of iPSCs, and only remnant 291-bp LTRs containing a single loxP site remained in the genome. A clone of MEF-iPSCs were retrovirally transduced with p190DccER, a ligand-controllable p190-estrogen receptor fusion protein, whose tyrosine kinase activity absolutely depends on 4-hydroxytamoxyfen (4-HT).For T cell lineage differentiation, p190DccER-MEF-iPSCs were recovered from a feeder-free culture supplemented with LIF and plated onto a subconfluent OP9-DL1 monolayer in the presence of Flt3 ligand and IL7 with or without 0.5 mM 4-HT.After 3 weeks of culture, iPSC-derived blood cells were collected and subjected to FACS analysis for their lineage confirmation. About 70% of lymphocyte-like cells from the 4-HT(-) culture expressed CD3, but only 20% of counterparts from the 4-HT(+)culture expressed CD3, suggesting impaired T cell development by Bcr-Abl. Next, c-Kit+Sca1+Lin− (KSL) bone marrow cells were prepared by FACS from 8-weeks old C57BL/6 mice treated with 5-FU. KSL cells were similarly transduced with p190DccER and were subjected to the OP9-DL1co-culture system with or without 0.5 mM 4-HT.After 2 weeks of culture, 90% of lymphocytes from the 4-HT(-)culture revealed CD3+TCRβ+ phenotype, but only 30% of those were double positive in the presence of 4-HT(+). In addition, 96% of lymphocytes from the 4-HT(-) culture progressed to the DN2 stage with c-Kit−CD44+CD25+phenotype, whereas 40% of those from the 4-HT(+) culture arrested at the DN1 stage showing c-Kit+CD44+CD25−.Since IL7 plays a central role at the stage from DN1 to DN2 of progenitor T cells, Bcr-Abl is suggested to impair T cell development possibly through interfering with the IL7 signal. The precise mechanism underlying impaired T lymphopoiesis by Bcr-Abl is under investigation. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

scholarly journals Early human T cell development: analysis of the human thymus at the time of initial entry of hematopoietic stem cells into the fetal thymic microenvironment.

1995 ◽  
Vol 181 (4) ◽  
pp. 1445-1458 ◽  
Author(s):  
B F Haynes ◽  
C S Heinly
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem Cells ◽  
T Cell Development ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Cell Development ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem ◽  
Human Thymus ◽  
Human T Cell

To determine events that transpire during the earliest stages of human T cell development, we have studied fetal tissues before (7 wk), during (8.2 wk), and after (9.5 wk to birth) colonization of the fetal thymic rudiment with hematopoietic stem cells. Calculation of the approximate volumes of the 7- and 8.2-wk thymuses revealed a 35-fold increase in thymic volumes during this time, with 7-wk thymus height of 160 microM and volume of 0.008 mm3, and 8.2-wk thymus height of 1044 microM and volume of 0.296 mm3. Human thymocytes in the 8.2-wk thymus were CD4+ CD8 alpha+ and cytoplasmic CD3 epsilon+ cCD3 delta+ CD8 beta- and CD3 zetta-. Only 5% of 8-wk thymocytes were T cell receptor (TCR)-beta+, &lt; 0.1% were TCR-gamma+, and none reacted with monoclonal antibodies against TCR-delta. During the first 16 wk of gestation, we observed developmentally regulated expression of CD2 and CD8 beta (appearing at 9.5 wk), CD1a,b, and c molecules (CD1b, then CD1c, then CD1a), TCR molecules (TCR-beta, then TCR-delta), CD45RA and CD45RO isoforms, CD28 (10 wk), CD3 zeta (12-13 wk), and CD6 (12,75 wk). Whereas CD2 was not expressed at the time of initiation of thymic lymphopoiesis, a second CD58 ligand, CD48, was expressed at 8.2 wk, suggesting a role for CD48 early in thymic development. Taken together, these data define sequential phenotypic and morphologic changes that occur in human thymus coincident with thymus colonization by hematopoietic stem cells and provide insight into the molecules that are involved in the earliest stages of human T cell development.

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