High-resolution imaging and computational analysis of haematopoietic cell dynamics in vivo.
High-resolution imaging and computational analysis of haematopoietic cell dynamics in vivo.
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DOI:
10.1038/ncomms12169
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发表时间:
2016-07-18
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Reya T
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作者:
Koechlein CS;Harris JR;Lee TK;Weeks J;Fox RG;Zimdahl B;Ito T;Blevins A;Jung SH;Chute JP;Chourasia A;Covert MW;Reya T
Although we know a great deal about the phenotype and function of haematopoietic stem/progenitor cells, a major challenge has been mapping their dynamic behaviour within living systems. Here we describe a strategy to image cells in vivo with high spatial and temporal resolution, and quantify their interactions using a high-throughput computational approach. Using these tools, and a new Msi2 reporter model, we show that haematopoietic stem/progenitor cells display preferential spatial affinity for contacting the vascular niche, and a temporal affinity for making stable associations with these cells. These preferences are markedly diminished as cells mature, suggesting that programs that control differentiation state are key determinants of spatiotemporal behaviour, and thus dictate the signals a cell receives from specific microenvironmental domains. These collectively demonstrate that high-resolution imaging coupled with computational analysis can provide new biological insight, and may in the long term enable creation of a dynamic atlas of cells within their native microenvironment. It is difficult to image haematopoietic stem cells (HSC) in their niche. Here, the authors present a new high-throughput computational approach to visualise HSCs in vivo at a high spatial and temporal resolution and also use a Msi2-reporter to label endogenous HSCs and progenitors, enabling cell tracking