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CELL BIOCHEMISTRY AND FUNCTION
Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages 24-32Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD
DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1391
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ES cell; vascular endothelial cell; Flk1; Wnt; Frizzled; RT-PCR; hemangioblast
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- NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES [P20RR018789] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NCRR NIH HHS [P20RR 018789] Funding Source: Medline
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Embryonic stem (ES) cells have the potential to develop into various cell lineages including hemangioblasts (Flk1(+)), a common progenitor for hematopoietic and vascular endothelial cells. Previous studies indicate that Flk1(+) cells, a marker for hemangioblast, can be derived from ES cell and that Flk1(+) can be differentiated into hematopoietic or endothelial cells depending on culture conditions. We developed an improved in vitro system to generate Flk1(+)-enriched cultures from mouse ES cells and used this in vitro system to study the role of Wnt signalling in early endothelial progenitor cells. We determined the expression of the Wnt and Frizzled genes in Flk1(+) cells derived from mouse ES cells. RT-PCR analyses identified significantly higher expression of non-canonical Wnt5a and Wnt11 genes in Flk1(+) cells compared to Flk1(-) cells. In contrast, expression of canonical Wnt3a gene was reduced in Flk1(+) cells. In addition, Frizzled2, Frizzled5 and Frizzled7 genes were also expressed at a higher level in Flk1(+) cells. The differential expression of Wnt and Frizzled genes in Flk1(+) cells provides a novel insight into the role of non-canonical Writ signalling in vascular endothelial fate determination. Copyright (C) 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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