期刊
STEM CELLS
卷 26, 期 6, 页码 1464-1473出版社
ALPHAMED PRESS
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-0808
关键词
biomarker; cardiopoiesis; cardiac differentiation; network; transcriptome
Pluripotent stem cells demonstrate an inherent propensity for unrestricted multi-lineage differentiation. Translation into regenerative applications requires identification and isolation of tissue-specified progenitor cells. From a comprehensive pool of 11,272 quality-filtered genes, profiling embryonic stem cells at discrete stages of cardiopoiesis revealed 736 transcripts encoding membrane-associated proteins, where 306 were specifically upregulated with cardiogenic differentiation. Bioinformatic dissection of exposed surface biomarkers prioritized the chemokine receptor cluster as the most significantly over-represented gene receptor family during pre cardiac induction, with CXCR4 uniquely associated with mesendoderm formation. CXCR4(+) progenitors were sorted from the embryonic stem cell pool into mesoderm-restricted progeny according to co-expression with the early mesoderm marker Flk-1. In contrast to CXCR4(-)/Flk-1(-) cells, the CXCR4(-)/Flk-1(+) subpopulation demonstrated over-expressed cardiac lineage transcription factors (Mef2C, Myocardin, Nkx2.5), whereas pluripotent genes (Oct4, Fgf4, Sox2) as well as neuroectoderm (Sox1) and endoderm alpha-fetoprotein markers were all depleted. In fact, the CXCR4(+)/Flk-1(+) biomarker combination identified embryonic stem cell progeny significantly enriched with Mesp-1, GATA-4, and Tbx5, indicative of pre cardiac mesoderm and the primary heart field. Although the CXCR4(+)/Flk-1(+) transcriptome shared 97% identity with the CXCR4(+)/Flk-1(+) counterpart, the 818 divergent gene set represented predominantly cardiovascular developmental functions and formed a primitive cardiac network. Differentiation of CXCR4(+)/Flk-1(+) progenitors yielded nuclear translocation of myocardial transcription factors and robust sarcomerogenesis with nascent cardiac tissue demonstrating beating activity and calcium transients. Thus, the CXCR4/Flk-1 biomarker pair predicts the emergence of cardiogenic specification within a pluripotent stem cell pool, enabling targeted selection of cardiopoietic lineage.
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