The chemokine SDF-1 is a chemoattractant for human CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells and provides a new mechanism to explain the mobilization of CD34+ progenitors to peripheral blood

J Exp Med. 1997 Jan 6;185(1):111-20. doi: 10.1084/jem.185.1.111.

Abstract

Hematopoietic progenitor cells migrate in vitro and in vivo towards a gradient of the chemotactic factor stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) produced by stromal cells. This is the first chemoattractant reported for human CD34+ progenitor cells. Concentrations of SDF-1 that elicit chemotaxis also induce a transient elevation of cytoplasmic calcium in CD34+ cells. SDF-1-induced chemotaxis is inhibited by pertussis toxin, suggesting that its signaling in CD34+ cells is mediated by seven transmembrane receptors coupled to Gi proteins. CD34+ cells migrating to SDF-1 include cells with a more primitive (CD34+/CD38- or CD34+/DR-) phenotype as well as CD34+ cells phenotypically committed to the erythroid, lymphoid and myeloid lineages, including functional BFU-E, CFU-GM, and CFU-MIX progenitors. Chemotaxis of CD34+ cells in response to SDF-1 is increased by IL-3 in vitro and is lower in CD34+ progenitors from peripheral blood than in CD34+ progenitors from bone marrow, suggesting that an altered response to SDF-1 may be associated with CD34 progenitor mobilization.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • ADP-ribosyl Cyclase
  • ADP-ribosyl Cyclase 1
  • Antigens, CD*
  • Antigens, CD34*
  • Antigens, Differentiation
  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Bone Marrow Cells
  • Breast Neoplasms / blood
  • Breast Neoplasms / immunology
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Calcium / metabolism
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chemokine CCL4
  • Chemokine CXCL12
  • Chemokines / isolation & purification
  • Chemokines / pharmacology*
  • Chemokines, CXC*
  • Chemotaxis / drug effects*
  • Culture Media, Conditioned
  • Female
  • Fetal Blood
  • HLA-DR Antigens
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cells / drug effects
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cells / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / blood
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / immunology
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / pathology
  • Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins / pharmacology
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • N-Glycosyl Hydrolases
  • Pregnancy
  • Stromal Cells

Substances

  • Antigens, CD
  • Antigens, CD34
  • Antigens, Differentiation
  • CXCL12 protein, human
  • Chemokine CCL4
  • Chemokine CXCL12
  • Chemokines
  • Chemokines, CXC
  • Culture Media, Conditioned
  • HLA-DR Antigens
  • Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • N-Glycosyl Hydrolases
  • ADP-ribosyl Cyclase
  • CD38 protein, human
  • ADP-ribosyl Cyclase 1
  • Calcium