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. 2013 Jan 17;121(3):447-58.
doi: 10.1182/blood-2012-05-431403. Epub 2012 Nov 20.

Role of SOX17 in hematopoietic development from human embryonic stem cells

Yaeko Nakajima-Takagi  1 , Mitsujiro Osawa, Motohiko Oshima, Haruna Takagi, Satoru Miyagi, Mitsuhiro Endoh, Takaho A Endo, Naoya Takayama, Koji Eto, Tetsuro Toyoda, Haruhiko Koseki, Hiromitsu Nakauchi, Atsushi Iwama
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Role of SOX17 in hematopoietic development from human embryonic stem cells

Yaeko Nakajima-Takagi et al. Blood. .
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Abstract

To search for genes that promote hematopoietic development from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), we overexpressed several known hematopoietic regulator genes in hESC/iPSC-derived CD34(+)CD43(-) endothelial cells (ECs) enriched in hemogenic endothelium (HE). Among the genes tested, only Sox17, a gene encoding a transcription factor of the SOX family, promoted cell growth and supported expansion of CD34(+)CD43(+)CD45(-/low) cells expressing the HE marker VE-cadherin. SOX17 was expressed at high levels in CD34(+)CD43(-) ECs compared with low levels in CD34(+)CD43(+)CD45(-) pre-hematopoietic progenitor cells (pre-HPCs) and CD34(+)CD43(+)CD45(+) HPCs. Sox17-overexpressing cells formed semiadherent cell aggregates and generated few hematopoietic progenies. However, they retained hemogenic potential and gave rise to hematopoietic progenies on inactivation of Sox17. Global gene-expression analyses revealed that the CD34(+)CD43(+)CD45(-/low) cells expanded on overexpression of Sox17 are HE-like cells developmentally placed between ECs and pre-HPCs. Sox17 overexpression also reprogrammed both pre-HPCs and HPCs into HE-like cells. Genome-wide mapping of Sox17-binding sites revealed that Sox17 activates the transcription of key regulator genes for vasculogenesis, hematopoiesis, and erythrocyte differentiation directly. Depletion of SOX17 in CD34(+)CD43(-) ECs severely compromised their hemogenic activity. These findings suggest that SOX17 plays a key role in priming hemogenic potential in ECs, thereby regulating hematopoietic development from hESCs/iPSCs.

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