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P90. TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2 TRACKS THE EMERGENCE OF EARLIEST MYELOID<br />

PROGENITORS IN PRECIRCULATION EMBRYO<br />

Jana Balounová, Tereza Vavrochová, Martina Benešová and Dominik Filipp<br />

Institute of Molecular Genetics, AS CR, Prague, Czech Republic;<br />

jana.balounova@img.cas.cz<br />

Toll like receptors (Tlrs) are critically important in the pathogen recognition and<br />

regulation of the innate and adaptive immune responses (Akira et al., 2001; Medzhitov,<br />

2007). In addition, a direct pathogen sensing of bone marrow hematopoietic stem<br />

cells and hematopoietic progenitors via Tlrs seem to play a crucial role in directing the<br />

hematopoietic cell fates under inflammatory conditions (De Luca et al., 2009; Nagai et<br />

al., 2006; Sioud et al., 2006).<br />

So far the expression of Tlrs during early stages of embryonic development has not<br />

been addressed. Using a transgenic model to trace cells of embryonic origin we show<br />

that Tlrs are expressed on embryonic myeloid cells as well as hematopoietic precursors<br />

committed to the myeloid lineage. Together with the prototypic marker of hematopoietic<br />

progenitors, c-kit, TLR2 is specifically expressed on the surface of hematopoietic<br />

precursors in early gastrulation embryos (E6.5-E7.0). E7.5-E8.5 TLR2 + c-kit + cells express<br />

CD45 mRNA and gradually differentiate through an intermediate c-kit + CD45 + stage to<br />

c-kit – CD45 + myeloid cells. Moreover E6.5 TLR2 + precursors differentiate to myeloid TLR2 +<br />

ckit – CD45 + cells in vitro. Upon TLR2 ligand recognition, E8.5 TLR2 + c-kit + cells proliferate<br />

and differentiate to CD45 + CD11b + myeloid cells in a MyD88 dependent manner.<br />

Our results indicate that TLR2 could be used as one of the earliest markers of<br />

embryonic hematopoietic progenitors and suggest a functional link between embryonic<br />

hematopoiesis and inflammation.<br />

Acknowledgements<br />

This study was supported by the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech<br />

Republic (grant IAA500520707) and by The Grant Agency of Charles University (grant<br />

259109).<br />

References<br />

Akira S, Takeda K, Kaisho T. 2001. Nat Immunol 2: 675-680.<br />

De Luca K, et al. 2009. Leukemia 23: 2063-2074.<br />

Medzhitov R. 2007. Nature 449: 819-826.<br />

Nagai Y, et al. 2006. Immunity: 24(6): 801-812<br />

Sioud M, et al. 2006. Journal of Molecular Biology 364(5): 945-954<br />

196 Analytical Cytometry VII

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