Lymphocyte development involves several stages beyond the commitment to the T, B, or NK lineages. Last year we isolated the clonal common lymphocyte progenitor (CLP), a rare cell in mouse bone marrow (about 0.02 percent) which in vitro or in vivo can give rise to T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, and NK cells, but not any myeloerythroid cells, including dendritic APC. This grant represents an attempt to define stages in development between hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), multipotent progenitors (MPP) and CLP, as well as define the genes expressed in CLP that may have committed HSC/MPP to become CLP, or govern the differentiation of CLP to each of their lymphoid lineage outcomes. In addition, the ontogeny of CLP from embryogenesis to old age is another major goal of investigation in the grant. The approach to lineage analysis from HSC/MYP to CLP is to place purified HSC or MPP onto clonal stromal monolayers that permit the development of B lymphocytes and myelopoiesis, either at the bulk level to measure population effects or at the single cell level, to determine whether the dividing CLP progeny from these multipotent progenitors results from a symmetric or asymmetric division. The pathway between CLP and defined lymphoid outcomes will use almost exactly the same assay, except that thymic stromal cells will be used alone or in addition to the cloned bone marrow stromal cells in order to test all 3 outcomes from bulk or single CLP put in culture-T cells, B cells, and NK cells. Again, the single cell experiments are designed to determine whether asymmetric or symmetric outcomes occur when single CLP divide. The expressed gene approaches will involve establishing full cDNA libraries that are normalized and placed on microchips, and then screened using HSC/MPP probes, CLP probes, and probes of the downstream T lineage, B lineage, and NK lineage cells. Interesting discovered genes selectively expressed in CLP, or carrying motifs indicating receptor function and/or relationship to other genes involved in lineage commitments will be isolated. Retroviral vectors will be used to transfect either HSC/MPP for CLP specific genes, or CLP for genes that might specify the particular lymphoid lineage they could become. CLP will be isolated from fetal liver, young adult mice, and quite old mice, and will be tested for their homogeneity and clonal activity for lymphoid lineages at least. In addition, fetal CLP will be investigated for the possibility of giving rise, in addition to T, B, and NK cells, to other lymphoid related cells such as dendritic APC, allograft facilitator cells, and cells in the mast cell/basophil lineage.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
1R01AI047458-01A1
Application #
6288233
Study Section
Allergy and Immunology Study Section (ALY)
Program Officer
Nabavi, Nasrin N
Project Start
2001-02-01
Project End
2006-01-31
Budget Start
2001-02-01
Budget End
2002-01-31
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2001
Total Cost
$250,473
Indirect Cost
Name
Stanford University
Department
Pathology
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
800771545
City
Stanford
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
94305
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