Blood-borne seeding by hematopoietic and endothelial precursors from the allantois

AUTOR(ES)

Caprioli, Arianna

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

Until now the allantois has not been considered as a hematopoietic organ. Here we report experimental evidence demonstrating the in situ emergence of both hematopoietic and endothelial precursors in the avian allantoic bud. When the prevascularized allantoic bud from a quail embryo was grafted in the coelom of a chicken host, hematopoietic and endothelial cells later were found in the bone marrow of the host. Because the graft was located at a distance from the limb bud, these cells could reach the bone marrow only by the circulatory pathway. This blood-borne seeding may be accomplished by distinct hematopoietic and endothelial precursors, or by hemangioblasts, the postulated common precursors of these two lineages; we consider the latter interpretation more likely. We also show by reverse transcription–PCR that the allantois region expresses very early the GATA genes involved in hematopoiesis and some β-globin chain genes.

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