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Embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes harbor a subpopulation of niche-forming Sca-1+ progenitor cells

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The adult mammalian heart is known to contain a population of cardiac progenitor cells. It has not been unambiguously determined, however, whether these cells form as part of the developmental program of the heart or migrate there by way of the circulatory system. This study was done in order to determine the origin of this population of cells. A population of cardiomyocytes was established from mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells using a genetic selection technique. In order to determine whether cardiac progenitor cells exist within this ES cell-derived cardiomyocyte population, the cells were analyzed by fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) using an antibody directed against stem cell antigen-1 (Sca-1). We observed that approximately 4% of the cardiomyocyte population was composed of Sca-1+ cells. When the Sca-1+ cells were isolated by magnetic cell sorting and differentiated as cellular aggregates, contractions were observed in 100% of the aggregates. Gene expression studies using quantitative RT-PCR showed that these cells expressed terminally differentiated cardiac-specific genes. When three-dimensional cellular aggregates were formed from ES cell-derived cardiomyocytes co-cultured with adult HL-1 cardiomyocytes, the Sca-1+ cells were found to “sort out” and form niches within the cell aggregates. Our data demonstrate that cardiac progenitor cells in the adult heart originate as part of the developmental program of the heart and that Sca-1+ progenitor cells can provide an important in vitro model system to study the formation of cellular niches in the heart.

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This study was supported by NIH Grant HL-076498, and a Research Enhancement Fund award from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.

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    May L. Lam, Sherin I. Hashem & William C. Claycomb

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Lam, M.L., Hashem, S.I. & Claycomb, W.C. Embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes harbor a subpopulation of niche-forming Sca-1+ progenitor cells. Mol Cell Biochem 349, 69–76 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-010-0661-9

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