Abstract
Accumulating evidence suggests that the mammalian carotid body (CB) constitutes a neurogenic center that contains a functionally active germinal niche. A variety of transcription factors is required for the generation of a precursor cell pool in the developing CB. Most of them are later silenced in their progeny, thus allowing for the maturation of the differentiated neurons. In the adult CB, neurotransmitters and vascular cytokines released by glomus cells upon exposure to chronic hypoxia act as paracrine signals that induce proliferation and differentiation of pluripotent stem cells, neuronal and vascular progenitors. Key proliferation markers such as Ki-67 and BrdU are widely used to evaluate the proliferative status of the CB parenchymal cells in the initial phase of this neurogenesis. During hypoxia sustentacular cells which are dormant cells in normoxic conditions can proliferate and differentiate into new glomus cells. However, more recent data have revealed that the majority of the newly formed glomus cells is derived from the glomus cell lineage itself. The mature glomus cells express numerous trophic and growth factors, and their corresponding receptors, which act on CB cell populations in autocrine or paracrine ways. Some of them initially serve as target-derived survival factors and then as signaling molecules in developing vascular targets. Morphofunctional insights into the cellular interactions in the CB stem cell microenvironment can be helpful in further understanding the therapeutic potential of the CB cell niche.
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Lazarov, N.E., Atanasova, D.Y. (2023). Stem Cell Niche in the Mammalian Carotid Body. In: Morphofunctional and Neurochemical Aspects of the Mammalian Carotid Body. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 237. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44757-0_9
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