PMID- 17827391 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080226 LR - 20210206 IS - 0006-4971 (Print) IS - 0006-4971 (Linking) VI - 110 IP - 13 DP - 2007 Dec 15 TI - Development of plasmacytoid dendritic cells in bone marrow stromal cell niches requires CXCL12-CXCR4 chemokine signaling. PG - 4153-60 AB - Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), also known as type I interferon (IFN)-producingcells, are thought to play central roles in antiviral immunity and the pathogenesis of some autoimmune diseases. pDCs are produced from hematopoietic stem cells in bone marrow. However, the environmental regulation of the development of pDCs is not fully understood. Here, we show that the numbers of pDCs and their earliest progenitors are severely reduced in the absence of CXCR4, the primary physiologic receptor for CXC chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12), also known as stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) in vivo. In vitro, CXCL12 induces a significant increase in pDC numbers generated from primitive hematopoietic cells, and pDCs and their progenitors migrate to CXCL12. In addition, most pDCs are in contact with CXCL12-abundant reticular (CAR) cells in the intersinal space of bone marrow, although many primitive hematopoietic cells adjoin CAR cells surrounding sinusoidal endothelial cells or residing near the bone surface. Thus we identified CXCL12 as a key regulator of pDC development produced by cellular niches, providing new targets for pDC therapeutic control. FAU - Kohara, Hiroshi AU - Kohara H AD - Department of Immunobiology and Hematology, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Omatsu, Yoshiki AU - Omatsu Y FAU - Sugiyama, Tatsuki AU - Sugiyama T FAU - Noda, Mamiko AU - Noda M FAU - Fujii, Nobutaka AU - Fujii N FAU - Nagasawa, Takashi AU - Nagasawa T LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20070907 PL - United States TA - Blood JT - Blood JID - 7603509 RN - 0 (CXCR4 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Chemokine CXCL12) RN - 0 (Cxcl12 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Receptors, CXCR4) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Bone Marrow MH - Cell Count MH - Cell Movement MH - Chemokine CXCL12/*physiology MH - Dendritic Cells/*cytology MH - Genotype MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cells MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Receptors, CXCR4/*physiology MH - *Signal Transduction MH - Stromal Cells/*cytology EDAT- 2007/09/11 09:00 MHDA- 2008/02/27 09:00 CRDT- 2007/09/11 09:00 PHST- 2007/09/11 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/02/27 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/09/11 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0006-4971(20)52854-1 [pii] AID - 10.1182/blood-2007-04-084210 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Blood. 2007 Dec 15;110(13):4153-60. doi: 10.1182/blood-2007-04-084210. Epub 2007 Sep 7.