Single cell transcriptome analysis reveals markers of naïve and lineage-primed hematopoietic progenitors derived from human pluripotent stem cells

Antonella Fidanza, Nicola Romanò, Prakash Ramachandran, Sara Tamagno, Martha Lopez Yrigoyen, Helen Taylor, Jennifer Easterbrook, Beth Henderson, Richard Axton, Neil Cowan Henderson, Alexander Medvinsky, Katrin Ottersbach, Lesley M. Forrester

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During embryogenesis the hematopoietic system develops through distinct waves that generate progenitors with increasing lineage potential, ultimately producing haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). In vitro differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) follows the early steps of haematopoietic development but the production of HSCs has proven more challenging. To study the dynamics and heterogeneity of hematopoietic progenitor cells generated in vitro from hPSCs, we performed RNA sequencing of over 10000 CD235a-CD43+single cells. We identified the transcriptome of naïve progenitors and those primed toward erythroid, megakaryocyte and leukocyte lineages, and revealed their markers by clustering, trajectory analyses and functional assays. CD44 marks naïve clonogenic progenitors that express the transcription factor, LMO4 and can be expanded upon BMP4 stimulation. Naïve progenitors give rise to primed CD326+erythroid, ICAM2+CD9+megakaryocyte, and monocyte, neutrophil and eosinophil progenitors. We have generated an online dataset of human hematopoietic progenitors and their transcriptional remodelling upon lineage priming.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherbioRxiv
Number of pages29
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Apr 2019

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