Figure 3.
Lrba, Lyst, and Nbeal1 are positive regulators of BM-HSPC engraftment. (A) qRT-PCR of Nbea, Lrba, Lyst, Nbeal1, Nbeal2, Wdfy3, and Wdfy4 mRNA expression in the hematopoietic hierarchy of adult BM. (B) qRT-PCR of Nbea, Lrba, Lyst, Nbeal1, Nbeal2, Wdfy3, and Wdfy4 expression in Nbea+/+ and Nbea–/– E14.5 FL-HSCs. (C-E) Nbea+/+ and Nbea−/− CD45.2+ HSPCs recovered from CD45.1+/CD45.2+ recipients of E14.5- CD45.2+ FL-HSPCs 4 months after transplant were transduced with shRNAs targeting Lrba, Lyst, Nbeal1, or Nbeal2 and transplanted together with CD45.1+ HSPCs into CD45.1+/CD45.2+ (ratio 3:2). (C) Experimental schematic. (D) Percentage of mCherry+CD45.2+ PB after transplant of recipients of shRNA treated cells normalized to the average of control recipients. (E) Percentage of mCherry+CD45.2+ chimerism in the BM HSPCs at 20 weeks after transplant. Data are represented as mean ± SEM. ∗/#/•/∇P < .05; ∗∗/##/••/∇∇P < .005; ∗∗∗/###/•••/∇∇∇P < .001, relative to recipients of control-shRNA HSPCs. ∗ refers to Lrba-shRNA; # refers to Nbeal1-shRNA; • refers to Nbeal2-shRNA; and ∇ refers to Lyst-shRNA.