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In recent years multi-parameter flow cytometry has enabled identification of cells at major stages in myeloid development; from pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells, through populations with increasingly limited developmental potential (common myeloid progenitors and granulocyte-macrophage progenitors), to terminally differentiated mature cells. Myeloid progenitors are heterogeneous, and the surface markers that define transition states from progenitors to mature cells are poorly characterized. Siglec-F is a surface glycoprotein frequently used in combination with IL-5 receptor alpha (IL5Rα) for the identification of murine eosinophils. Here, we describe a CD11b+ Siglec-F+ IL5Rα- myeloid population in the bone marrow of C57BL/6 mice. The CD11b+ Siglec-F+ IL5Rα- cells are retained in eosinophil deficient PHIL mice, and are not expanded upon overexpression of IL-5, indicating that they are upstream or independent of the eosinophil lineage. We show these cells to have GMP-like developmental potential in vitro and in vivo, and to be transcriptionally distinct from the classically described GMP population. The CD11b+ Siglec-F+ IL5Rα- population expands in the bone marrow of Myb mutant mice, which is potentially due to negative transcriptional regulation of Siglec-F by Myb. Lastly, we show that the role of Siglec-F may be, at least in part, to regulate GMP viability.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	Myb, eosinophil, granulocyte, hematopoiesis, neutrophil
Research Division:	Biological Sciences
Research Group:	Biochemistry and cell biology
Research Field:	Cell development, proliferation and death
Objective Division:	Health
Objective Group:	Clinical health
Objective Field:	Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions
UTAS Author:	Fairfax, KA (Dr Kirsten Fairfax)
ID Code:	134779
Year Published:	2018
Web of Science® Times Cited:	4
Deposited By:	Menzies Institute for Medical Research
Deposited On:	2019-09-04
Last Modified:	2019-10-18
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