Open AccessDual role of Jam3b in early hematopoietic and vascular development
Author(s) -
Isao Kobayashi,
Jingjing Kobayashi-Sun,
Yuto Hirakawa,
Madoka Ouchi,
Koyuki Yasuda,
Hiroyasu Kamei,
Shigetomo Fukuhara,
Masatoshi Yamaguchi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.15
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1477-9129
pISSN - 0950-1991
DOI - 10.1242/dev.181040
Subject(s) - biology , microbiology and biotechnology , haematopoiesis , zebrafish , mesoderm , hematopoietic stem cell , endothelial stem cell , stem cell , signal transduction , regulator , vasculogenesis , lateral plate mesoderm , genetics , embryonic stem cell , progenitor cell , gene , in vitro
In order to efficiently derive hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from pluripotent precursors, it is crucial to understand how mesodermal cells acquire hematopoietic and endothelial identities, two divergent, but closely related cell fates. Although Npas4 has been recently identified as a conserved master regulator of hemato-vascular development, the molecular mechanisms underlying cell fate divergence between hematopoietic and vascular endothelial cells are still unclear. Here, we show in zebrafish that mesodermal cell differentiation into hematopoietic and vascular endothelial cells is regulated by Junctional adhesion molecule 3b (Jam3b) via two independent signaling pathways. Mutation of jam3b led to a reduction in npas4l expression in the posterior lateral plate mesoderm and defects in both hematopoietic and vascular development. Mechanistically, we uncover that Jam3b promotes endothelial specification by regulating npas4l expression through repression of the Rap1a-Erk signaling cascade. Jam3b subsequently promotes hematopoietic development, including HSCs, by regulating lrrc15 expression in endothelial precursors through the activation of an integrin-dependent signaling cascade. Our data provide insight into the divergent mechanisms for instructing hematopoietic or vascular fates from mesodermal cells.