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Self-renewing tissue-resident endothelial-macrophage progenitor cells originate from yolk sac and are a local source of inflammation and neovascularization in postnatal aorta

Williamson, A.; Toledo-Flores, D.; Liyanage, S.; Hassanshahi, M.; Dimasi, C.; Schwarz, N.; Fernando, S.; Salagaras, T.; Long, A.; Di Bartolo, B. A.; Kazenwadel, J.; Harvey, N. L.; Drummond, G. R.; Vinh, A.; Chandrakanthan, V.; Misra, A.; Tan, J. T. M.; Bonder, C. S.; Nicholls, S. J.; Bursill, C. A.; Psaltis, P. J.

2021-10-18 cell biology
10.1101/2021.10.18.464001 bioRxiv
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Converging evidence indicates that extra-embryonic yolk sac is the source of both macrophages and endothelial cells in adult mouse tissues. Prevailing views are that these embryonically derived cells are maintained after birth by proliferative self-renewal in their differentiated states. Here we identify clonogenic endothelial-macrophage (EndoMac) progenitor cells in the adventitia of embryonic and postnatal mouse aorta, that are independent of Flt3-mediated bone marrow hematopoiesis and derive from an early embryonic CX3CR1+ and CSF1R+ source. These bipotent progenitors are proliferative and vasculogenic, contributing to adventitial neovascularization and forming perfused blood vessels after transfer into ischemic tissue. We establish a regulatory role for angiotensin II, which enhances their clonogenic and differentiation properties and rapidly stimulates their proliferative expansion in vivo. Our findings demonstrate that embryonically derived EndoMac progenitors participate in local vasculogenic responses in the aortic wall by contributing to the expansion of endothelial cells and macrophages postnatally.

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