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- Title
Highly efficient platelet generation in lung vasculature reproduced by microfluidics.
- Authors
Zhao, Xiaojuan; Alibhai, Dominic; Walsh, Tony G.; Tarassova, Nathalie; Englert, Maximilian; Birol, Semra Z.; Li, Yong; Williams, Christopher M.; Neal, Chris R.; Burkard, Philipp; Cross, Stephen J.; Aitken, Elizabeth W.; Waller, Amie K.; Beltrán, José Ballester; Gunning, Peter W.; Hardeman, Edna C.; Agbani, Ejaife O.; Nieswandt, Bernhard; Hers, Ingeborg; Ghevaert, Cedric
- Abstract
Platelets, small hemostatic blood cells, are derived from megakaryocytes. Both bone marrow and lung are principal sites of thrombopoiesis although underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Outside the body, however, our ability to generate large number of functional platelets is poor. Here we show that perfusion of megakaryocytes ex vivo through the mouse lung vasculature generates substantial platelet numbers, up to 3000 per megakaryocyte. Despite their large size, megakaryocytes are able repeatedly to passage through the lung vasculature, leading to enucleation and subsequent platelet generation intravascularly. Using ex vivo lung and an in vitro microfluidic chamber we determine how oxygenation, ventilation, healthy pulmonary endothelium and the microvascular structure support thrombopoiesis. We also show a critical role for the actin regulator Tropomyosin 4 in the final steps of platelet formation in lung vasculature. This work reveals the mechanisms of thrombopoiesis in lung vasculature and informs approaches to large-scale generation of platelets. Highly efficient generation of platelets in the vasculature. Here, Zhao et al. show that the mouse platelet precursor cell, megakaryocytes, generate physiological numbers of functional platelets when passaged repeatedly through pulmonary vasculature.
- Subjects
LUNGS; BLOOD vessels; MICROFLUIDICS; BLOOD cells; BONE marrow; MEGAKARYOCYTES; PERFUSION
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2023, Vol 14, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-023-39598-9