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    R&D Systems unconjugated ng2
    a Three-dimensional (3D) wholemount immunostaining with αSMA, CD31 and <t>NG2</t> of E10.5 (31–38 somite pairs (sp)) WT dorsal aorta; b NG2 and Runx1 expression on single plane wholemount WT E10.5 sections. NG2 + Runx1 + vSMCs (arrows), hemogenic endothelial cells (arrowheads) and intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters (IAHCs, stars) (Table ); c Representative example of flow cytometric analysis of NG2 + Runx1(GFP) + (green box) in E10.5 Runx1-IRES-GFP AGM and E10.5 WT control. d Percentages of NG2 + Runx1(GFP) + cells in E9 (21-25sp) body ( n = 6), E10/E10.5/E11 AGMs ( n = 8/7/7), N = 5, Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s post-hoc test. e Representative examples of wholemount 3D-images showing αSMA, CD31 and NG2 in E10.5 cKO dorsal aortae; f αSMA, Runx1 and CD31 immunofluorescence of E11 WT and cKO transversal frozen sections; n = WT/cKO: 2/2, N = 2. g cKit and CD31 wholemount 3D-images in E10.5 WT and cKO AGM; h Number of intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters (IAHCs) in E10.5 AGM; n = WT/KO: 5/4, N = 4. Number of colony forming unit-culture (CFU-C) in i E10.5 (31-38sp) AGM; n = WT/HET/KO: 14/10/5 embryos; N = 7 and j E11 (43–52sp) AGM; n = WT/HET/KO: 22/8/19 embryos; N = 11; one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test (Table ). k Percentages of donor cell chimerism 4-months post-transplantation of 6 E11 WT (NG2 +/+ ;Runx1 fl/+ or NG2 +/+ ;Runx1 fl/fl ) , 7 HET ( NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/+ ) and 6 cKO AGMs ( NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/fl ) into sub-lethally adult irradiated recipients (1xAGM cells transplanted/recipient; N = 4). Each dot represents one recipient. Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood (dashed line) ; one-tailed Z score test for two population proportions (Tables and ). For wholemount staining in a , b , e , g : WT/cKO ( N = 6/4): αSMA ( n = 9/7), CD31 ( n = 10/7), cKit ( n = 3/2), NG2 ( n = 3/1) and WT Runx1 ( n = 4) in 3 distinct combinations (Table ). D = dorsal, V = ventral. N = number of independent experiments; n = number of biological samples (embryos). All data are presented as mean values ± SEM. Source data for d , h , i , j and k are provided as a file.
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    1) Product Images from "Runx1+ vascular smooth muscle cells are essential for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell development in vivo"

    Article Title: Runx1+ vascular smooth muscle cells are essential for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell development in vivo

    Journal: Nature Communications

    doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44913-z

    a Three-dimensional (3D) wholemount immunostaining with αSMA, CD31 and NG2 of E10.5 (31–38 somite pairs (sp)) WT dorsal aorta; b NG2 and Runx1 expression on single plane wholemount WT E10.5 sections. NG2 + Runx1 + vSMCs (arrows), hemogenic endothelial cells (arrowheads) and intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters (IAHCs, stars) (Table ); c Representative example of flow cytometric analysis of NG2 + Runx1(GFP) + (green box) in E10.5 Runx1-IRES-GFP AGM and E10.5 WT control. d Percentages of NG2 + Runx1(GFP) + cells in E9 (21-25sp) body ( n = 6), E10/E10.5/E11 AGMs ( n = 8/7/7), N = 5, Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s post-hoc test. e Representative examples of wholemount 3D-images showing αSMA, CD31 and NG2 in E10.5 cKO dorsal aortae; f αSMA, Runx1 and CD31 immunofluorescence of E11 WT and cKO transversal frozen sections; n = WT/cKO: 2/2, N = 2. g cKit and CD31 wholemount 3D-images in E10.5 WT and cKO AGM; h Number of intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters (IAHCs) in E10.5 AGM; n = WT/KO: 5/4, N = 4. Number of colony forming unit-culture (CFU-C) in i E10.5 (31-38sp) AGM; n = WT/HET/KO: 14/10/5 embryos; N = 7 and j E11 (43–52sp) AGM; n = WT/HET/KO: 22/8/19 embryos; N = 11; one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test (Table ). k Percentages of donor cell chimerism 4-months post-transplantation of 6 E11 WT (NG2 +/+ ;Runx1 fl/+ or NG2 +/+ ;Runx1 fl/fl ) , 7 HET ( NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/+ ) and 6 cKO AGMs ( NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/fl ) into sub-lethally adult irradiated recipients (1xAGM cells transplanted/recipient; N = 4). Each dot represents one recipient. Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood (dashed line) ; one-tailed Z score test for two population proportions (Tables and ). For wholemount staining in a , b , e , g : WT/cKO ( N = 6/4): αSMA ( n = 9/7), CD31 ( n = 10/7), cKit ( n = 3/2), NG2 ( n = 3/1) and WT Runx1 ( n = 4) in 3 distinct combinations (Table ). D = dorsal, V = ventral. N = number of independent experiments; n = number of biological samples (embryos). All data are presented as mean values ± SEM. Source data for d , h , i , j and k are provided as a file.
    Figure Legend Snippet: a Three-dimensional (3D) wholemount immunostaining with αSMA, CD31 and NG2 of E10.5 (31–38 somite pairs (sp)) WT dorsal aorta; b NG2 and Runx1 expression on single plane wholemount WT E10.5 sections. NG2 + Runx1 + vSMCs (arrows), hemogenic endothelial cells (arrowheads) and intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters (IAHCs, stars) (Table ); c Representative example of flow cytometric analysis of NG2 + Runx1(GFP) + (green box) in E10.5 Runx1-IRES-GFP AGM and E10.5 WT control. d Percentages of NG2 + Runx1(GFP) + cells in E9 (21-25sp) body ( n = 6), E10/E10.5/E11 AGMs ( n = 8/7/7), N = 5, Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s post-hoc test. e Representative examples of wholemount 3D-images showing αSMA, CD31 and NG2 in E10.5 cKO dorsal aortae; f αSMA, Runx1 and CD31 immunofluorescence of E11 WT and cKO transversal frozen sections; n = WT/cKO: 2/2, N = 2. g cKit and CD31 wholemount 3D-images in E10.5 WT and cKO AGM; h Number of intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters (IAHCs) in E10.5 AGM; n = WT/KO: 5/4, N = 4. Number of colony forming unit-culture (CFU-C) in i E10.5 (31-38sp) AGM; n = WT/HET/KO: 14/10/5 embryos; N = 7 and j E11 (43–52sp) AGM; n = WT/HET/KO: 22/8/19 embryos; N = 11; one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test (Table ). k Percentages of donor cell chimerism 4-months post-transplantation of 6 E11 WT (NG2 +/+ ;Runx1 fl/+ or NG2 +/+ ;Runx1 fl/fl ) , 7 HET ( NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/+ ) and 6 cKO AGMs ( NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/fl ) into sub-lethally adult irradiated recipients (1xAGM cells transplanted/recipient; N = 4). Each dot represents one recipient. Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood (dashed line) ; one-tailed Z score test for two population proportions (Tables and ). For wholemount staining in a , b , e , g : WT/cKO ( N = 6/4): αSMA ( n = 9/7), CD31 ( n = 10/7), cKit ( n = 3/2), NG2 ( n = 3/1) and WT Runx1 ( n = 4) in 3 distinct combinations (Table ). D = dorsal, V = ventral. N = number of independent experiments; n = number of biological samples (embryos). All data are presented as mean values ± SEM. Source data for d , h , i , j and k are provided as a file.

    Techniques Used: Immunostaining, Expressing, Control, Immunofluorescence, Transplantation Assay, Irradiation, One-tailed Test, Staining

    a t-SNE plot highlighting eight populations of interest identified in the E11 WT AGM. Each dot represents one cell and colours represent cell clusters as indicated. The number of cells in each population is shown in brackets. MP (macrophages); Ery/EryP (erythroid/progenitors); IAHC (intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters); HEC/EHT (hemogenic endothelial cells including those that enter endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition); EC (endothelial cells); SNS (sympathetic nervous system); SkMP (skeletal muscle progenitors), PC/vSMC (pericytes/vascular smooth muscle cells, NG2 + Acta2 + ). Other cells (OC) are coloured in grey. b t-SNE plot highlighting the eight populations identified after excluding all other (grey) cells. c Zoom into PC/vSMC cluster (black rectangle) further show the presence or the absence of selected genes that characterise this population and confirms the presence of Runx1 in a subset of cells. d Violin plots showing distribution of expression for selected genes that contributed to the identification of cell clusters. Immunohistochemistry on frozen E11 WT sections stained with e CD146/CD31/DAPI and f CD146/αSMA/DAPI, n = 2 samples tested, N = 2 independent experiments. Arrows: vascular cells, asterisks: perivascular cells. DA: dorsal aorta, CV: cardinal veins, NC: notochord. Source data for e (first column, 20X) is provided as a file.
    Figure Legend Snippet: a t-SNE plot highlighting eight populations of interest identified in the E11 WT AGM. Each dot represents one cell and colours represent cell clusters as indicated. The number of cells in each population is shown in brackets. MP (macrophages); Ery/EryP (erythroid/progenitors); IAHC (intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters); HEC/EHT (hemogenic endothelial cells including those that enter endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition); EC (endothelial cells); SNS (sympathetic nervous system); SkMP (skeletal muscle progenitors), PC/vSMC (pericytes/vascular smooth muscle cells, NG2 + Acta2 + ). Other cells (OC) are coloured in grey. b t-SNE plot highlighting the eight populations identified after excluding all other (grey) cells. c Zoom into PC/vSMC cluster (black rectangle) further show the presence or the absence of selected genes that characterise this population and confirms the presence of Runx1 in a subset of cells. d Violin plots showing distribution of expression for selected genes that contributed to the identification of cell clusters. Immunohistochemistry on frozen E11 WT sections stained with e CD146/CD31/DAPI and f CD146/αSMA/DAPI, n = 2 samples tested, N = 2 independent experiments. Arrows: vascular cells, asterisks: perivascular cells. DA: dorsal aorta, CV: cardinal veins, NC: notochord. Source data for e (first column, 20X) is provided as a file.

    Techniques Used: Expressing, Immunohistochemistry, Staining

    a t-SNE plots showing the distribution of Runx1 and Acta2 expression in NG2 + Runx1 + cells in the WT E11 AGM after excluding all other (grey) cells found in the Fig. . b Zoom into NG2 + Runx1 + cluster (black rectangle) shows the presence or the absence of Acta2 . c Heatmap showing the expression of Cspg4 and Runx1 and 15 selected genes out of 25 top significantly upregulated genes in WT NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 + cells (upper half) and NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 - cells (bottom half) at single cell level; *Runx1 potential target genes. Pdgfra and Ptn genes were next added to inform their expression in both populations. Barplot of fold enrichment for selected GO biological processes significantly overrepresented in genes significantly upregulated in both d WT NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 + and e NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 - cells. f t-SNE of WT E11 AGM cells, overlaid with principal pseudotime curve inferred by Slingshot, predicting a lineage from NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 - cells to NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 + cells. g WT NG2 + Runx1 + cells arranged in pseudotime (x-axis) based on the inferred curve. Y-axis represents log normalised gene expression.
    Figure Legend Snippet: a t-SNE plots showing the distribution of Runx1 and Acta2 expression in NG2 + Runx1 + cells in the WT E11 AGM after excluding all other (grey) cells found in the Fig. . b Zoom into NG2 + Runx1 + cluster (black rectangle) shows the presence or the absence of Acta2 . c Heatmap showing the expression of Cspg4 and Runx1 and 15 selected genes out of 25 top significantly upregulated genes in WT NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 + cells (upper half) and NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 - cells (bottom half) at single cell level; *Runx1 potential target genes. Pdgfra and Ptn genes were next added to inform their expression in both populations. Barplot of fold enrichment for selected GO biological processes significantly overrepresented in genes significantly upregulated in both d WT NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 + and e NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 - cells. f t-SNE of WT E11 AGM cells, overlaid with principal pseudotime curve inferred by Slingshot, predicting a lineage from NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 - cells to NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 + cells. g WT NG2 + Runx1 + cells arranged in pseudotime (x-axis) based on the inferred curve. Y-axis represents log normalised gene expression.

    Techniques Used: Expressing, Gene Expression

    a t-SNE plot showing eight populations of interest found in the E11 cKO AGM. Each dot represents one cell and colours represent cell clusters as indicated. MP (macrophages); Ery/EryP (erythroid/progenitors); IAHC (intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters); HEC/EHT (hemogenic endothelial cells including those that enter endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition), EC (endothelial cells); SNS (sympathetic nervous system); SkMP (skeletal muscle progenitors); PC/vSMC (pericytes/vascular smooth muscle cells, NG2 + Acta2 + ) . Other cells (OC) are coloured in grey. The number of cells in each cluster is shown in brackets. b t-SNE plot highlighting the eight populations identified after excluding all other (grey) cells. c Percentage of single live cells found in each E11 AGM sample (cell number/total cells) defined by scRNA-seq in WT (full bars) and cKO (empty bars) AGMs. Colours and numbers correspond to each population defined in a ; chi-squared two-tailed test was used for comparison. d Barplot of fold enrichment for selected GO biological processes significantly overrepresented in genes significantly downregulated in cKO PC/vSMCs compared to their WT counterparts. Heatmap of ligand-receptor interactions inferred by NicheNet from e WT and f cKO E11 AGM cells. Colour represents the interaction potential score between the 10 top-ranked ligands expressed in ECs and their inferred targets expressed in PC/vSMCs. Ligands and receptors are ordered by hierarchical clustering. g Scatter plots of AUC vs –log10(FDR) showing downregulated genes associated with selected GO terms in cKO PC/vSMCs. Red dots represent significantly downregulated genes (FDR<0.05); dashed line shows FDR = 0.05. Gene labels with red borders represent potential Runx1 target genes.
    Figure Legend Snippet: a t-SNE plot showing eight populations of interest found in the E11 cKO AGM. Each dot represents one cell and colours represent cell clusters as indicated. MP (macrophages); Ery/EryP (erythroid/progenitors); IAHC (intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters); HEC/EHT (hemogenic endothelial cells including those that enter endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition), EC (endothelial cells); SNS (sympathetic nervous system); SkMP (skeletal muscle progenitors); PC/vSMC (pericytes/vascular smooth muscle cells, NG2 + Acta2 + ) . Other cells (OC) are coloured in grey. The number of cells in each cluster is shown in brackets. b t-SNE plot highlighting the eight populations identified after excluding all other (grey) cells. c Percentage of single live cells found in each E11 AGM sample (cell number/total cells) defined by scRNA-seq in WT (full bars) and cKO (empty bars) AGMs. Colours and numbers correspond to each population defined in a ; chi-squared two-tailed test was used for comparison. d Barplot of fold enrichment for selected GO biological processes significantly overrepresented in genes significantly downregulated in cKO PC/vSMCs compared to their WT counterparts. Heatmap of ligand-receptor interactions inferred by NicheNet from e WT and f cKO E11 AGM cells. Colour represents the interaction potential score between the 10 top-ranked ligands expressed in ECs and their inferred targets expressed in PC/vSMCs. Ligands and receptors are ordered by hierarchical clustering. g Scatter plots of AUC vs –log10(FDR) showing downregulated genes associated with selected GO terms in cKO PC/vSMCs. Red dots represent significantly downregulated genes (FDR<0.05); dashed line shows FDR = 0.05. Gene labels with red borders represent potential Runx1 target genes.

    Techniques Used: Two Tailed Test, Comparison

    a , b Representative plots and percentages of Lin - Sca1 + cKit + (LSK) and c , d LSK CD150 + CD48 - (SLAM) bone marrow (BM) cells by flow cytometry of WT/ NG2+/+;Runx1 fl/+ ,NG2+/+;Runx1 fl/fl ( n = 9), HET NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/+ ( n = 4) and cKO NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/fl ( n = 4) adult mice is shown. e Colony-forming unit-culture (CFU-C) numbers per 10 adult BM cells; n = WT/HET/cKO: 13/7/8 mice. N = 7 independent experiments. Data are mean ± SEM (Table ). f Hematopoietic stem cell repopulating potential and donor chimerism of WT and mutant BM cells in vivo. 5 × 10 5 BM donor WT, HET and cKO cells were injected into 29, 11 and 20 Ly5.1 HET recipients, respectively, with 18, 3 and 4 found to be reconstituted respectively (Table S3, p = 0.024 (WT/HET) and p = 0.002 (WT/cKO) by Z score test for 2 population proportions). Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood; p = 0.002 (WT/cKO) by Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s post-hoc test (Table ). g Histograms showing the contribution of CD45.2 + CD45.1 - donor cells to myeloid cells (CD11b + Gr1 +/- ), B cells (CD19 + ) and T cells (CD4/8 + ) in all reconstituted host mice from ( f ). ( n = WT/HET/cKO = 18/3/4), p = 0.019 (WT/HET) for B cells by one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test. h BM cells from selected reconstituted primary recipients (found in f ) were transplanted into multiple irradiated secondary recipients. Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood (Table – ). i Representative flow cytometric analysis plot of NG2 in Runx1-IRES-GFP adult BM ( n = 6). All data are presented as Mean values+/-SEM. N = number of independent experiments; n = number of biological samples. Source data for b , d , e , f , g and h are provided as a file.
    Figure Legend Snippet: a , b Representative plots and percentages of Lin - Sca1 + cKit + (LSK) and c , d LSK CD150 + CD48 - (SLAM) bone marrow (BM) cells by flow cytometry of WT/ NG2+/+;Runx1 fl/+ ,NG2+/+;Runx1 fl/fl ( n = 9), HET NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/+ ( n = 4) and cKO NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/fl ( n = 4) adult mice is shown. e Colony-forming unit-culture (CFU-C) numbers per 10 adult BM cells; n = WT/HET/cKO: 13/7/8 mice. N = 7 independent experiments. Data are mean ± SEM (Table ). f Hematopoietic stem cell repopulating potential and donor chimerism of WT and mutant BM cells in vivo. 5 × 10 5 BM donor WT, HET and cKO cells were injected into 29, 11 and 20 Ly5.1 HET recipients, respectively, with 18, 3 and 4 found to be reconstituted respectively (Table S3, p = 0.024 (WT/HET) and p = 0.002 (WT/cKO) by Z score test for 2 population proportions). Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood; p = 0.002 (WT/cKO) by Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s post-hoc test (Table ). g Histograms showing the contribution of CD45.2 + CD45.1 - donor cells to myeloid cells (CD11b + Gr1 +/- ), B cells (CD19 + ) and T cells (CD4/8 + ) in all reconstituted host mice from ( f ). ( n = WT/HET/cKO = 18/3/4), p = 0.019 (WT/HET) for B cells by one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test. h BM cells from selected reconstituted primary recipients (found in f ) were transplanted into multiple irradiated secondary recipients. Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood (Table – ). i Representative flow cytometric analysis plot of NG2 in Runx1-IRES-GFP adult BM ( n = 6). All data are presented as Mean values+/-SEM. N = number of independent experiments; n = number of biological samples. Source data for b , d , e , f , g and h are provided as a file.

    Techniques Used: Flow Cytometry, Mutagenesis, In Vivo, Injection, Irradiation



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    a Three-dimensional (3D) wholemount immunostaining with αSMA, CD31 and <t>NG2</t> of E10.5 (31–38 somite pairs (sp)) WT dorsal aorta; b NG2 and Runx1 expression on single plane wholemount WT E10.5 sections. NG2 + Runx1 + vSMCs (arrows), hemogenic endothelial cells (arrowheads) and intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters (IAHCs, stars) (Table ); c Representative example of flow cytometric analysis of NG2 + Runx1(GFP) + (green box) in E10.5 Runx1-IRES-GFP AGM and E10.5 WT control. d Percentages of NG2 + Runx1(GFP) + cells in E9 (21-25sp) body ( n = 6), E10/E10.5/E11 AGMs ( n = 8/7/7), N = 5, Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s post-hoc test. e Representative examples of wholemount 3D-images showing αSMA, CD31 and NG2 in E10.5 cKO dorsal aortae; f αSMA, Runx1 and CD31 immunofluorescence of E11 WT and cKO transversal frozen sections; n = WT/cKO: 2/2, N = 2. g cKit and CD31 wholemount 3D-images in E10.5 WT and cKO AGM; h Number of intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters (IAHCs) in E10.5 AGM; n = WT/KO: 5/4, N = 4. Number of colony forming unit-culture (CFU-C) in i E10.5 (31-38sp) AGM; n = WT/HET/KO: 14/10/5 embryos; N = 7 and j E11 (43–52sp) AGM; n = WT/HET/KO: 22/8/19 embryos; N = 11; one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test (Table ). k Percentages of donor cell chimerism 4-months post-transplantation of 6 E11 WT (NG2 +/+ ;Runx1 fl/+ or NG2 +/+ ;Runx1 fl/fl ) , 7 HET ( NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/+ ) and 6 cKO AGMs ( NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/fl ) into sub-lethally adult irradiated recipients (1xAGM cells transplanted/recipient; N = 4). Each dot represents one recipient. Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood (dashed line) ; one-tailed Z score test for two population proportions (Tables and ). For wholemount staining in a , b , e , g : WT/cKO ( N = 6/4): αSMA ( n = 9/7), CD31 ( n = 10/7), cKit ( n = 3/2), NG2 ( n = 3/1) and WT Runx1 ( n = 4) in 3 distinct combinations (Table ). D = dorsal, V = ventral. N = number of independent experiments; n = number of biological samples (embryos). All data are presented as mean values ± SEM. Source data for d , h , i , j and k are provided as a file.
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    a Three-dimensional (3D) wholemount immunostaining with αSMA, CD31 and <t>NG2</t> of E10.5 (31–38 somite pairs (sp)) WT dorsal aorta; b NG2 and Runx1 expression on single plane wholemount WT E10.5 sections. NG2 + Runx1 + vSMCs (arrows), hemogenic endothelial cells (arrowheads) and intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters (IAHCs, stars) (Table ); c Representative example of flow cytometric analysis of NG2 + Runx1(GFP) + (green box) in E10.5 Runx1-IRES-GFP AGM and E10.5 WT control. d Percentages of NG2 + Runx1(GFP) + cells in E9 (21-25sp) body ( n = 6), E10/E10.5/E11 AGMs ( n = 8/7/7), N = 5, Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s post-hoc test. e Representative examples of wholemount 3D-images showing αSMA, CD31 and NG2 in E10.5 cKO dorsal aortae; f αSMA, Runx1 and CD31 immunofluorescence of E11 WT and cKO transversal frozen sections; n = WT/cKO: 2/2, N = 2. g cKit and CD31 wholemount 3D-images in E10.5 WT and cKO AGM; h Number of intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters (IAHCs) in E10.5 AGM; n = WT/KO: 5/4, N = 4. Number of colony forming unit-culture (CFU-C) in i E10.5 (31-38sp) AGM; n = WT/HET/KO: 14/10/5 embryos; N = 7 and j E11 (43–52sp) AGM; n = WT/HET/KO: 22/8/19 embryos; N = 11; one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test (Table ). k Percentages of donor cell chimerism 4-months post-transplantation of 6 E11 WT (NG2 +/+ ;Runx1 fl/+ or NG2 +/+ ;Runx1 fl/fl ) , 7 HET ( NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/+ ) and 6 cKO AGMs ( NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/fl ) into sub-lethally adult irradiated recipients (1xAGM cells transplanted/recipient; N = 4). Each dot represents one recipient. Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood (dashed line) ; one-tailed Z score test for two population proportions (Tables and ). For wholemount staining in a , b , e , g : WT/cKO ( N = 6/4): αSMA ( n = 9/7), CD31 ( n = 10/7), cKit ( n = 3/2), NG2 ( n = 3/1) and WT Runx1 ( n = 4) in 3 distinct combinations (Table ). D = dorsal, V = ventral. N = number of independent experiments; n = number of biological samples (embryos). All data are presented as mean values ± SEM. Source data for d , h , i , j and k are provided as a file.
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    a Three-dimensional (3D) wholemount immunostaining with αSMA, CD31 and NG2 of E10.5 (31–38 somite pairs (sp)) WT dorsal aorta; b NG2 and Runx1 expression on single plane wholemount WT E10.5 sections. NG2 + Runx1 + vSMCs (arrows), hemogenic endothelial cells (arrowheads) and intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters (IAHCs, stars) (Table ); c Representative example of flow cytometric analysis of NG2 + Runx1(GFP) + (green box) in E10.5 Runx1-IRES-GFP AGM and E10.5 WT control. d Percentages of NG2 + Runx1(GFP) + cells in E9 (21-25sp) body ( n = 6), E10/E10.5/E11 AGMs ( n = 8/7/7), N = 5, Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s post-hoc test. e Representative examples of wholemount 3D-images showing αSMA, CD31 and NG2 in E10.5 cKO dorsal aortae; f αSMA, Runx1 and CD31 immunofluorescence of E11 WT and cKO transversal frozen sections; n = WT/cKO: 2/2, N = 2. g cKit and CD31 wholemount 3D-images in E10.5 WT and cKO AGM; h Number of intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters (IAHCs) in E10.5 AGM; n = WT/KO: 5/4, N = 4. Number of colony forming unit-culture (CFU-C) in i E10.5 (31-38sp) AGM; n = WT/HET/KO: 14/10/5 embryos; N = 7 and j E11 (43–52sp) AGM; n = WT/HET/KO: 22/8/19 embryos; N = 11; one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test (Table ). k Percentages of donor cell chimerism 4-months post-transplantation of 6 E11 WT (NG2 +/+ ;Runx1 fl/+ or NG2 +/+ ;Runx1 fl/fl ) , 7 HET ( NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/+ ) and 6 cKO AGMs ( NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/fl ) into sub-lethally adult irradiated recipients (1xAGM cells transplanted/recipient; N = 4). Each dot represents one recipient. Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood (dashed line) ; one-tailed Z score test for two population proportions (Tables and ). For wholemount staining in a , b , e , g : WT/cKO ( N = 6/4): αSMA ( n = 9/7), CD31 ( n = 10/7), cKit ( n = 3/2), NG2 ( n = 3/1) and WT Runx1 ( n = 4) in 3 distinct combinations (Table ). D = dorsal, V = ventral. N = number of independent experiments; n = number of biological samples (embryos). All data are presented as mean values ± SEM. Source data for d , h , i , j and k are provided as a file.

    Journal: Nature Communications

    Article Title: Runx1+ vascular smooth muscle cells are essential for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell development in vivo

    doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44913-z

    Figure Lengend Snippet: a Three-dimensional (3D) wholemount immunostaining with αSMA, CD31 and NG2 of E10.5 (31–38 somite pairs (sp)) WT dorsal aorta; b NG2 and Runx1 expression on single plane wholemount WT E10.5 sections. NG2 + Runx1 + vSMCs (arrows), hemogenic endothelial cells (arrowheads) and intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters (IAHCs, stars) (Table ); c Representative example of flow cytometric analysis of NG2 + Runx1(GFP) + (green box) in E10.5 Runx1-IRES-GFP AGM and E10.5 WT control. d Percentages of NG2 + Runx1(GFP) + cells in E9 (21-25sp) body ( n = 6), E10/E10.5/E11 AGMs ( n = 8/7/7), N = 5, Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s post-hoc test. e Representative examples of wholemount 3D-images showing αSMA, CD31 and NG2 in E10.5 cKO dorsal aortae; f αSMA, Runx1 and CD31 immunofluorescence of E11 WT and cKO transversal frozen sections; n = WT/cKO: 2/2, N = 2. g cKit and CD31 wholemount 3D-images in E10.5 WT and cKO AGM; h Number of intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters (IAHCs) in E10.5 AGM; n = WT/KO: 5/4, N = 4. Number of colony forming unit-culture (CFU-C) in i E10.5 (31-38sp) AGM; n = WT/HET/KO: 14/10/5 embryos; N = 7 and j E11 (43–52sp) AGM; n = WT/HET/KO: 22/8/19 embryos; N = 11; one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test (Table ). k Percentages of donor cell chimerism 4-months post-transplantation of 6 E11 WT (NG2 +/+ ;Runx1 fl/+ or NG2 +/+ ;Runx1 fl/fl ) , 7 HET ( NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/+ ) and 6 cKO AGMs ( NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/fl ) into sub-lethally adult irradiated recipients (1xAGM cells transplanted/recipient; N = 4). Each dot represents one recipient. Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood (dashed line) ; one-tailed Z score test for two population proportions (Tables and ). For wholemount staining in a , b , e , g : WT/cKO ( N = 6/4): αSMA ( n = 9/7), CD31 ( n = 10/7), cKit ( n = 3/2), NG2 ( n = 3/1) and WT Runx1 ( n = 4) in 3 distinct combinations (Table ). D = dorsal, V = ventral. N = number of independent experiments; n = number of biological samples (embryos). All data are presented as mean values ± SEM. Source data for d , h , i , j and k are provided as a file.

    Article Snippet: Embryos were stained for several days with unconjugated cKit (1:500, BD Bioscience, 553352), biotinylated CD31 (1:500, BD Pharmingen, 553371), unconjugated NG2 (1:500, R&D Systems, MAB6689), Runx1,2,3 (1:250, Abcam, ab92336) and αSMA FITC (1:500, Sigma, F3777).

    Techniques: Immunostaining, Expressing, Control, Immunofluorescence, Transplantation Assay, Irradiation, One-tailed Test, Staining

    a t-SNE plot highlighting eight populations of interest identified in the E11 WT AGM. Each dot represents one cell and colours represent cell clusters as indicated. The number of cells in each population is shown in brackets. MP (macrophages); Ery/EryP (erythroid/progenitors); IAHC (intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters); HEC/EHT (hemogenic endothelial cells including those that enter endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition); EC (endothelial cells); SNS (sympathetic nervous system); SkMP (skeletal muscle progenitors), PC/vSMC (pericytes/vascular smooth muscle cells, NG2 + Acta2 + ). Other cells (OC) are coloured in grey. b t-SNE plot highlighting the eight populations identified after excluding all other (grey) cells. c Zoom into PC/vSMC cluster (black rectangle) further show the presence or the absence of selected genes that characterise this population and confirms the presence of Runx1 in a subset of cells. d Violin plots showing distribution of expression for selected genes that contributed to the identification of cell clusters. Immunohistochemistry on frozen E11 WT sections stained with e CD146/CD31/DAPI and f CD146/αSMA/DAPI, n = 2 samples tested, N = 2 independent experiments. Arrows: vascular cells, asterisks: perivascular cells. DA: dorsal aorta, CV: cardinal veins, NC: notochord. Source data for e (first column, 20X) is provided as a file.

    Journal: Nature Communications

    Article Title: Runx1+ vascular smooth muscle cells are essential for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell development in vivo

    doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44913-z

    Figure Lengend Snippet: a t-SNE plot highlighting eight populations of interest identified in the E11 WT AGM. Each dot represents one cell and colours represent cell clusters as indicated. The number of cells in each population is shown in brackets. MP (macrophages); Ery/EryP (erythroid/progenitors); IAHC (intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters); HEC/EHT (hemogenic endothelial cells including those that enter endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition); EC (endothelial cells); SNS (sympathetic nervous system); SkMP (skeletal muscle progenitors), PC/vSMC (pericytes/vascular smooth muscle cells, NG2 + Acta2 + ). Other cells (OC) are coloured in grey. b t-SNE plot highlighting the eight populations identified after excluding all other (grey) cells. c Zoom into PC/vSMC cluster (black rectangle) further show the presence or the absence of selected genes that characterise this population and confirms the presence of Runx1 in a subset of cells. d Violin plots showing distribution of expression for selected genes that contributed to the identification of cell clusters. Immunohistochemistry on frozen E11 WT sections stained with e CD146/CD31/DAPI and f CD146/αSMA/DAPI, n = 2 samples tested, N = 2 independent experiments. Arrows: vascular cells, asterisks: perivascular cells. DA: dorsal aorta, CV: cardinal veins, NC: notochord. Source data for e (first column, 20X) is provided as a file.

    Article Snippet: Embryos were stained for several days with unconjugated cKit (1:500, BD Bioscience, 553352), biotinylated CD31 (1:500, BD Pharmingen, 553371), unconjugated NG2 (1:500, R&D Systems, MAB6689), Runx1,2,3 (1:250, Abcam, ab92336) and αSMA FITC (1:500, Sigma, F3777).

    Techniques: Expressing, Immunohistochemistry, Staining

    a t-SNE plots showing the distribution of Runx1 and Acta2 expression in NG2 + Runx1 + cells in the WT E11 AGM after excluding all other (grey) cells found in the Fig. . b Zoom into NG2 + Runx1 + cluster (black rectangle) shows the presence or the absence of Acta2 . c Heatmap showing the expression of Cspg4 and Runx1 and 15 selected genes out of 25 top significantly upregulated genes in WT NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 + cells (upper half) and NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 - cells (bottom half) at single cell level; *Runx1 potential target genes. Pdgfra and Ptn genes were next added to inform their expression in both populations. Barplot of fold enrichment for selected GO biological processes significantly overrepresented in genes significantly upregulated in both d WT NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 + and e NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 - cells. f t-SNE of WT E11 AGM cells, overlaid with principal pseudotime curve inferred by Slingshot, predicting a lineage from NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 - cells to NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 + cells. g WT NG2 + Runx1 + cells arranged in pseudotime (x-axis) based on the inferred curve. Y-axis represents log normalised gene expression.

    Journal: Nature Communications

    Article Title: Runx1+ vascular smooth muscle cells are essential for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell development in vivo

    doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44913-z

    Figure Lengend Snippet: a t-SNE plots showing the distribution of Runx1 and Acta2 expression in NG2 + Runx1 + cells in the WT E11 AGM after excluding all other (grey) cells found in the Fig. . b Zoom into NG2 + Runx1 + cluster (black rectangle) shows the presence or the absence of Acta2 . c Heatmap showing the expression of Cspg4 and Runx1 and 15 selected genes out of 25 top significantly upregulated genes in WT NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 + cells (upper half) and NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 - cells (bottom half) at single cell level; *Runx1 potential target genes. Pdgfra and Ptn genes were next added to inform their expression in both populations. Barplot of fold enrichment for selected GO biological processes significantly overrepresented in genes significantly upregulated in both d WT NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 + and e NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 - cells. f t-SNE of WT E11 AGM cells, overlaid with principal pseudotime curve inferred by Slingshot, predicting a lineage from NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 - cells to NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 + cells. g WT NG2 + Runx1 + cells arranged in pseudotime (x-axis) based on the inferred curve. Y-axis represents log normalised gene expression.

    Article Snippet: Embryos were stained for several days with unconjugated cKit (1:500, BD Bioscience, 553352), biotinylated CD31 (1:500, BD Pharmingen, 553371), unconjugated NG2 (1:500, R&D Systems, MAB6689), Runx1,2,3 (1:250, Abcam, ab92336) and αSMA FITC (1:500, Sigma, F3777).

    Techniques: Expressing, Gene Expression

    a t-SNE plot showing eight populations of interest found in the E11 cKO AGM. Each dot represents one cell and colours represent cell clusters as indicated. MP (macrophages); Ery/EryP (erythroid/progenitors); IAHC (intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters); HEC/EHT (hemogenic endothelial cells including those that enter endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition), EC (endothelial cells); SNS (sympathetic nervous system); SkMP (skeletal muscle progenitors); PC/vSMC (pericytes/vascular smooth muscle cells, NG2 + Acta2 + ) . Other cells (OC) are coloured in grey. The number of cells in each cluster is shown in brackets. b t-SNE plot highlighting the eight populations identified after excluding all other (grey) cells. c Percentage of single live cells found in each E11 AGM sample (cell number/total cells) defined by scRNA-seq in WT (full bars) and cKO (empty bars) AGMs. Colours and numbers correspond to each population defined in a ; chi-squared two-tailed test was used for comparison. d Barplot of fold enrichment for selected GO biological processes significantly overrepresented in genes significantly downregulated in cKO PC/vSMCs compared to their WT counterparts. Heatmap of ligand-receptor interactions inferred by NicheNet from e WT and f cKO E11 AGM cells. Colour represents the interaction potential score between the 10 top-ranked ligands expressed in ECs and their inferred targets expressed in PC/vSMCs. Ligands and receptors are ordered by hierarchical clustering. g Scatter plots of AUC vs –log10(FDR) showing downregulated genes associated with selected GO terms in cKO PC/vSMCs. Red dots represent significantly downregulated genes (FDR<0.05); dashed line shows FDR = 0.05. Gene labels with red borders represent potential Runx1 target genes.

    Journal: Nature Communications

    Article Title: Runx1+ vascular smooth muscle cells are essential for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell development in vivo

    doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44913-z

    Figure Lengend Snippet: a t-SNE plot showing eight populations of interest found in the E11 cKO AGM. Each dot represents one cell and colours represent cell clusters as indicated. MP (macrophages); Ery/EryP (erythroid/progenitors); IAHC (intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters); HEC/EHT (hemogenic endothelial cells including those that enter endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition), EC (endothelial cells); SNS (sympathetic nervous system); SkMP (skeletal muscle progenitors); PC/vSMC (pericytes/vascular smooth muscle cells, NG2 + Acta2 + ) . Other cells (OC) are coloured in grey. The number of cells in each cluster is shown in brackets. b t-SNE plot highlighting the eight populations identified after excluding all other (grey) cells. c Percentage of single live cells found in each E11 AGM sample (cell number/total cells) defined by scRNA-seq in WT (full bars) and cKO (empty bars) AGMs. Colours and numbers correspond to each population defined in a ; chi-squared two-tailed test was used for comparison. d Barplot of fold enrichment for selected GO biological processes significantly overrepresented in genes significantly downregulated in cKO PC/vSMCs compared to their WT counterparts. Heatmap of ligand-receptor interactions inferred by NicheNet from e WT and f cKO E11 AGM cells. Colour represents the interaction potential score between the 10 top-ranked ligands expressed in ECs and their inferred targets expressed in PC/vSMCs. Ligands and receptors are ordered by hierarchical clustering. g Scatter plots of AUC vs –log10(FDR) showing downregulated genes associated with selected GO terms in cKO PC/vSMCs. Red dots represent significantly downregulated genes (FDR<0.05); dashed line shows FDR = 0.05. Gene labels with red borders represent potential Runx1 target genes.

    Article Snippet: Embryos were stained for several days with unconjugated cKit (1:500, BD Bioscience, 553352), biotinylated CD31 (1:500, BD Pharmingen, 553371), unconjugated NG2 (1:500, R&D Systems, MAB6689), Runx1,2,3 (1:250, Abcam, ab92336) and αSMA FITC (1:500, Sigma, F3777).

    Techniques: Two Tailed Test, Comparison

    a , b Representative plots and percentages of Lin - Sca1 + cKit + (LSK) and c , d LSK CD150 + CD48 - (SLAM) bone marrow (BM) cells by flow cytometry of WT/ NG2+/+;Runx1 fl/+ ,NG2+/+;Runx1 fl/fl ( n = 9), HET NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/+ ( n = 4) and cKO NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/fl ( n = 4) adult mice is shown. e Colony-forming unit-culture (CFU-C) numbers per 10 adult BM cells; n = WT/HET/cKO: 13/7/8 mice. N = 7 independent experiments. Data are mean ± SEM (Table ). f Hematopoietic stem cell repopulating potential and donor chimerism of WT and mutant BM cells in vivo. 5 × 10 5 BM donor WT, HET and cKO cells were injected into 29, 11 and 20 Ly5.1 HET recipients, respectively, with 18, 3 and 4 found to be reconstituted respectively (Table S3, p = 0.024 (WT/HET) and p = 0.002 (WT/cKO) by Z score test for 2 population proportions). Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood; p = 0.002 (WT/cKO) by Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s post-hoc test (Table ). g Histograms showing the contribution of CD45.2 + CD45.1 - donor cells to myeloid cells (CD11b + Gr1 +/- ), B cells (CD19 + ) and T cells (CD4/8 + ) in all reconstituted host mice from ( f ). ( n = WT/HET/cKO = 18/3/4), p = 0.019 (WT/HET) for B cells by one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test. h BM cells from selected reconstituted primary recipients (found in f ) were transplanted into multiple irradiated secondary recipients. Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood (Table – ). i Representative flow cytometric analysis plot of NG2 in Runx1-IRES-GFP adult BM ( n = 6). All data are presented as Mean values+/-SEM. N = number of independent experiments; n = number of biological samples. Source data for b , d , e , f , g and h are provided as a file.

    Journal: Nature Communications

    Article Title: Runx1+ vascular smooth muscle cells are essential for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell development in vivo

    doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44913-z

    Figure Lengend Snippet: a , b Representative plots and percentages of Lin - Sca1 + cKit + (LSK) and c , d LSK CD150 + CD48 - (SLAM) bone marrow (BM) cells by flow cytometry of WT/ NG2+/+;Runx1 fl/+ ,NG2+/+;Runx1 fl/fl ( n = 9), HET NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/+ ( n = 4) and cKO NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/fl ( n = 4) adult mice is shown. e Colony-forming unit-culture (CFU-C) numbers per 10 adult BM cells; n = WT/HET/cKO: 13/7/8 mice. N = 7 independent experiments. Data are mean ± SEM (Table ). f Hematopoietic stem cell repopulating potential and donor chimerism of WT and mutant BM cells in vivo. 5 × 10 5 BM donor WT, HET and cKO cells were injected into 29, 11 and 20 Ly5.1 HET recipients, respectively, with 18, 3 and 4 found to be reconstituted respectively (Table S3, p = 0.024 (WT/HET) and p = 0.002 (WT/cKO) by Z score test for 2 population proportions). Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood; p = 0.002 (WT/cKO) by Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s post-hoc test (Table ). g Histograms showing the contribution of CD45.2 + CD45.1 - donor cells to myeloid cells (CD11b + Gr1 +/- ), B cells (CD19 + ) and T cells (CD4/8 + ) in all reconstituted host mice from ( f ). ( n = WT/HET/cKO = 18/3/4), p = 0.019 (WT/HET) for B cells by one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test. h BM cells from selected reconstituted primary recipients (found in f ) were transplanted into multiple irradiated secondary recipients. Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood (Table – ). i Representative flow cytometric analysis plot of NG2 in Runx1-IRES-GFP adult BM ( n = 6). All data are presented as Mean values+/-SEM. N = number of independent experiments; n = number of biological samples. Source data for b , d , e , f , g and h are provided as a file.

    Article Snippet: Embryos were stained for several days with unconjugated cKit (1:500, BD Bioscience, 553352), biotinylated CD31 (1:500, BD Pharmingen, 553371), unconjugated NG2 (1:500, R&D Systems, MAB6689), Runx1,2,3 (1:250, Abcam, ab92336) and αSMA FITC (1:500, Sigma, F3777).

    Techniques: Flow Cytometry, Mutagenesis, In Vivo, Injection, Irradiation

    a Three-dimensional (3D) wholemount immunostaining with αSMA, CD31 and NG2 of E10.5 (31–38 somite pairs (sp)) WT dorsal aorta; b NG2 and Runx1 expression on single plane wholemount WT E10.5 sections. NG2 + Runx1 + vSMCs (arrows), hemogenic endothelial cells (arrowheads) and intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters (IAHCs, stars) (Table ); c Representative example of flow cytometric analysis of NG2 + Runx1(GFP) + (green box) in E10.5 Runx1-IRES-GFP AGM and E10.5 WT control. d Percentages of NG2 + Runx1(GFP) + cells in E9 (21-25sp) body ( n = 6), E10/E10.5/E11 AGMs ( n = 8/7/7), N = 5, Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s post-hoc test. e Representative examples of wholemount 3D-images showing αSMA, CD31 and NG2 in E10.5 cKO dorsal aortae; f αSMA, Runx1 and CD31 immunofluorescence of E11 WT and cKO transversal frozen sections; n = WT/cKO: 2/2, N = 2. g cKit and CD31 wholemount 3D-images in E10.5 WT and cKO AGM; h Number of intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters (IAHCs) in E10.5 AGM; n = WT/KO: 5/4, N = 4. Number of colony forming unit-culture (CFU-C) in i E10.5 (31-38sp) AGM; n = WT/HET/KO: 14/10/5 embryos; N = 7 and j E11 (43–52sp) AGM; n = WT/HET/KO: 22/8/19 embryos; N = 11; one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test (Table ). k Percentages of donor cell chimerism 4-months post-transplantation of 6 E11 WT (NG2 +/+ ;Runx1 fl/+ or NG2 +/+ ;Runx1 fl/fl ) , 7 HET ( NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/+ ) and 6 cKO AGMs ( NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/fl ) into sub-lethally adult irradiated recipients (1xAGM cells transplanted/recipient; N = 4). Each dot represents one recipient. Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood (dashed line) ; one-tailed Z score test for two population proportions (Tables and ). For wholemount staining in a , b , e , g : WT/cKO ( N = 6/4): αSMA ( n = 9/7), CD31 ( n = 10/7), cKit ( n = 3/2), NG2 ( n = 3/1) and WT Runx1 ( n = 4) in 3 distinct combinations (Table ). D = dorsal, V = ventral. N = number of independent experiments; n = number of biological samples (embryos). All data are presented as mean values ± SEM. Source data for d , h , i , j and k are provided as a file.

    Journal: Nature Communications

    Article Title: Runx1+ vascular smooth muscle cells are essential for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell development in vivo

    doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44913-z

    Figure Lengend Snippet: a Three-dimensional (3D) wholemount immunostaining with αSMA, CD31 and NG2 of E10.5 (31–38 somite pairs (sp)) WT dorsal aorta; b NG2 and Runx1 expression on single plane wholemount WT E10.5 sections. NG2 + Runx1 + vSMCs (arrows), hemogenic endothelial cells (arrowheads) and intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters (IAHCs, stars) (Table ); c Representative example of flow cytometric analysis of NG2 + Runx1(GFP) + (green box) in E10.5 Runx1-IRES-GFP AGM and E10.5 WT control. d Percentages of NG2 + Runx1(GFP) + cells in E9 (21-25sp) body ( n = 6), E10/E10.5/E11 AGMs ( n = 8/7/7), N = 5, Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s post-hoc test. e Representative examples of wholemount 3D-images showing αSMA, CD31 and NG2 in E10.5 cKO dorsal aortae; f αSMA, Runx1 and CD31 immunofluorescence of E11 WT and cKO transversal frozen sections; n = WT/cKO: 2/2, N = 2. g cKit and CD31 wholemount 3D-images in E10.5 WT and cKO AGM; h Number of intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters (IAHCs) in E10.5 AGM; n = WT/KO: 5/4, N = 4. Number of colony forming unit-culture (CFU-C) in i E10.5 (31-38sp) AGM; n = WT/HET/KO: 14/10/5 embryos; N = 7 and j E11 (43–52sp) AGM; n = WT/HET/KO: 22/8/19 embryos; N = 11; one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test (Table ). k Percentages of donor cell chimerism 4-months post-transplantation of 6 E11 WT (NG2 +/+ ;Runx1 fl/+ or NG2 +/+ ;Runx1 fl/fl ) , 7 HET ( NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/+ ) and 6 cKO AGMs ( NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/fl ) into sub-lethally adult irradiated recipients (1xAGM cells transplanted/recipient; N = 4). Each dot represents one recipient. Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood (dashed line) ; one-tailed Z score test for two population proportions (Tables and ). For wholemount staining in a , b , e , g : WT/cKO ( N = 6/4): αSMA ( n = 9/7), CD31 ( n = 10/7), cKit ( n = 3/2), NG2 ( n = 3/1) and WT Runx1 ( n = 4) in 3 distinct combinations (Table ). D = dorsal, V = ventral. N = number of independent experiments; n = number of biological samples (embryos). All data are presented as mean values ± SEM. Source data for d , h , i , j and k are provided as a file.

    Article Snippet: The following unconjugated primary antibodies were incubated overnight at 4 °C: NG2 (1:100, Rabbit polyclonal, Millipore, ab5320), NG2 (1:50, Rat anti-mouse, R&D systems, MAB6689), Rabbit anti-RFP to detect TdTomato (1:100, Rockland, 600-401-379), CD45 (1:100, Goat anti-mouse, R&D systems, AF114), F4/80 (1:50, Rat anti-mouse, Abcam, ab6640), and Runx1,2,3 (1:100, Rabbit anti-mouse, Abcam, ab92336).

    Techniques: Immunostaining, Expressing, Control, Immunofluorescence, Transplantation Assay, Irradiation, One-tailed Test, Staining

    a t-SNE plot highlighting eight populations of interest identified in the E11 WT AGM. Each dot represents one cell and colours represent cell clusters as indicated. The number of cells in each population is shown in brackets. MP (macrophages); Ery/EryP (erythroid/progenitors); IAHC (intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters); HEC/EHT (hemogenic endothelial cells including those that enter endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition); EC (endothelial cells); SNS (sympathetic nervous system); SkMP (skeletal muscle progenitors), PC/vSMC (pericytes/vascular smooth muscle cells, NG2 + Acta2 + ). Other cells (OC) are coloured in grey. b t-SNE plot highlighting the eight populations identified after excluding all other (grey) cells. c Zoom into PC/vSMC cluster (black rectangle) further show the presence or the absence of selected genes that characterise this population and confirms the presence of Runx1 in a subset of cells. d Violin plots showing distribution of expression for selected genes that contributed to the identification of cell clusters. Immunohistochemistry on frozen E11 WT sections stained with e CD146/CD31/DAPI and f CD146/αSMA/DAPI, n = 2 samples tested, N = 2 independent experiments. Arrows: vascular cells, asterisks: perivascular cells. DA: dorsal aorta, CV: cardinal veins, NC: notochord. Source data for e (first column, 20X) is provided as a file.

    Journal: Nature Communications

    Article Title: Runx1+ vascular smooth muscle cells are essential for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell development in vivo

    doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44913-z

    Figure Lengend Snippet: a t-SNE plot highlighting eight populations of interest identified in the E11 WT AGM. Each dot represents one cell and colours represent cell clusters as indicated. The number of cells in each population is shown in brackets. MP (macrophages); Ery/EryP (erythroid/progenitors); IAHC (intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters); HEC/EHT (hemogenic endothelial cells including those that enter endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition); EC (endothelial cells); SNS (sympathetic nervous system); SkMP (skeletal muscle progenitors), PC/vSMC (pericytes/vascular smooth muscle cells, NG2 + Acta2 + ). Other cells (OC) are coloured in grey. b t-SNE plot highlighting the eight populations identified after excluding all other (grey) cells. c Zoom into PC/vSMC cluster (black rectangle) further show the presence or the absence of selected genes that characterise this population and confirms the presence of Runx1 in a subset of cells. d Violin plots showing distribution of expression for selected genes that contributed to the identification of cell clusters. Immunohistochemistry on frozen E11 WT sections stained with e CD146/CD31/DAPI and f CD146/αSMA/DAPI, n = 2 samples tested, N = 2 independent experiments. Arrows: vascular cells, asterisks: perivascular cells. DA: dorsal aorta, CV: cardinal veins, NC: notochord. Source data for e (first column, 20X) is provided as a file.

    Article Snippet: The following unconjugated primary antibodies were incubated overnight at 4 °C: NG2 (1:100, Rabbit polyclonal, Millipore, ab5320), NG2 (1:50, Rat anti-mouse, R&D systems, MAB6689), Rabbit anti-RFP to detect TdTomato (1:100, Rockland, 600-401-379), CD45 (1:100, Goat anti-mouse, R&D systems, AF114), F4/80 (1:50, Rat anti-mouse, Abcam, ab6640), and Runx1,2,3 (1:100, Rabbit anti-mouse, Abcam, ab92336).

    Techniques: Expressing, Immunohistochemistry, Staining

    a t-SNE plots showing the distribution of Runx1 and Acta2 expression in NG2 + Runx1 + cells in the WT E11 AGM after excluding all other (grey) cells found in the Fig. . b Zoom into NG2 + Runx1 + cluster (black rectangle) shows the presence or the absence of Acta2 . c Heatmap showing the expression of Cspg4 and Runx1 and 15 selected genes out of 25 top significantly upregulated genes in WT NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 + cells (upper half) and NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 - cells (bottom half) at single cell level; *Runx1 potential target genes. Pdgfra and Ptn genes were next added to inform their expression in both populations. Barplot of fold enrichment for selected GO biological processes significantly overrepresented in genes significantly upregulated in both d WT NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 + and e NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 - cells. f t-SNE of WT E11 AGM cells, overlaid with principal pseudotime curve inferred by Slingshot, predicting a lineage from NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 - cells to NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 + cells. g WT NG2 + Runx1 + cells arranged in pseudotime (x-axis) based on the inferred curve. Y-axis represents log normalised gene expression.

    Journal: Nature Communications

    Article Title: Runx1+ vascular smooth muscle cells are essential for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell development in vivo

    doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44913-z

    Figure Lengend Snippet: a t-SNE plots showing the distribution of Runx1 and Acta2 expression in NG2 + Runx1 + cells in the WT E11 AGM after excluding all other (grey) cells found in the Fig. . b Zoom into NG2 + Runx1 + cluster (black rectangle) shows the presence or the absence of Acta2 . c Heatmap showing the expression of Cspg4 and Runx1 and 15 selected genes out of 25 top significantly upregulated genes in WT NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 + cells (upper half) and NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 - cells (bottom half) at single cell level; *Runx1 potential target genes. Pdgfra and Ptn genes were next added to inform their expression in both populations. Barplot of fold enrichment for selected GO biological processes significantly overrepresented in genes significantly upregulated in both d WT NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 + and e NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 - cells. f t-SNE of WT E11 AGM cells, overlaid with principal pseudotime curve inferred by Slingshot, predicting a lineage from NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 - cells to NG2 + Runx1 + Acta2 + cells. g WT NG2 + Runx1 + cells arranged in pseudotime (x-axis) based on the inferred curve. Y-axis represents log normalised gene expression.

    Article Snippet: The following unconjugated primary antibodies were incubated overnight at 4 °C: NG2 (1:100, Rabbit polyclonal, Millipore, ab5320), NG2 (1:50, Rat anti-mouse, R&D systems, MAB6689), Rabbit anti-RFP to detect TdTomato (1:100, Rockland, 600-401-379), CD45 (1:100, Goat anti-mouse, R&D systems, AF114), F4/80 (1:50, Rat anti-mouse, Abcam, ab6640), and Runx1,2,3 (1:100, Rabbit anti-mouse, Abcam, ab92336).

    Techniques: Expressing, Gene Expression

    a t-SNE plot showing eight populations of interest found in the E11 cKO AGM. Each dot represents one cell and colours represent cell clusters as indicated. MP (macrophages); Ery/EryP (erythroid/progenitors); IAHC (intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters); HEC/EHT (hemogenic endothelial cells including those that enter endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition), EC (endothelial cells); SNS (sympathetic nervous system); SkMP (skeletal muscle progenitors); PC/vSMC (pericytes/vascular smooth muscle cells, NG2 + Acta2 + ) . Other cells (OC) are coloured in grey. The number of cells in each cluster is shown in brackets. b t-SNE plot highlighting the eight populations identified after excluding all other (grey) cells. c Percentage of single live cells found in each E11 AGM sample (cell number/total cells) defined by scRNA-seq in WT (full bars) and cKO (empty bars) AGMs. Colours and numbers correspond to each population defined in a ; chi-squared two-tailed test was used for comparison. d Barplot of fold enrichment for selected GO biological processes significantly overrepresented in genes significantly downregulated in cKO PC/vSMCs compared to their WT counterparts. Heatmap of ligand-receptor interactions inferred by NicheNet from e WT and f cKO E11 AGM cells. Colour represents the interaction potential score between the 10 top-ranked ligands expressed in ECs and their inferred targets expressed in PC/vSMCs. Ligands and receptors are ordered by hierarchical clustering. g Scatter plots of AUC vs –log10(FDR) showing downregulated genes associated with selected GO terms in cKO PC/vSMCs. Red dots represent significantly downregulated genes (FDR<0.05); dashed line shows FDR = 0.05. Gene labels with red borders represent potential Runx1 target genes.

    Journal: Nature Communications

    Article Title: Runx1+ vascular smooth muscle cells are essential for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell development in vivo

    doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44913-z

    Figure Lengend Snippet: a t-SNE plot showing eight populations of interest found in the E11 cKO AGM. Each dot represents one cell and colours represent cell clusters as indicated. MP (macrophages); Ery/EryP (erythroid/progenitors); IAHC (intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters); HEC/EHT (hemogenic endothelial cells including those that enter endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition), EC (endothelial cells); SNS (sympathetic nervous system); SkMP (skeletal muscle progenitors); PC/vSMC (pericytes/vascular smooth muscle cells, NG2 + Acta2 + ) . Other cells (OC) are coloured in grey. The number of cells in each cluster is shown in brackets. b t-SNE plot highlighting the eight populations identified after excluding all other (grey) cells. c Percentage of single live cells found in each E11 AGM sample (cell number/total cells) defined by scRNA-seq in WT (full bars) and cKO (empty bars) AGMs. Colours and numbers correspond to each population defined in a ; chi-squared two-tailed test was used for comparison. d Barplot of fold enrichment for selected GO biological processes significantly overrepresented in genes significantly downregulated in cKO PC/vSMCs compared to their WT counterparts. Heatmap of ligand-receptor interactions inferred by NicheNet from e WT and f cKO E11 AGM cells. Colour represents the interaction potential score between the 10 top-ranked ligands expressed in ECs and their inferred targets expressed in PC/vSMCs. Ligands and receptors are ordered by hierarchical clustering. g Scatter plots of AUC vs –log10(FDR) showing downregulated genes associated with selected GO terms in cKO PC/vSMCs. Red dots represent significantly downregulated genes (FDR<0.05); dashed line shows FDR = 0.05. Gene labels with red borders represent potential Runx1 target genes.

    Article Snippet: The following unconjugated primary antibodies were incubated overnight at 4 °C: NG2 (1:100, Rabbit polyclonal, Millipore, ab5320), NG2 (1:50, Rat anti-mouse, R&D systems, MAB6689), Rabbit anti-RFP to detect TdTomato (1:100, Rockland, 600-401-379), CD45 (1:100, Goat anti-mouse, R&D systems, AF114), F4/80 (1:50, Rat anti-mouse, Abcam, ab6640), and Runx1,2,3 (1:100, Rabbit anti-mouse, Abcam, ab92336).

    Techniques: Two Tailed Test, Comparison

    a , b Representative plots and percentages of Lin - Sca1 + cKit + (LSK) and c , d LSK CD150 + CD48 - (SLAM) bone marrow (BM) cells by flow cytometry of WT/ NG2+/+;Runx1 fl/+ ,NG2+/+;Runx1 fl/fl ( n = 9), HET NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/+ ( n = 4) and cKO NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/fl ( n = 4) adult mice is shown. e Colony-forming unit-culture (CFU-C) numbers per 10 adult BM cells; n = WT/HET/cKO: 13/7/8 mice. N = 7 independent experiments. Data are mean ± SEM (Table ). f Hematopoietic stem cell repopulating potential and donor chimerism of WT and mutant BM cells in vivo. 5 × 10 5 BM donor WT, HET and cKO cells were injected into 29, 11 and 20 Ly5.1 HET recipients, respectively, with 18, 3 and 4 found to be reconstituted respectively (Table S3, p = 0.024 (WT/HET) and p = 0.002 (WT/cKO) by Z score test for 2 population proportions). Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood; p = 0.002 (WT/cKO) by Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s post-hoc test (Table ). g Histograms showing the contribution of CD45.2 + CD45.1 - donor cells to myeloid cells (CD11b + Gr1 +/- ), B cells (CD19 + ) and T cells (CD4/8 + ) in all reconstituted host mice from ( f ). ( n = WT/HET/cKO = 18/3/4), p = 0.019 (WT/HET) for B cells by one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test. h BM cells from selected reconstituted primary recipients (found in f ) were transplanted into multiple irradiated secondary recipients. Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood (Table – ). i Representative flow cytometric analysis plot of NG2 in Runx1-IRES-GFP adult BM ( n = 6). All data are presented as Mean values+/-SEM. N = number of independent experiments; n = number of biological samples. Source data for b , d , e , f , g and h are provided as a file.

    Journal: Nature Communications

    Article Title: Runx1+ vascular smooth muscle cells are essential for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell development in vivo

    doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44913-z

    Figure Lengend Snippet: a , b Representative plots and percentages of Lin - Sca1 + cKit + (LSK) and c , d LSK CD150 + CD48 - (SLAM) bone marrow (BM) cells by flow cytometry of WT/ NG2+/+;Runx1 fl/+ ,NG2+/+;Runx1 fl/fl ( n = 9), HET NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/+ ( n = 4) and cKO NG2-Cre;Runx1 fl/fl ( n = 4) adult mice is shown. e Colony-forming unit-culture (CFU-C) numbers per 10 adult BM cells; n = WT/HET/cKO: 13/7/8 mice. N = 7 independent experiments. Data are mean ± SEM (Table ). f Hematopoietic stem cell repopulating potential and donor chimerism of WT and mutant BM cells in vivo. 5 × 10 5 BM donor WT, HET and cKO cells were injected into 29, 11 and 20 Ly5.1 HET recipients, respectively, with 18, 3 and 4 found to be reconstituted respectively (Table S3, p = 0.024 (WT/HET) and p = 0.002 (WT/cKO) by Z score test for 2 population proportions). Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood; p = 0.002 (WT/cKO) by Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s post-hoc test (Table ). g Histograms showing the contribution of CD45.2 + CD45.1 - donor cells to myeloid cells (CD11b + Gr1 +/- ), B cells (CD19 + ) and T cells (CD4/8 + ) in all reconstituted host mice from ( f ). ( n = WT/HET/cKO = 18/3/4), p = 0.019 (WT/HET) for B cells by one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test. h BM cells from selected reconstituted primary recipients (found in f ) were transplanted into multiple irradiated secondary recipients. Mice are reconstituted when ≥5% donor cells are found in the host peripheral blood (Table – ). i Representative flow cytometric analysis plot of NG2 in Runx1-IRES-GFP adult BM ( n = 6). All data are presented as Mean values+/-SEM. N = number of independent experiments; n = number of biological samples. Source data for b , d , e , f , g and h are provided as a file.

    Article Snippet: The following unconjugated primary antibodies were incubated overnight at 4 °C: NG2 (1:100, Rabbit polyclonal, Millipore, ab5320), NG2 (1:50, Rat anti-mouse, R&D systems, MAB6689), Rabbit anti-RFP to detect TdTomato (1:100, Rockland, 600-401-379), CD45 (1:100, Goat anti-mouse, R&D systems, AF114), F4/80 (1:50, Rat anti-mouse, Abcam, ab6640), and Runx1,2,3 (1:100, Rabbit anti-mouse, Abcam, ab92336).

    Techniques: Flow Cytometry, Mutagenesis, In Vivo, Injection, Irradiation