Current Biotechnology ›› 2023, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (2): 257-263.DOI: 10.19586/j.2095-2341.2022.0217

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Research on the Function of CXCL2 During Megakaryocyte Differentiation

Di WANG1,2(), Yanhong ZHAO1,2, Yipeng LIANG1,2, Haoze SONG1,2, Lihong SHI1,2(), Jingyuan TONG1,2()   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology,National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases,Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem,Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College,Tianjin 300020,China
    2.Tianjin Institutes of Health Science,Tianjin 301600,China
  • Received:2022-12-30 Accepted:2023-02-07 Online:2023-03-25 Published:2023-04-07
  • Contact: Lihong SHI,Jingyuan TONG

Abstract:

Clinically, the conflict between supply and demand of platelet transfusion is becoming increasingly acute, and research related to platelet generation in vitro has received extensive attention globally, mainly focusing on stem cell sources, cytokines, transcription factors, and turbulent flow systems. As platelets are small fragments produced from megakaryocytes, promoting differentiation efficiency and production of megakaryocytes will optimize platelet generation in vitro. CXCL2 is a chemoattractant chemokine promoting inflammation and angiogenesis, which has been known to be associated with cardiovascular disease and colon cancer, but its function in megakaryocyte differentiation remains unclear. In this study, utilizing a model of differentiation from cord blood-derived CD34+ cells to megakaryocytes, CXCL2 expression was decreased by lentivirus-mediated knockdown method, and the differentiation efficiency of megakaryocytes was detected by flow cytometry. Results indicated that early stage of megakaryocyte differentiation was inhibited after CXCL2 knockdown, and this inhibitory effect persisted throughout the differentiation process. This study suggested that CXCL2 plays an important regulatory role in megakaryocyte differentiation, and this finding may exert some implications on megakaryocyte differentiation and platelet generation in vitro.

Key words: megakaryocyte differentiation, CXCL2, CD34+ cells

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