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C-Myb+ Erythro-Myeloid Progenitor-Derived Fetal Monocytes Give Rise to Adult Tissue-Resident Macrophages

  • Guillaume Hoeffel
  • , Jinmiao Chen
  • , Yonit Lavin
  • , Donovan Low
  • , Francisca F. Almeida
  • , Peter See
  • , Anna E. Beaudin
  • , Josephine Lum
  • , Ivy Low
  • , E. Camilla Forsberg
  • , Michael Poidinger
  • , Francesca Zolezzi
  • , Anis Larbi
  • , Lai Guan Ng
  • , Jerry K.Y. Chan
  • , Melanie Greter
  • , Burkhard Becher
  • , Igor M. Samokhvalov
  • , Miriam Merad
  • , Florent Ginhoux

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Abstract

Although classified as hematopoietic cells, tissue-resident macrophages (MFs) arise from embryonic precursors that seed the tissues prior to birth togenerate a self-renewing population, which is maintained independently of adult hematopoiesis. Here we reveal the identity of these embryonic precursors using an in utero MF-depletion strategy and fate-mapping of yolk sac (YS) and fetal liver (FL) hematopoiesis. We show that YS MFs are the main precursors of microglia, while most other MFs derive from fetal monocytes (MOs). Both YS MFs and fetal MOs arise from erythro-myeloid progenitors (EMPs) generated in the YS. In the YS, EMPs gave rise to MFs without monocytic intermediates, while EMP seeding the FL upon the establishment of blood circulation acquired c-Myb expression and gave rise to fetal MOs that then seeded embryonic tissues and differentiated into MFs. Thus, adult tissue-resident MFs established from hematopoietic stem cell-independent embryonic precursors arise from two distinct developmental programs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)665-678
Number of pages14
JournalImmunity
Volume42
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Apr 2015

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