Fig. 6. Hematopoietic and endothelial cell lineage development. (A) Day 6 EB cells
were sorted for FLK1+CD4-,
FLK1+CD4+, FLK1-CD4+ and
FLK1-CD4- and subjected to hematopoietic replating
(5x104 cells/ml). The hematopoietic colonies were counted
after 5-7 days. Ery, erythroid; Mac, macrophage; Ery+Mac, bi-potential
erythroid and macrophage colony. (B) FLK1+CD4-,
FLK1+CD4+, FLK1-CD4+ and
FLK1-CD4- cells sorted from day 6 EBs were cultured on
type IV collagen coated plates for 4 days in the presence of VEGF (50 ng/ml).
Four days later, the adherent cells were stained with PECAM1 (CD31) antibodies
(right) or just treated with secondary antibody alone (left).
FLK1-CD4+ cells did not generate any adherent cells (not
shown). (C) Day 8 EBs were sorted for FLK1-CD4-,
FLK1+CD4- and FLK1-CD4+ cells and
subjected to hematopoietic replating (5x104 cells/ml). The
colonies were counted 5-7 days later.