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Published in final edited form as: Nature. 2016 Jan 20;529(7587):528–531. doi: 10.1038/nature16500

Extended Data Table 1. Phenotypic analysis of the hematopoietic system in Mfn2fl/fl-Vav-Cre mice.

Analysis of 8-10 week-old Mfn2fl/fl or Mfn2fl/fl-Vav-Cre mice for (A) frequency of LSK cells and HSCs, (B) peripheral blood counts, (C) BM progenitor populations (MPPs (linSca1+kit+CD48+), CMPs (linSca1kit+), CLPs (linSca1lokitloIL7Ra+Flt3+), MEPs (LinKit+Sca1CD16/32lowCD34)), (D) myeloid (Gr1+/Mac1+), T (CD3+) and B (CD19+) cells in the spleen, (E) myeloid (Gr1+/Mac1+), T (CD3+) and B (CD19+) cells in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and (F) thymocyte subpopulations (DP: CD4+CD8+, DN: CD4CD8, DN1: CD4CD8CD44+CD25, DN2: CD4CD8CD44+CD25+, DN3: CD4CD8CD44CD25+, DN4: CD4CD8CD44CD25) Tables, mean±s.e.m.; n=3 mice; *P<0.05; two-tailed student’s t test.

A

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Compartments
LSK LSK CD48- Flt3-
CD150+

Mfn2 f/f

0.277% 0.053%
0.319% 0.082%
0.346% 0.058%
   Mean 0.314% ± 0.03 0.064% ± 0.02*

Mfn2 f/fVav-Cre

0.213% 0.021%
0.575% 0.047%
0.220% 0.039%
   Mean 0.336% ± 0.20 0.036% ± 0.01*
B

Peripheral blood counts

WT KO

N= 8 4
WBC 7.3 ± 2.6 8.7 ± 1.7
Neutrophil% 15.4 ± 9.2 15.4 ± 12.0
Lymphocytes% 73.0 ± 12.8 78.2 ± 12.6
Monocytes% 6.2 ± 2.8 5.9 ± 3.2
Eosinophiles% 0.4 ± 0.3 1.3 ± 1.4
Basophiles% 0.1 ± 0.1 0.4 ± 0.4
NRBC% ± ±
Hematocrit 45.1 ± 4.2 45.3 ± 6.7
RBC 8.7 ± 0.7 8.9 ± 1.2
HB 12.3 ± 1.2 12.8 ± 1.6
MCV 51.5 ± 1.7 50.7 ± 1.8
MCH 14.1 ± 0.5 14.4 ± 0.5
MCHC 27.3 ± 0.8 28.4 ± 0.7
RDW 15.2 ± 1.7 15.5 ± 1.4
RSD 7.9 ± 0.9 7.9 ± 0.9
RETIC# 47.4 ± 29.9 49.1 ± 42.0
RETIC% 0.6 ± 0.4 0.6 ± 0.5
Platelet 642.8 ± 146.4 653.0 ± 66.7
C

Bone Marrow Progenitor Compartments

MPP GMP CMP MEP CLP
Mfn2 f/f

0.00272% 0.00184% 0.00281% 0.00049%
0.00841% 0.00469% 0.00958% 0.00067%
0.00149% 0.00164% 0.00135% 0.00409%
   Mean 0.314% ± 0.03 0.0042% ± 4e-5 0.0027% ± 2e-5 0.0046% ± 4e-5 0.00175% ± 2e-5

Mfn2 f/f Vav-Cre

0.00321% 0.00224% 0.00369% 0.00108%
0.00844% 0.00550% 0.00589% 0.00041%
0.00136% 0.00110% 0.00142% 0.00916%
   Mean 0.336% ± 0.20 0.0043% ± 4e-5 0.0029% ± 2e-5 0.0037% ± 2e-5 0.00355% ± 5e-5
D

Splenocyte Lineages

Mac + or GR1 + CD3+ CD19+
Mfn2 f/f

6.840% 17.60000% 59.70000%
9.910% 27.80000% 63.70000%
8.375% 22.700% 61.700%
   Mean 8.37% ± 0.02 22.70% ± 0.05 61.70% ± 0.02

Mfn2 f/f Vav-Cre

11.800% 13.79000% 62.59000%
9.070% 27.50000% 63.20000%
10.435% 20.645% 62.895%
   Mean 10.43% ± 0.01 20.65% ± 0.07 62.90% ± 0.01
E

Peripheral Blood Lineages

Mac1+ or GR1 + CD3+ CD19+
Mfn2 f/f

26.300% 9.75280% 54.75000%
23.100% 26.800% 42.135%
19.900% 43.84800% 29.51910%
   Mean 23.1% ± 0.03 26.8% ± 17 42.1% ± 13

Mfn2 f/f Vav-Cre

15.200% 15.63765% 63.22500%
17.900% 35.944% 41.143%
20.600% 56.24940% 19.06100%
   Mean 17.9% ± 0.02 35.9% ± 20 62.9% ± 22
F

Thymus Lineages

CD4 CD8 DP DN DN1 DN2 DN3 DN4
Mfn2 f/f

10.50% 2.95% 81.60% 2.11% 0.03% 0.10% 0.54% 0.19%
11.10% 2.10% 81.30% 3.10% 0.04% 0.15% 0.81% 0.17%
5.95% 3.01% 83.20% 1.48% 0.03% 0.10% 0.41% 0.06%
   Mean 9.2% ± 2.8 2.7% ± 0.5 82.7% ± 1.0 2.2% ± 0.8 0.33% ± 0.006 0.117% ± 0.03 0.587% ± 0.20 0.14% ± 0.07

Mfn2 f/f Vav-Cre

9.42% 2.56% 83.00% 1.86% 0.03% 0.13% 0.54% 0.20%
9.25% 2.55% 84.50% 2.09% 0.06% 0.13% 0.81% 0.20%
11.30% 3.44% 80% 2.74% 0.03% 0.09% 0.57% 0.21%
   Mean 10.0% ± 1.1 2.8% ± 0.5 82.5% ± 2.3 2.2% ± 0.5 0.040% ± 0.02 0.117% ± 0.02 0.64% ± 0.15 0.203% ± 0.01