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Secreted protein Del-1 regulates myelopoiesis in the hematopoietic stem cell niche
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Investigation. October, 2017, Vol. 127 Issue 10, p3624, 16 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) remain mostly quiescent under steady-state conditions but switch to a proliferative state following hematopoietic stress, e.g., bone marrow (BM) injury, transplantation, or systemic infection and inflammation. The homeostatic balance between quiescence, self-renewal, and differentiation of HSCs is strongly dependent on their interactions with cells that constitute a specialized microanatomical environment in the BM known as the HSC niche. Here, we identified the secreted extracellular matrix protein Del-1 as a component and regulator of the HSC niche. Specifically, we found that Del-1 was expressed by several cellular components of the HSC niche, including arteriolar endothelial cells, CXCL12-abundant reticular (CAR) cells, and cells of the osteoblastic lineage. Del-1 promoted critical functions of the HSC niche, as it regulated long-term HSC (LT-HSC) proliferation and differentiation toward the myeloid lineage. Del-1 deficiency in mice resulted in reduced LT-HSC proliferation and infringed preferentially upon myelopoiesis under both steady-state and stressful conditions, such as hematopoietic cell transplantation and G-CSF- or inflammation-induced stress myelopoiesis. Del-1-induced HSC proliferation and myeloid lineage commitment were mediated by [beta] integrin on hematopoietic progenitors. This hitherto unknown Del-1 function in the HSC niche represents a juxtacrine homeostatic adaptation of the hematopoietic system in stress myelopoiesis.<br />Introduction Hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) lie at the core of the hematopoietic and immune systems and have a unique capacity for self-renewal and differentiation to multipotent and lineage-committed hematopoietic progenitors, [...]
- Subjects :
- Hematopoietic stem cells -- Health aspects
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00219738
- Volume :
- 127
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.510110299
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI92571