Secreted protein Del-1 regulates myelopoiesis in the hematopoietic stem cell niche

Ioannis Mitroulis, Lan-Sun Chen, Rashim Pal Singh, Ioannis Kourtzelis, Matina Economopoulou, Tetsuhiro Kajikawa, Maria Troullinaki, Athanasios Ziogas, Klara Ruppova, Kavita Hosur, Tomoki Maekawa, Baomei Wang, Pallavi Subramanian, Torsten Tonn, Panayotis Verginis, Malte von Bonin, Manja Wobus, Martin Bornhäuser, Tatyana Grinenko, Marianna Di ScalaAndres Hidalgo, Ben Wielockx, George Hajishengallis, Triantafyllos Chavakis

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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 β3 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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3624-3639
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Clinical Investigation
Volume127
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Oct 2017

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Keywords

  • Animals
  • Carrier Proteins/genetics
  • Chemokine CXCL12/genetics
  • Endothelial Cells/metabolism
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cells/metabolism
  • Humans
  • Integrin beta3/genetics
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Myelopoiesis
  • Stem Cell Niche
  • Stress, Physiological

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