Latexin Inactivation Enhances Survival and Long-Term Engraftment ofHematopoietic Stem Cells and Expands the Entire Hematopoietic System in Mice. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Natural genetic diversity offers an important yet largely untapped resource to decipher the molecular mechanisms regulating hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) function. Latexin (Lxn) is a negative stem cell regulatory gene identified on the basis of genetic diversity. By using an Lxn knockout mouse model, we found that Lxn inactivation invivo led to the physiological expansion of the entire hematopoietic hierarchy. Loss of Lxn enhanced the competitive repopulation capacity and survival of HSCs in a cell-intrinsic manner. Gene profiling of Lxn-null HSCs showed altered expression of genes enriched in cell-matrix and cell-cell interactions. Thrombospondin 1 (Thbs1) was a potential downstream target with a dramatic downregulation in Lxn-null HSCs. Enforced expression of Thbs1 restored the Lxn inactivation-mediated HSC phenotypes. This study reveals that Lxn plays an important role in the maintenance of homeostatic hematopoiesis, and it may lead to development of safe and effective approaches to manipulate HSCs for clinical benefit.

published proceedings

  • Stem Cell Reports

altmetric score

  • 1

author list (cited authors)

  • Liu, Y. i., Zhang, C., Li, Z., Wang, C., Jia, J., Gao, T., ... Liang, Y.

citation count

  • 16

complete list of authors

  • Liu, Yi||Zhang, Cuiping||Li, Zhenyu||Wang, Chi||Jia, Jianhang||Gao, Tianyan||Hildebrandt, Gerhard||Zhou, Daohong||Bondada, Subbarao||Ji, Peng||St Clair, Daret||Liu, Jinze||Zhan, Changguo||Geiger, Hartmut||Wang, Shuxia||Liang, Ying

publication date

  • April 2017