TY - JOUR
T1 - Fucose-deficient hematopoietic stem cells have decreased self-renewal and aberrant marrow niche occupancy
AU - Myers, Jay
AU - Huang, Yuanshuai
AU - Wei, Lebing
AU - Yan, Quanjian
AU - Huang, Alex
AU - Zhou, Lan
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - BACKGROUND: Modification of Notch receptors by O-linked fucose and its further elongation by the Fringe family of glycosyltransferase has been shown to be important for Notch signaling activation. Our recent studies disclose a myeloproliferative phenotype, hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) dysfunction, and abnormal Notch signaling in mice deficient in FX, which is required for fucosylation of a number of proteins including Notch. The purpose of this study was to assess the self-renewal and stem cell niche features of fucose-deficient HSCs. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Homeostasis and maintenance of HSCs derived from FX-/- mice were studied by serial bone marrow transplantation, homing assay, and cell cycle analysis. Two-photon intravital microscopy was performed to visualize and compare the in vivo marrow niche occupancy by fucose-deficient and wild-type (WT) HSCs. RESULTS: Marrow progenitors from FX-/- mice had mild homing defects that could be partially prevented by exogenous fucose supplementation. Fucose-deficient HSCs from FX-/- mice displayed decreased self-renewal capability compared with the WT controls. This is accompanied with their increased cell cycling activity and suppressed Notch ligand binding. When tracked in vivo by two-photon intravital imaging, the fucose-deficient HSCs were found localized farther from the endosteum of the calvarium marrow than the WT HSCs. CONCLUSIONS: The current reported aberrant niche occupancy by HSCs from FX-/- mice, in the context of a faulty blood lineage homeostasis and HSC dysfunction in mice expressing Notch receptors deficient in O-fucosylation, suggests that fucosylation-modified Notch receptor may represent a novel extrinsic regulator for HSC engraftment and HSC niche maintenance.
AB - BACKGROUND: Modification of Notch receptors by O-linked fucose and its further elongation by the Fringe family of glycosyltransferase has been shown to be important for Notch signaling activation. Our recent studies disclose a myeloproliferative phenotype, hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) dysfunction, and abnormal Notch signaling in mice deficient in FX, which is required for fucosylation of a number of proteins including Notch. The purpose of this study was to assess the self-renewal and stem cell niche features of fucose-deficient HSCs. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Homeostasis and maintenance of HSCs derived from FX-/- mice were studied by serial bone marrow transplantation, homing assay, and cell cycle analysis. Two-photon intravital microscopy was performed to visualize and compare the in vivo marrow niche occupancy by fucose-deficient and wild-type (WT) HSCs. RESULTS: Marrow progenitors from FX-/- mice had mild homing defects that could be partially prevented by exogenous fucose supplementation. Fucose-deficient HSCs from FX-/- mice displayed decreased self-renewal capability compared with the WT controls. This is accompanied with their increased cell cycling activity and suppressed Notch ligand binding. When tracked in vivo by two-photon intravital imaging, the fucose-deficient HSCs were found localized farther from the endosteum of the calvarium marrow than the WT HSCs. CONCLUSIONS: The current reported aberrant niche occupancy by HSCs from FX-/- mice, in the context of a faulty blood lineage homeostasis and HSC dysfunction in mice expressing Notch receptors deficient in O-fucosylation, suggests that fucosylation-modified Notch receptor may represent a novel extrinsic regulator for HSC engraftment and HSC niche maintenance.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02745.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02745.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 20573072
AN - SCOPUS:78649987445
SN - 0041-1132
VL - 50
SP - 2660
EP - 2669
JO - Transfusion
JF - Transfusion
IS - 12
ER -