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Differentiation latency and dormancy signatures define fetal liver HSCs at single cell resolution.

ABSTRACT: Decoding the gene regulatory mechanisms mediating self-renewal of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) during their amplification in the fetal liver (FL) is relevant for advancing therapeutic applications aiming to expand transplantable HSCs, a long-standing challenge. Here, to explore intrinsic and extrinsic regulation of self-renewal in FL-HSCs at the single cell level, we engineered a culture platform designed to recapitulate the FL endothelial niche, which supports the amplification of serially engraftable HSCs ex vivo. Leveraging this platform in combination with single cell index flow cytometry, serial transplantation assays, and single cell RNA-sequencing, we elucidated previously unrecognized heterogeneity in immunophenotypically defined FL-HSCs and demonstrated that differentiation latency and transcriptional signatures of biosynthetic dormancy are distinguishing properties of self-renewing FL-HSCs with capacity for serial, long-term multilineage hematopoietic reconstitution. Altogether, our findings provide key insights into HSC expansion and generate a novel resource for future exploration of the intrinsic and niche-derived signaling pathways that support FL-HSC self-renewal.

SUBMITTER: Ishida T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10274697 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Differentiation latency, cell division symmetry, and dormancy signatures define fetal liver HSCs at single cell resolution.

Ishida Takashi T Mercoli Juliane J Heck Adam M AM Phelps Ian I Varnum-Finney Barbara B Dozono Stacey S Nourigat-McKay Cynthia C Kraskouskas Katie K Wellington Rachel R Waltner Olivia O Jackson Dana L DL Delaney Colleen C Rafii Shahin S Bernstein Irwin D ID Aldinger Kimberly A KA Trapnell Cole C Zhao Helong G HG Hadland Brandon B

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 20250502

Decoding the gene regulatory mechanisms and signaling interactions that orchestrate the self-renewal of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) during their expansion in the fetal liver (FL) could unlock novel therapeutic strategies to expand transplantable HSCs, a long-standing challenge. Here, to explore intrinsic and extrinsic regulation of FL-HSC self-renewal at the single cell level, we engineered a culture platform designed to recapitulate the FL endothelial niche, which supports the ex vivo ampli ...[more]

PMID: 37333272

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Differentiation latency and dormancy signatures define fetal liver HSCs at single cell resolution.

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Differentiation latency, cell division symmetry, and dormancy signatures define fetal liver HSCs at single cell resolution.

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