Commitment of hematopoietic stem cells to erythroid, megakaryocyte and mast cell lineages is accelerated by IL-33 in humans
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ABSTRACT: The understanding of human haematopoiesis has much improved in the last decade. It is now accepted that lineage commitment decisions already occur at the level of single haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). It is also thought that the balance of such decisions is highly influenced by stress, inflammation, age or disease. However, a lack of tractable models that recapitulate human HSC function and blood formation hampers insights into mechanistic understanding. To address this, we developed an in vitro model of the earliest differentiation trajectories of human HSCs to study perturbations at single-cell resolution. Within 5 days, long-term (LT) HSCs (defined by CD19−CD34+CD38−CD45RA−CD49f+CD90+) plated in this model produced progenitors committed to all major blood lineages: myeloid, erythroid (Ery), lymphoid, megakaryocytes (Meg) and mast cells (MC). We uncovered a common cultured Ery, Meg and MC progenitor (cMEMP), marked by high expression of IL1RL1, encoding the receptor for IL-33, ST2. When exposed to IL-33, LT-HSCs show accelerated production of cMEMP and further enhanced differentiation towards the Meg, MC and Ery lineages (in vitro and Ery in vivo). This effect is dependent on MAPK signalling downstream of ST2. In summary our study: i) presents a novel model to study the earliest divisions of human haematopoiesis, ii) reports a common progenitor for Ery, Meg and MC and iii) identifies IL-33 as a novel mediator of the Ery, Meg and MC lineages through cMEMP. This dataset contains LT-HSCs cultured for 5 days then 10x scRNA-seq.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE317286 | GEO | 2026/09/11
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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