PMID- 33150381 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210405 LR - 20230621 IS - 1528-0020 (Electronic) IS - 0006-4971 (Print) IS - 0006-4971 (Linking) VI - 136 IP - 26 DP - 2020 Dec 24 TI - ER-associated degradation preserves hematopoietic stem cell quiescence and self-renewal by restricting mTOR activity. PG - 2975-2986 LID - 10.1182/blood.2020007975 [doi] AB - Hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) self-renew to sustain stem cell pools and differentiate to generate all types of blood cells. HSCs remain in quiescence to sustain their long-term self-renewal potential. It remains unclear whether protein quality control is required for stem cells in quiescence when RNA content, protein synthesis, and metabolic activities are profoundly reduced. Here, we report that protein quality control via endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) governs the function of quiescent HSCs. The Sel1L/Hrd1 ERAD genes are enriched in the quiescent and inactive HSCs, and conditional knockout of Sel1L in hematopoietic tissues drives HSCs to hyperproliferation, which leads to complete loss of HSC self-renewal and HSC depletion. Mechanistically, ERAD deficiency via Sel1L knockout leads to activation of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling. Furthermore, we identify Ras homolog enriched in brain (Rheb), an activator of mTOR, as a novel protein substrate of Sel1L/Hrd1 ERAD, which accumulates upon Sel1L deletion and HSC activation. Importantly, inhibition of mTOR, or Rheb, rescues HSC defects in Sel1L knockout mice. Protein quality control via ERAD is, therefore, a critical checkpoint that governs HSC quiescence and self-renewal by Rheb-mediated restriction of mTOR activity. CI - (c) 2020 by The American Society of Hematology. FAU - Liu, Lu AU - Liu L AD - Department of Internal Medicine. FAU - Inoki, Ayaka AU - Inoki A AD - Department of Internal Medicine. FAU - Fan, Kelly AU - Fan K AD - Department of Internal Medicine. FAU - Mao, Fengbiao AU - Mao F AD - Department of Pathology. FAU - Shi, Guojun AU - Shi G AD - Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, and. FAU - Jin, Xi AU - Jin X AD - Department of Internal Medicine. FAU - Zhao, Meiling AU - Zhao M AD - Department of Internal Medicine. FAU - Ney, Gina AU - Ney G AD - Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. FAU - Jones, Morgan AU - Jones M AD - Department of Internal Medicine. FAU - Sun, Shengyi AU - Sun S AD - Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; and. FAU - Dou, Yali AU - Dou Y AD - Department of Pathology. FAU - Inoki, Ken AU - Inoki K AD - Department of Internal Medicine. AD - Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, and. FAU - Qi, Ling AU - Qi L AD - Department of Internal Medicine. AD - Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, and. FAU - Li, Qing AU - Li Q AD - Department of Internal Medicine. AD - Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. LA - eng GR - T32 HL007622/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL150707/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL132392/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA232263/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 CA009357/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Blood JT - Blood JID - 7603509 RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Ras Homolog Enriched in Brain Protein) RN - 0 (Rheb protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Sel1h protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Syvn1 protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (mTOR protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM CIN - Blood. 2020 Dec 24;136(26):2967-2968. PMID: 33367552 MH - Animals MH - *Cell Proliferation MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Degradation MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cells/*metabolism MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Ras Homolog Enriched in Brain Protein/genetics/metabolism MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC7770563 COIS- Conflict-of-interest disclosure: The authors declare no competing financial interests. EDAT- 2020/11/06 06:00 MHDA- 2021/04/07 06:00 PMCR- 2021/12/24 CRDT- 2020/11/05 06:09 PHST- 2020/07/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/10/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/11/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/04/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/11/05 06:09 [entrez] PHST- 2021/12/24 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0006-4971(20)83894-4 [pii] AID - 2020/BLD2020007975 [pii] AID - 10.1182/blood.2020007975 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Blood. 2020 Dec 24;136(26):2975-2986. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020007975.