PMID- 33418191 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210528 LR - 20210528 IS - 1090-2104 (Electronic) IS - 0006-291X (Linking) VI - 539 DP - 2021 Feb 5 TI - Hoxb5 defines the heterogeneity of self-renewal capacity in the hematopoietic stem cell compartment. PG - 34-41 LID - S0006-291X(20)32260-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.12.077 [doi] AB - Self-renewal and multipotency are essential functions of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). To maintain homeostatic hematopoiesis, functionally uniform HSCs have been thought to be an ideal cell-of-origin. Recent technological advances in the field have allowed us to analyze HSCs with single cell resolution and implicate that functional heterogeneity may exist even within the highly purified HSC compartment. However, due in part to the technical limitations of analyzing extremely rare populations and our incomplete understanding of HSC biology, neither the biological meaning of why heterogeneity exists nor the precise mechanism of how heterogeneity is determined within the HSC compartment is entirely known. Here we show the first evidence that self-renewal capacity varies with the degree of replication stress dose and results in heterogeneity within the HSC compartment. Using the Hoxb5-reporter mouse line which enables us to distinguish between long-term (LT)-HSCs and short-term (ST)-HSCs, we have found that ST-HSCs quickly lose self-renewal capacity under high stress environments but can maintain self-renewal under low stress environments for long periods of time. Critically, exogeneous Hoxb5 expression confers protection against loss of self-renewal to Hoxb5-negative HSCs and can partially alter the cell fate of ST-HSCs to that of LT-HSCs. Our results demonstrate that Hoxb5 imparts functional heterogeneity in the HSC compartment by regulating self-renewal capacity. Additionally, Hoxb5-positive HSCs may exist as fail-safe system to protect from the exhaustion of HSCs throughout an organism's lifespan. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Sakamaki, Taro AU - Sakamaki T AD - RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8397, Japan. FAU - Kao, Kevin S AU - Kao KS AD - Weill Cornell, Rockefeller, Sloan Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, New York, NY, 10065, USA. FAU - Nishi, Katsuyuki AU - Nishi K AD - RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8397, Japan. FAU - Chen, James Y AU - Chen JY AD - Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. FAU - Sadaoka, Kay AU - Sadaoka K AD - RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan. FAU - Fujii, Momo AU - Fujii M AD - RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan. FAU - Takaori-Kondo, Akifumi AU - Takaori-Kondo A AD - Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8397, Japan. FAU - Weissman, Irving L AU - Weissman IL AD - Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine and Ludwig Center for Cancer Stem Cell Biology and Medicine, USA; Department of Pathology and Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA. FAU - Miyanishi, Masanori AU - Miyanishi M AD - RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan. Electronic address: masanori.miyanishi@riken.jp. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210105 PL - United States TA - Biochem Biophys Res Commun JT - Biochemical and biophysical research communications JID - 0372516 RN - 0 (Homeodomain Proteins) RN - 0 (Hoxb5 protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Differentiation/physiology MH - Cell Lineage MH - Cell Proliferation/physiology MH - Cell Self Renewal/physiology MH - Hematopoiesis MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cells/*cytology/*metabolism MH - Homeodomain Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mice OTO - NOTNLM OT - Hematopoietic stem cell OT - Heterogeneity OT - Hoxb5 OT - LT-HSC OT - ST-HSC OT - Self-renewal COIS- Declaration of competing interest We have no competing interests to declare. EDAT- 2021/01/09 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/29 06:00 CRDT- 2021/01/08 20:14 PHST- 2020/12/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/12/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/12/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/01/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/01/08 20:14 [entrez] AID - S0006-291X(20)32260-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.12.077 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2021 Feb 5;539:34-41. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.12.077. Epub 2021 Jan 5.