PMID- 36464324 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230307 LR - 20230314 IS - 1365-2141 (Electronic) IS - 0007-1048 (Linking) VI - 200 IP - 6 DP - 2023 Mar TI - The nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 agonist tert-butylhydroquinone improves bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cell function in prolonged isolated thrombocytopenia after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. PG - 759-768 LID - 10.1111/bjh.18585 [doi] AB - Prolonged isolated thrombocytopenia (PT) is a life-threatening comorbidity associated with allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Our previous study indicated that dysfunctional bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (BM MSCs) played a role in PT pathogenesis and that reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation was related to BM MSC senescence and apoptosis. However, the mechanism of the increase in ROS levels in the BM MSCs of PT patients is unknown. In the current case-control study, we investigated whether nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2), which is a central regulator of the cellular anti-oxidant response that can clear ROS in human BM MSCs, was associated with PT after allo-HSCT. We evaluated whether an NRF2 agonist (tert-butylhydroquinone, TBHQ) could enhance BM MSCs from PT patients in vitro. We found that BM MSCs from PT patients exhibited increased ROS levels and reduced NRF2 expression. Multivariate analysis showed that low NRF2 expression was an independent risk factor for primary PT [p = 0.032, Odds ratio (OR) 0.868, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.764-0.988]. In-vitro treatment with TBHQ improved the quantity and function of BM MSCs from PT patients by downregulating ROS levels and rescued the impaired BM MSC support of megakaryocytopoiesis. In conclusion, these results suggested that NRF2 downregulation in human BM MSCs might be involved in the pathogenesis of PT after allo-HSCT and that BM MSC impairment could be improved by NRF2 agonist in vitro. Although further validation is needed, our data indicate that NRF2 agonists might be a potential therapeutic approach for PT patients after allo-HSCT. CI - (c) 2022 British Society for Haematology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Luo, Xue-Yi AU - Luo XY AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5835-8310 AD - National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, China. FAU - Kong, Yuan AU - Kong Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5594-2642 AD - National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, China. FAU - Lv, Meng AU - Lv M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6625-9523 AD - National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, China. FAU - Mo, Xiao-Dong AU - Mo XD AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9881-7945 AD - National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, China. FAU - Wang, Yu AU - Wang Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1253-7465 AD - National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, China. AD - Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China. FAU - Xu, Lan-Ping AU - Xu LP AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0267-1081 AD - National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, China. FAU - Zhang, Xiao-Hui AU - Zhang XH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0245-6792 AD - National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, China. FAU - Huang, Xiao-Jun AU - Huang XJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2145-6643 AD - National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, China. AD - Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China. FAU - Tang, Fei-Fei AU - Tang FF AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0460-9887 AD - National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, China. LA - eng GR - 2021YFC2500302/National Key Research and Development Program of China/ GR - 81900178/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20221204 PL - England TA - Br J Haematol JT - British journal of haematology JID - 0372544 RN - C12674942B (2-tert-butylhydroquinone) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 0 (NF-E2-Related Factor 2) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Bone Marrow/pathology MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - NF-E2-Related Factor 2/metabolism MH - Transplantation, Homologous/adverse effects MH - *Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/adverse effects MH - Bone Marrow Cells/pathology MH - *Thrombocytopenia/etiology MH - *Mesenchymal Stem Cells/metabolism MH - *Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation/adverse effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation OT - mesenchymal stem cell OT - nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 OT - prolonged isolated thrombocytopenia OT - tert-butylhydroquinone EDAT- 2022/12/05 06:00 MHDA- 2023/03/08 06:00 CRDT- 2022/12/04 20:52 PHST- 2022/11/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/09/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/12/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/04 20:52 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/bjh.18585 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Br J Haematol. 2023 Mar;200(6):759-768. doi: 10.1111/bjh.18585. Epub 2022 Dec 4.