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Discrimination of Dormant and Active Hematopoietic Stem Cells by G0 Marker Reveals Dormancy Regulation by Cytoplasmic Calcium.

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Authors

Fukushima, Tsuyoshi 
Tanaka, Yosuke 
Hamey, Fiona K 
Chang, Chih-Hsiang 
Oki, Toshihiko 

Abstract

Quiescent hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are typically dormant, and only a few quiescent HSCs are active. The relationship between "dormant" and "active" HSCs remains unresolved. Here we generate a G0 marker (G0M) mouse line that visualizes quiescent cells and identify a small population of active HSCs (G0Mlow), which are distinct from dormant HSCs (G0Mhigh), within the conventional quiescent HSC fraction. Single-cell RNA-seq analyses show that the gene expression profiles of these populations are nearly identical but differ in their Cdk4/6 activity. Furthermore, high-throughput small-molecule screening reveals that high concentrations of cytoplasmic calcium ([Ca2+]c) are linked to dormancy of HSCs. These findings indicate that G0M separates dormant and active adult HSCs, which are regulated by Cdk4/6 and [Ca2+]c. This G0M mouse line represents a useful resource for investigating physiologically important stem cell subpopulations.

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Keywords

CDK, G(0) phase, HSC, calcium, cell cycle, dormancy, hematopoietic stem cell, p27, Animals, Biomarkers, Calcium, Cell Proliferation, Cell Self Renewal, Cytoplasm, Female, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression Regulation, Gene Regulatory Networks, Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Resting Phase, Cell Cycle, Single-Cell Analysis

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Cell Rep

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Journal ISSN

2211-1247
2211-1247

Volume Title

29

Publisher

Elsevier BV

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Sponsorship
Wellcome Trust (203151/Z/16/Z)
Wellcome Trust (079895/Z/06/Z)
Medical Research Council (MC_PC_12009)