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ArticleNature2014

Haematopoietic stem cells require a highly regulated protein synthesis rate.

Robert A J Signer, Jeffrey A Magee, Adrian Salic, Sean J Morrison

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Article in Nature, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 442 papers.

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442citing papers in PubMed
22.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

442 citing papers in PubMed, 688 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. DCAF13 Safeguards Hematopoietic Stem Cells via RRS1-Regulated Ribosome Biogenesis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  19. The metabolic profiles of cancer stem cells.Stem cell research & therapy · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Robert A J SignerHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Children's Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
Jeffrey A MageeHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Children's Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
Adrian SalicDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Sean J MorrisonHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Children's Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USHarvard University Press · US

Funding

The Regulation of Stem Cell AgingR37AG024945 · NIA · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI MORRISON, SEAN J · 2009 to 2018
$3.1M
ANTECEDANTS SEQUELAE OF CHILDHOOD ONSET DISEASEK12HD068369 · NICHD · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI SKAPEK, STEPHEN X · 2011 to 2020
$3.0M
The regulation of protein synthesis in stem cellsR01DK100848 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI MORRISON, SEAN J · 2014 to 2016
$898k
CIHR MFE-106993Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIA NIH HHS R37 AG024945NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD068369NICHD NIH HHS K12-HD068369NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK100848
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many aspects of cellular physiology remain unstudied in somatic stem cells, for example, there are almost no data on protein synthesis in any somatic stem cell. Here we set out to compare protein synthesis in haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and restricted haematopoietic progenitors. We found that the amount of protein synthesized per hour in HSCs in vivo was lower than in most other haematopoietic cells, even if we controlled for differences in cell cycle status or forced HSCs to undergo self-renewing divisions. Reduced ribosome function in Rpl24(Bst/+) mice further reduced protein synthesis in HSCs and impaired HSC function. Pten deletion increased protein synthesis in HSCs but also reduced HSC function. Rpl24(Bst/+) cell-autonomously rescued the effects of Pten deletion in HSCs; blocking the increase in protein synthesis, restoring HSC function, and delaying leukaemogenesis. Pten deficiency thus depletes HSCs and promotes leukaemia partly by increasing protein synthesis. Either increased or decreased protein synthesis impairs HSC function.

Indexed as

Protein BiosynthesisAnimalsCell ProliferationCell Transformation, NeoplasticFemaleFlow CytometryGenetic Complementation TestHematopoietic Stem CellsHomeostasisKineticsLeukemiaMaleMiceMutationProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexPTEN PhosphohydrolaseProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexPTEN PhosphohydrolasePten protein, mousePuromycinribosomal protein L24Ribosomal Proteins

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PMID24670665
PMCPMC4015626
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