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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2022

Hematopoietic stem cell regeneration through paracrine regulation of the Wnt5a/Prox1 signaling axis.

Qiqi Lin, Limei Wu, Srinivas Chatla, Fabliha A Chowdhury, Neha Atale, Jonathan Joseph, Wei Du

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Lymphatic vasculature in the central nervous system.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qiqi LinDivision of Hematology and Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Limei WuDivision of Hematology and Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Srinivas ChatlaFels Cancer Institute for Personalized Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Fabliha A ChowdhuryDivision of Hematology and Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Neha AtaleDivision of Hematology and Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jonathan JosephUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Wei DuDivision of Hematology and Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
University of Pittsburgh · USTemple University · US

Funding

VECTOR CORE FACILITYP30CA047904 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI JOHN C. BYRD · 1988 to 2026
$158.0M
A novel immunometabolism-regulatory axis in inflammatory hematopoiesisR01HL151390 · NHLBI · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI DU, WEI · 2020 to 2023
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA047904NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL151390
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The crosstalk between the BM microenvironment (niche) and hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) is critical for HSC regeneration. Here, we show that in mice, deletion of the Fanconi anemia (FA) genes Fanca and Fancc dampened HSC regeneration through direct effects on HSCs and indirect effects on BM niche cells. FA HSCs showed persistent upregulation of the Wnt target Prox1 in response to total body irradiation (TBI). Accordingly, lineage-specific deletion of Prox1 improved long-term repopulation of the irradiated FA HSCs. Forced expression of Prox1 in WT HSCs mimicked the defective repopulation phenotype of FA HSCs. WT mice but not FA mice showed significant induction by TBI of BM stromal Wnt5a protein. Mechanistically, FA proteins regulated stromal Wnt5a expression, possibly through modulating the Wnt5a transcription activator Pax2. Wnt5a treatment of irradiated FA mice enhanced HSC regeneration. Conversely, Wnt5a neutralization inhibited HSC regeneration after TBI. Wnt5a secreted by LepR+CXCL12+ BM stromal cells inhibited β-catenin accumulation, thereby repressing Prox1 transcription in irradiated HSCs. The detrimental effect of deregulated Wnt5a/Prox1 signaling on HSC regeneration was also observed in patients with FA and aged mice. Irradiation induced upregulation of Prox1 in the HSCs of aged mice, and deletion of Prox1 in aged HSCs improved HSC regeneration. Treatment of aged mice with Wnt5a enhanced hematopoietic repopulation. Collectively, these findings identified the paracrine Wnt5a/Prox1 signaling axis as a regulator of HSC regeneration under conditions of injury and aging.

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Fanconi AnemiaHematopoietic Stem CellsAnimalsHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLRegenerationSignal TransductionTranscription FactorsWnt-5a ProteinTranscription FactorsWnt-5a ProteinWNT5A protein, humanCell BiologyHematologyHematopoietic stem cells

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PMID35703178
PMCPMC9197516
OpenAlexW4282821976

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