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ArticleStem cell reports2026

CCL5 exposure promotes acute and transient megakaryopoiesis and hematopoietic progenitor expansion.

Maria N Barrachina, Dong H Lee, Virginia Camacho, Karen G Wang, Ethan Walsey, Estelle Carminita, Isabelle C Becker, Siobhan Branfield, Daniela Freire, Emma Nikols and 6 more

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16 authors.

Maria N BarrachinaVascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Dong H LeeVascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Virginia CamachoVascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Karen G WangVascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Ethan WalseyVascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Estelle CarminitaVascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Isabelle C BeckerVascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Siobhan BranfieldVascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Daniela FreireVascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Emma NikolsVascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Emma L BerdanHarvard Chan Bioinformatics Core, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Blen YohannesVascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Olivera MiladinovicVascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Julia TilburgVascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Joseph E ItalianoVascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Kellie R MachlusVascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: kellie.machlus@childrens.harvard.edu.

Funding

The Centrosome as a master controller of platelet production.R35HL161175 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI JOSEPH E ITALIANO · 2022 to 2026
$5.3M
The Biogenesis of Platelet-Derived Extracellular Vesicles and their Impact on Megakaryocyte MaturationR01HL151494 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI MACHLUS, KELLIE RAE · 2021 to 2025
$2.9M
Elucidation of the mechanisms by which fatty acids drive megakaryopoiesisR01DK139341 · NIDDK · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Kellie Rae Machlus · 2024 to 2026
$1.1M
Transformation of a human iPSC-derived bone marrow organoid for the study of hematopoiesisR21DK142111 · NIDDK · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI MACHLUS, KELLIE RAE · 2025 to 2025
$469k
The Role of CCL5 in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Activation and SkewingR03DK124746 · NIDDK · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI MACHLUS, KELLIE RAE · 2021 to 2022
$266k
Unraveling Fatty Acid-driven Mechanisms of Platelet Hyper-Activation in ObesityK99HL175037 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI BARRACHINA, MARIA · 2024 to 2025
$251k
NHLBI NIH HHS K99 HL175037NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL151494NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL161175NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK139341NIDDK NIH HHS R03 DK124746NIDDK NIH HHS R21 DK142111
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During inflammation, megakaryocytes (MKs) can expand from hematopoietic stem cells, yet the specific driving factors remain unclear. We investigated whether C-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 5 (CCL5) influences this process in murine and human iPSC-derived bone marrow organoid (BMO) models. Acute CCL5 administration to mice increased hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) populations and increased MKs, including the expansion of MHC II-expressing MKs, characteristic of the immune MK subpopulation. Mechanistically, MK progenitors upregulated CCR1 and CCR5, and MKs showed increased phosphorylation of JAK1, SRC, and STAT1-5. Phenotypically, transcriptomic profiling revealed enhanced expression of genes associated with the cell cycle, inflammatory pathways, and mitochondrial metabolism in MKs isolated from CCL5-treated mice, which was functionally supported by increased mitochondrial activity. Similarly, in human BMOs, CCL5 treatment increased MK numbers. Together, these findings implicate CCL5 as a direct mediator of acute megakaryopoiesis and immune MK expansion during inflammation.

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Chemokine CCL5Hematopoietic Stem CellsMegakaryocytesThrombopoiesisAnimalsCell ProliferationHumansMiceMitochondriaReceptors, CCR5Ccl5 protein, mouseChemokine CCL5Receptors, CCR5CCL5hematopoiesisinflammationmegakaryocytesmegakaryopoiesis

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PMID42462714
PMCPMC13476898

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