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Bone-marrow adipocytes as negative regulators of the haematopoietic microenvironment

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Naveiras, Olaia, Nardi, Valentina, Wenzel, Pamela L., Hauschka, Peter V., Fahey, Frederic, Daley, George Q.·2009·Nature

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Osteoblasts and endothelium constitute functional niches that support haematopoietic stem cells in mammalian bone marrow. Adult bone marrow also contains adipocytes, the number of which correlates inversely with the haematopoietic activity of the marrow. Fatty infiltration of haematopoietic red marrow follows irradiation or chemotherapy and is a diagnostic feature in biopsies from patients with marrow aplasia. To explore whether adipocytes influence haematopoiesis or simply fill marrow space, we compared the haematopoietic activity of distinct regions of the mouse skeleton that differ in adiposity. Here we show, by flow cytometry, colony-forming activity and competitive repopulation assay, that haematopoietic stem cells and short-term progenitors are reduced in frequency in the adipocyte-rich vertebrae of the mouse tail relative to the adipocyte-free vertebrae of the thorax. In lipoatrophic A-ZIP/F1 'fatless' mice, which are genetically incapable of forming adipocytes, and in mice treated with the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma inhibitor bisphenol A diglycidyl ether, which inhibits adipogenesis, marrow engraftment after irradiation is accelerated relative to wild-type or untreated mice. These data implicate adipocytes as predominantly negative regulators of the bone-marrow microenvironment, and indicate that antagonizing marrow adipogenesis may enhance haematopoietic recovery in clinical bone-marrow transplantation.

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  • A similar fatty deterioration occurs in the bone marrow microenvironment.

    “A similar fatty deterioration of the bone marrow microenvironment occurs (41)”

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  • Adipocytes secrete mediators suppressing hematopoiesis and upholding a proinflammatory environment such as TNF-a.

    “Moreover, adipocytes have been described to secrete mediators suppressing hematopoiesis and upholding a proinflammatory environment such as TNF-a.51”

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Authors
Naveiras, O., Nardi, V., Wenzel, P. L., Hauschka, P. V., Fahey, F., & Daley, G. Q.
Affiliations
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Boston Children's Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
Daley, George Q.
Venue
Nature
Published
2009-06-10
Volume
460
Issue
7252
Pages
259-263
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2100140007
Cited by
1,129
References
31
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FWCI
39.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
  • Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • National Institutes of Health (DP1OD000256)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32HL007623)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK059279, R01DK070055)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics › Mesenchymal stem cell research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Keywords
bone marrow adipocytes, hematopoiesis, hematopoietic stem cells, hematopoietic progenitor cells, adipogenesis, bone marrow transplantation, hematopoietic recovery, DGEBA, PPARγ
MeSH terms
Bisphenol A Compounds, Animals, Benzhydryl Compounds, Bone Marrow Cells, Cell Line, Epoxy Compounds, Femur, Hematopoiesis, Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Homeostasis, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Osteogenesis, Spine, Tail, Thorax, Tibia, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Stromal Cells, Adipocytes, Adiposity, Adipogenesis, Mice

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