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Clonal analysis reveals multiple functional defects of aged murine hematopoietic stem cells

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Dykstra, Brad, Olthof, Sandra, Schreuder, Jaring, Ritsema, Martha, de Haan, Gerald·2011·Journal of Experimental Medicine

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Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) populations change with aging, but the extent to which this is caused by qualitative versus quantitative alterations in HSC subtypes is unclear. Using clonal assays, in this study we show that the aging HSC compartment undergoes both quantitative and qualitative changes. We observed a variable increase of HSC pool size with age, accompanied by the accumulation of predominantly myeloid-biased HSCs that regenerate substantially fewer mature progeny than young myeloid-biased HSCs and exhibit reduced self-renewal activity as measured by long-term secondary transplantation. Old HSCs had a twofold reduction in marrow-homing efficiency and a similar decrease in functional frequency as measured using long-term transplantation assays. Similarly, old HSCs had a twofold reduced seeding efficiency and a significantly delayed proliferative response compared with young HSCs in long-term stromal cell co-cultures but were indistinguishable in suspension cultures. We show that these functional defects are characteristics of most or all old HSCs and are not indicative of a nonfunctional subset of cells that express HSC markers. Furthermore, we demonstrate that cells with functional properties of old HSCs can be generated directly from young HSCs by extended serial transplantation, which is consistent with the possibility that they arise through a process of cellular aging.

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  • Myeloid-biased stem cells in old mice are less robust than those in young mice.

    “Despite the increase in their number, myeloid-biased stem cells are not as robust as their young counterparts (24)”

    From Causes, consequences, and reversal of immune system aging (2013) · cites this paper as [24]

  • Aged HSCs transplanted into young mice are functionally worse than young HSCs.

    “That aged HSC are functionally impaired compared with their young counterparts upon transplantation in young mice”

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  • The functional heterogeneity of the HSC population rises with age.

    “the functional heterogeneity of the HSC population increases with age.”

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  • Aged mice have an overall larger HSC pool.

    “in aged mice that display an overall increase in HSC pool size”

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  • Individual HSCs in aged mice behave very differently from one another.

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Authors
Dykstra, B., Olthof, S., Schreuder, J., Ritsema, M., & de Haan, G.
Affiliations
  • University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
  • Department of Cell Biology 1 ; and 2
Corresponding author
Dykstra, Brad
Venue
Journal of Experimental Medicine
Published
2011-11-21
Volume
208
Issue
13
Pages
2691-2703
ISSN
  • 0022-1007 (ISSN-L)
  • 1540-9538
OpenAlex
W2103911902
Cited by
494
References
38
Citations by year
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FWCI
15.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
other-oa
Locations
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
Funders
  • Ministry of Earth Sciences
  • Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics › Mesenchymal stem cell research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Blood disorders and treatments
Keywords
hematopoietic stem cells, aging, clonal analysis, HSC self-renewal, stromal co-culture, serial transplantation, cellular aging
MeSH terms
Animals, Antigens, Differentiation, Colony-Forming Units Assay, Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Mice, Transgenic, Transplantation, Homologous, Cellular Senescence, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Cell Proliferation, Mice

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