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Megakaryocyte and Platelet Transcriptomics for Discoveries in Human Health and Disease.

ABSTRACT: Anucleate platelets, long viewed as merely cell fragments with a limited repertoire of rapid-acting hemostatic functions, are now recognized to have a complex and dynamic transcriptome mirroring that of many nucleated cells. The field of megakaryocyte and platelet transcriptomics has been rapidly growing, particularly with the advent of newer technologies such as next-generation RNA-sequencing. Studies interrogating the megakaryocyte and platelet transcriptome have led to a number of key insights into human health and disease. In this brief focused review, we will discuss some of the recent discoveries made through transcriptome analysis of megakaryocytes and platelets. We will also highlight the utility of integrating ribosome footprint analysis to augment discoveries. Both bulk and single-cell sequencing approaches will be reviewed, along with comparative studies between human and murine platelets under basal healthy settings and during acute systemic inflammatory diseases.

SUBMITTER: Davizon-Castillo P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7253186 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Megakaryocyte and Platelet Transcriptomics for Discoveries in Human Health and Disease.

Davizon-Castillo Pavel P Rowley Jesse W JW Rondina Matthew T MT

Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 20200416 6

Anucleate platelets, long viewed as merely cell fragments with a limited repertoire of rapid-acting hemostatic functions, are now recognized to have a complex and dynamic transcriptome mirroring that of many nucleated cells. The field of megakaryocyte and platelet transcriptomics has been rapidly growing, particularly with the advent of newer technologies such as next-generation RNA-sequencing. Studies interrogating the megakaryocyte and platelet transcriptome have led to a number of key insight ...[more]

PMID: 32295424

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Project description:The hematopoietic system gives rise to a heterogeneous population of terminally differentiated cells that reside in the bone marrow (BM) to fulfill their roles in immunity, blood clotting and tissue oxygenation. Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells are at the apex of a hierarchically organized maturation cascade constantly replenishing the pool of differentiated cells to maintain blood cell homeostasis. The bone marrow microenvironment is functionally compartmentalized by heterogeneous niche cells that provide physical and soluble signals to spatio-temporally organize hematopoiesis. Megakaryocytes (MKs) are niche cells of hematopoietic origin that support hematopoietic stem cell (HSCs) homeostasis and generate circulating platelets. Platelet production involves the release of MK fragments while their cell body is entirely consumed in a process termed thrombopoiesis. Consequently, replenishment of fragmented MKs from MK progenitors (termed megakaryopoiesis) is required to ensure sufficient platelet production, but also to maintain MK homeostasis within the HSC niche. Here, we used intravital imaging of the megakaryocytic lineage to identify the spatio-temporal patterns of megakaryopoiesis during steady state and thrombocytopenia. We show that MK consumption during thrombopoiesis is compensated by immediate and local proliferation of MK progenitors. MK homeostasis is controlled by plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) that scan the BM and secrete Interferon alpha (INFa) upon detection of exhausted megakaryocytes to trigger megakaryopoiesis. We identified local pDC-derived INFa release as a physiological inflammatory stimulus of the bone marrow niche that synchronizes megakaryopoiesis and thrombopoiesis to maintain homeostasis of MKs and platelets in steady state and under stress. Viral infection with SARS-CoV-2 can manipulate pDC-driven MK proliferation leading to inappropriate megakaryopoiesis, which has been associated with thrombotic complications during COVID-19.

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Megakaryocyte and Platelet Transcriptomics for Discoveries in Human Health and Disease.

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Megakaryocyte and Platelet Transcriptomics for Discoveries in Human Health and Disease.

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