Expansion of quiescent hematopoietic stem cells in mice
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ABSTRACT: Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are maintained in the quiescent state for protection from exhaustion by a number of self-renewal divisions. To understand the in vivo kinetics of quiescent HSCs, we analyzed the cell cycle of CD201+150+48-Lin-Kit+Sca-1+ cells after transplantation and during development and aging using fluorescent ubiquitination-based cell cycle indicator (Fucci) mice to distinguish HSCs at the G0, G1, and S/G2/M phases. The quiescent HSC population, representing a functional HSC pool, rapidly expanded by three weeks after transplantation and by three weeks of age in development and gradually accumulated in bone marrow with aging. Single-cell RNA-sequencing with flow cytometric index sorting suggested that high CD201 and Sca-1 expression levels and a low level of mitochondrial activity were associated with quiescent HSCs. A novel set of candidate quiescent genes in HSCs was also provided. This study implied that controlling quiescent HSCs is important for the in vivo expansion and maintenance of functional HSCs.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE197439 | GEO | 2023/02/24
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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