Ex Vivo Expansion Potential of Murine Hematopoietic Stem Cells: A Rare Property Only Partially Predicted by Phenotype
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ABSTRACT: The scarcity of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) restricts their use in both clinical settings and experimental research. Here, we examined a recently developed method for expanding rigorously purified murine HSCs ex vivo. Input HSCs displayed varying potential for ex vivo self-renewal, with alternative outcomes revealed by single cell multimodal RNA- and ATAC-seq profiling. While most HSC progeny offered only transient in vivo reconstitution, these cells efficiently rescued mice from lethal myeloablation. The amplification of functional HSC activity allowed for long-term multilineage engraftment in unconditioned hosts that somewhat surprisingly associated with a return of HSCs to quiescence. Thereby, our findings identify several key considerations for ex vivo HSC expansion, with major implications also for assessment of normal HSC activity.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE234906 | GEO | 2023/11/08
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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