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Chavez JS, Rabe JL, Niño KE, Wells HH, Gessner RL, Mills TS, Hernandez G, Pietras EM. PU.1 is required to restrain myelopoiesis during chronic inflammatory stress. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1204160. [PMID: 37497478 PMCID: PMC10368259 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1204160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Chronic inflammation is a common feature of aging and numerous diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and autoimmune syndromes and has been linked to the development of hematological malignancy. Blood-forming hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) can contribute to these diseases via the production of tissue-damaging myeloid cells and/or the acquisition of mutations in epigenetic and transcriptional regulators that initiate evolution toward leukemogenesis. We previously showed that the myeloid "master regulator" transcription factor PU.1 is robustly induced in HSC by pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-1β and limits their proliferative activity. Here, we used a PU.1-deficient mouse model to investigate the broader role of PU.1 in regulating hematopoietic activity in response to chronic inflammatory challenges. We found that PU.1 is critical in restraining inflammatory myelopoiesis via suppression of cell cycle and self-renewal gene programs in myeloid-biased multipotent progenitor (MPP) cells. Our data show that while PU.1 functions as a key driver of myeloid differentiation, it plays an equally critical role in tailoring hematopoietic responses to inflammatory stimuli while limiting expansion and self-renewal gene expression in MPPs. These data identify PU.1 as a key regulator of "emergency" myelopoiesis relevant to inflammatory disease and leukemogenesis.
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Affiliation(s)
- James S. Chavez
- Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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Reimann A, Kull T, Wang W, Dettinger P, Loeffler D, Schroeder T. Embryonic stem cell ERK, AKT, plus STAT3 response dynamics combinatorics are heterogeneous but NANOG state independent. Stem Cell Reports 2023:S2213-6711(23)00142-X. [PMID: 37207650 DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2023.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Signaling is central in cell fate regulation, and relevant information is encoded in its activity over time (i.e., dynamics). However, simultaneous dynamics quantification of several pathways in single mammalian stem cells has not yet been accomplished. Here we generate mouse embryonic stem cell (ESC) lines simultaneously expressing fluorescent reporters for ERK, AKT, and STAT3 signaling activity, which all control pluripotency. We quantify their single-cell dynamics combinations in response to different self-renewal stimuli and find striking heterogeneity for all pathways, some dependent on cell cycle but not pluripotency states, even in ESC populations currently assumed to be highly homogeneous. Pathways are mostly independently regulated, but some context-dependent correlations exist. These quantifications reveal surprising single-cell heterogeneity in the important cell fate control layer of signaling dynamics combinations and raise fundamental questions about the role of signaling in (stem) cell fate control.
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- Andreas Reimann
- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland.
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Open-source personal pipetting robots with live-cell incubation and microscopy compatibility. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2999. [PMID: 35637179 PMCID: PMC9151679 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30643-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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AbstractLiquid handling robots have the potential to automate many procedures in life sciences. However, they are not in widespread use in academic settings, where funding, space and maintenance specialists are usually limiting. In addition, current robots require lengthy programming by specialists and are incompatible with most academic laboratories with constantly changing small-scale projects. Here, we present the Pipetting Helper Imaging Lid (PHIL), an inexpensive, small, open-source personal liquid handling robot. It is designed for inexperienced users, with self-production from cheap commercial and 3D-printable components and custom control software. PHIL successfully automates pipetting (incl. aspiration) for e.g. tissue immunostainings and stimulations of live stem and progenitor cells during time-lapse microscopy using 3D printed peristaltic pumps. PHIL is cheap enough to put a personal pipetting robot within the reach of most labs and enables users without programming skills to easily automate a large range of experiments.
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NfκB signaling dynamics and their target genes differ between mouse blood cell types and induce distinct cell behavior. Blood 2022; 140:99-111. [PMID: 35468185 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2021012918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cells can use signaling pathway activity over time (i.e., dynamics) to control cell fates. However, little is known about the potential existence and function of signaling dynamics in primary hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs). Here, we use time-lapse imaging and tracking of single murine HSPCs from GFP-p65/H2BmCherry reporter mice to quantify their nuclear factor κB (NfκB) activity dynamics in response to TNFα and IL1β. We find response dynamics to be heterogeneous between individual cells, with cell type specific dynamics distributions. Transcriptome sequencing of single cells physically isolated after live dynamics quantification shows activation of different target gene programs in cells with different dynamics. Finally, artificial induction of oscillatory NfκB activity causes changes in GMP behavior. Thus, HSPC behavior can be influenced by signaling dynamics, which are tightly regulated during hematopoietic differentiation and enable cell type specific responses to the same signaling inputs.
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Chavez JS, Rabe JL, Hernandez G, Mills TS, Niño KE, Davizon-Castillo P, Pietras EM. PU.1 Expression Defines Distinct Functional Activities in the Phenotypic HSC Compartment of a Murine Inflammatory Stress Model. Cells 2022; 11:cells11040680. [PMID: 35203330 PMCID: PMC8870714 DOI: 10.3390/cells11040680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Revised: 02/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The transcription factor PU.1 is a critical regulator of lineage fate in blood-forming hematopoietic stem cells (HSC). In response to pro-inflammatory signals, such as the cytokine IL-1β, PU.1 expression is increased in HSC and is associated with myeloid lineage expansion. To address potential functional heterogeneities arising in the phenotypic HSC compartment due to changes in PU.1 expression, here, we fractionated phenotypic HSC in mice using the SLAM surface marker code in conjunction with PU.1 expression levels, using the PU.1-EYFP reporter mouse strain. While PU.1lo SLAM cells contain extensive long-term repopulating activity and a molecular signature corresponding to HSC activity at steady state, following IL-1β treatment, HSCLT induce PU.1 expression and are replaced in the PU.1lo SLAM fraction by CD41+ HSC-like megakaryocytic progenitors (SL-MkP) with limited long-term engraftment capacity. On the other hand, the PU.1hi SLAM fraction exhibits extensive myeloid lineage priming and clonogenic activity and expands rapidly in response to IL-1β. Furthermore, we show that EPCR expression, but not CD150 expression, can distinguish HSCLT and SL-MkP under inflammatory conditions. Altogether, our data provide insights into the dynamic regulation of PU.1 and identify how PU.1 levels are linked to HSC fate in steady state and inflammatory stress conditions.
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Affiliation(s)
- James S. Chavez
- Division of Hematology, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; (J.S.C.); (J.L.R.); (G.H.); (T.S.M.); (K.E.N.)
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- Division of Hematology, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; (J.S.C.); (J.L.R.); (G.H.); (T.S.M.); (K.E.N.)
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- Division of Hematology, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; (J.S.C.); (J.L.R.); (G.H.); (T.S.M.); (K.E.N.)
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- Division of Hematology, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; (J.S.C.); (J.L.R.); (G.H.); (T.S.M.); (K.E.N.)
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- Division of Hematology, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; (J.S.C.); (J.L.R.); (G.H.); (T.S.M.); (K.E.N.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA;
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- Division of Hematology, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; (J.S.C.); (J.L.R.); (G.H.); (T.S.M.); (K.E.N.)
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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