Large-Scale Clonal Analysis Resolves Aging of the Mouse Hematopoietic Stem Cell Compartment

Publication date: 5 April 2018
Source:Cell Stem Cell, Volume 22, Issue 4
Author(s): Ryo Yamamoto, Adam C. Wilkinson, Jun Ooehara, Xun Lan, Chen-Yi Lai, Yusuke Nakauchi, Jonathan K. Pritchard, Hiromitsu Nakauchi
Aging is linked to functional deterioration and hematological diseases. The hematopoietic system is maintained by hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), and dysfunction within the HSC compartment is thought to be a key mechanism underlying age-related hematopoietic perturbations. Using single-cell transplantation assays with five blood-lineage analysis, we previously identified myeloid-restricted repopulating progenitors (MyRPs) within the phenotypic HSC compartment in young mice. Here, we determined the age-related functional changes to the HSC compartment using over 400 single-cell transplantation assays. Notably, MyRP frequency increased dramatically with age, while multipotent HSCs expanded modestly within the bone marrow. We also identified a subset of functional cells that were myeloid restricted in primary recipients but displayed multipotent (five blood-lineage) output in secondary recipients. We have termed this cell type latent-HSCs, which appear exclusive to the aged HSC compartment. These results question the traditional dogma of HSC aging and our current approaches to assay and define HSCs.

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Yamamoto et al. explore age-related changes to HSC function through large-scale clonal analysis using single-cell transplantation. They find large increases in myeloid-restricted repopulating progenitors (MyRPs) as well as a population of MyRPs that display a broader differentiation capacity only in secondary transplants, suggesting additional mechanisms contributing to hematopoietic aging.


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