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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
Volume 209, Issue 12, Pages 2165-2181Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20121090
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- ICREA Funding Source: Custom
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Millions of platelets are produced each hour by bone marrow (BM) megakaryocytes (MKs). MKs extend transendothelial proplatelet (PP) extensions into BM sinusoids and shed new platelets into the blood. The mechanisms that control platelet generation remain incompletely understood. Using conditional mutants and intravital multiphoton microscopy, we show here that the lipid mediator sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) serves as a critical directional cue guiding the elongation of megakaryocytic PP extensions from the interstitium into BM sinusoids and triggering the subsequent shedding of PPs into the blood. Correspondingly, mice lacking the S1P receptor S1pr1 develop severe thrombocytopenia caused by both formation of aberrant extravascular PPs and defective intravascular PP shedding. In contrast, activation of S1pr1 signaling leads to the prompt release of new platelets into the circulating blood. Collectively, our findings uncover a novel function of the S1P-S1pr1 axis as master regulator of efficient thrombopoiesis and might raise new therapeutic options for patients with thrombocytopenia.
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