Journal
STEM CELL RESEARCH
Volume 15, Issue 3, Pages 715-721Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2015.11.001
Keywords
Hematopoietic stem cells; Fetal liver; Bone marrow; Metabolism; Oxidative phosphorylation; Self-renewal
Funding
- FWO [G085111N, 1.2.665.11.N.00, G085111N10]
- Odysseus funding
- CoE-SCIL
- KU Leuven [GOA/11/012]
- Vanwayenberghe fund
- Flemish Government
- [PF03]
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Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in the fetal liver (FL) unlike adult bone marrow (BM) proliferate extensively, posing different metabolic demands. However, metabolic pathways responsible for the production of energy and cellular building blocks in FL HSCs have not been described. Here, we report that FL HSCs use oxygen dependent energy generating pathways significantly more than their BM counterparts. RNA-Seq analysis of E14.5 FL versus BM derived HSCs identified increased expression levels of genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) and the citric acid cycle (TCA). We demonstrated that FL HSCs contain more mitochondria than BM HSCs, which resulted in increased levels of oxygen consumption and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Higher levels of DNA repair and antioxidant pathway gene expression may prevent ROS-mediated (geno)toxicity in FL HSCs. Thus, we here for the first time highlight the underestimated importance of oxygen dependent pathways for generating energy and building blocks in FL HSCs. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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