Journal
CELLS
Volume 11, Issue 18, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells11182923
Keywords
mammary gland; stem cell; calorie restriction; macrophage; monocyte; CSF1; RNA sequencing; niche
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- Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development [20-04-0049]
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Studies have identified macrophages and secreted CSF1 as the energy sensor and paracrine transmitter in the self-renewal of mammary stem cells. Through experiments with conditioned medium and analyses using RNA-Seq, immunohistochemistry, and immunofluorescence, this mechanism was confirmed.
Calorie restriction enhances stem cell self-renewal in various tissues, including the mammary gland. We hypothesized that similar to their intestinal counterparts, mammary epithelial stem cells are insulated from sensing changes in energy supply, depending instead on niche signaling. The latter was investigated by subjecting cultures of mammary epithelial stem cells for 8 days to in vivo paracrine calorie-restriction signals collected from a 4-day-conditioned medium of individual mammary cell populations. Conditioned medium from calorie-restricted non-epithelial cells induced latent cell propagation and mammosphere formation-established markers of stem cell self-renewal. Combined RNA-Seq, immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence analyses of the non-epithelial population identified macrophages and secreted CSF1 as the energy sensor and paracrine signal, respectively. Calorie restriction-induced pStat6 expression in macrophages suggested that skewing to the M2 phenotype contributes to the sensing mechanism. Enhancing CSF1 signaling with recombinant protein and interrupting the interaction with its highly expressed receptor in the epithelial stem cells by neutralizing antibodies were both affected stem cell self-renewal. In conclusion, combined in vivo, in vitro and in silico studies identified macrophages and secreted CSF1 as the energy sensor and paracrine transmitter, respectively, of the calorie restriction-induced effect on mammary stem cell self-renewal.
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