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CELL STEM CELL
Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages 330-344Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2011.07.016
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- Swedish Research Council Linnaeus
- Swedish Cancer Foundation (Cancerfonden)
- The Swedish Cancer Society
- Swedish Children's Cancer Society
- Swedish Medical Research Council
- The Tobias Foundation
- EU
- PERSIST
- Marie Curie actions
- Center of Excellence
- Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
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Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are maintained in hypoxic niches in endosteal regions of bones. Here we demonstrate that Cripto and its receptor GRP78 are important regulators of HSCs in the niche. Flow cytometry analyses revealed two distinct subpopulations of CD34(-)KSL cells based on the expression of GRP78, and these populations showed different reconstitution potential in transplantation assays. GRP78(+)HSCs mainly reside in the endosteal area, are more hypoxic, and exhibit a lower mitochondrial potential, and their HSC capacity was maintained in vitro by Cripto through induction of higher glycolytic activity. Additionally, HIF-1 alpha KO mice have decreased numbers of GRP78(+)HSCs and reduced expression of Cripto in the endosteal niche. Furthermore, blocking GRP78 induced a movement of HSCs from the endosteal to the central marrow area. These data suggest that Cripto/GRP78 signaling is an important pathway that regulates HSC quiescence and maintains HSCs in hypoxia as an intermediary of HIF-1 alpha.
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