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Stemness-related genes revealed by single-cell profiling of naive and stimulated human CD34+ cells from CB and mPB

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JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD
DOI: 10.1002/ctm2.1175

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cord blood; human hematopoietic stem cells; mobilised peripheral blood; single-cell RNA-seq; stemness-related genes

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In this study, single-cell RNA-seq was used to analyze hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from cord blood and mobilized peripheral blood. The source and culture time of HSCs were found to affect their characteristics, and stemness-related genes were identified. The study revealed that maintaining stemness requires dynamic protein translation and processing, and culture time also affects HSCs' homing and engraftment ability. Furthermore, the study identified a small molecule that can expand HSCs while maintaining their stemness.
BackgroundHematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from different sources show varied repopulating capacity, and HSCs lose their stemness after long-time ex vivo culture. A deep understanding of these phenomena may provide helpful insights for HSCs. MethodsHere, we applied single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) to analyse the naive and stimulated human CD34(+) cells from cord blood (CB) and mobilised peripheral blood (mPB). ResultsWe collected over 16 000 high-quality single-cell data to construct a comprehensive inference map and characterised the HSCs under a quiescent state on the hierarchy top. Then, we compared HSCs in CB with those in mPB and HSCs of naive samples to those of cultured samples, and identified stemness-related genes (SRGs) associated with cell source (CS-SRGs) and culture time (CT-SRGs), respectively. Interestingly, CS-SRGs and CT-SRGs share genes enriched in the signalling pathways such as mRNA catabolic process, translational initiation, ribonucleoprotein complex biogenesis and cotranslational protein targeting to membrane, suggesting dynamic protein translation and processing may be a common requirement for stemness maintenance. Meanwhile, CT-SRGs are enriched in pathways involved in glucocorticoid and corticosteroid response that affect HSCs homing and engraftment. In contrast, CS-SRGs specifically contain genes related to purine and ATP metabolic process, which is crucial for HSC homeostasis in the stress settings. Particularly, when CT-SRGs are used as reference genes for the construction of the development trajectory of CD34(+) cells, lymphoid and myeloid lineages are clearly separated after HSCs/MPPs. Finally, we presented an application through a small-scale drug screening using Connectivity Map (CMap) against CT-SRGs. A small molecule, cucurbitacin I, was found to efficiently expand HSCs ex vivo while maintaining its stemness. ConclusionsOur findings provide new perspectives for understanding HSCs, and the strategy to identify candidate molecules through SRGs may be applicable to study other stem cells.

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