YAMATO Masayuki
   Department   Research Institutes and Facilities, Research Institutes and Facilities
   Position   Professor
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Nov/CCN3 regulates long-term repopulating activity of murine hematopoietic stem cells via integrin αvβ3.
Journal Formal name:International journal of hematology
Abbreviation:Int J Hematol
ISSN code:(1865-3774)0925-5710(Linking)
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 99(4),pp.393-406
Author and coauthor ISHIHARA Jun†, UMEMOTO Terumasa, YAMATO Masayuki*, SHIRATSUCHI Yoshiko, TAKAKI Satoshi, PETRICH Brian G., NAKAUCHI Hiromitsu, ETO Koji, KITAMURA Toshio, OKANO Teruo
Authorship Corresponding author
Publication date 2014/04
Summary Throughout life, hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) sustain the blood cell supply through their capacities for self-renewal and multilineage differentiation. These processes are regulated within a specialized microenvironment termed the 'niche'. Here, we show a novel mechanism for regulating HSC function that is mediated by nephroblastoma overexpressed (Nov/CCN3), a matricellular protein member of the CCN family. We found that Nov contributes to the maintenance of long-term repopulating (LTR) activity through association with integrin αvβ3 on HSCs. The resultant β3 integrin outside-in signaling is dependent on thrombopoietin (TPO), a crucial cytokine involved in HSC maintenance. TPO was required for Nov binding to integrin αvβ3, and stimulated Nov expression in HSCs. However, in the presence of IFNγ, a cytokine known to impair HSC function, not only was TPO-induced expression of Nov suppressed, but the LTR activity was conversely impaired by TPO-mediated ligation of integrin αvβ3 with exogenous ligands, including Nov, as well. Thus, Nov/integrin αvβ3-mediated maintenance of HSCs appears to be modulated by simultaneous stimulation by other cytokines. Our finding suggests that this system contributes to the regulation of HSCs within the bone marrow niche.
DOI 10.1007/s12185-014-1534-x
PMID 24563081