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A novel perspective on stem cell homing and mobilization: Review on bioactive lipids as potent chemoattractants and cationic peptides as underappreciated modulators of responsiveness to SDF-1 gradients

  • M. Z. Ratajczak
  • , C. H. Kim
  • , A. Abdel-Latif
  • , G. Schneider
  • , M. Kucia
  • , A. J. Morris
  • , M. J. Laughlin
  • , J. Ratajczak

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Abstract

Hematopoietic stem progenitor cells (HSPCs) respond robustly to α-chemokine stromal-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) gradients, and blockage of CXCR4, a seven-transmembrane-spanning G αI-protein-coupled SDF-1 receptor, mobilizes HSPCs into peripheral blood. Although the SDF-1-CXCR4 axis has an unquestionably important role in the retention of HSPCs in bone marrow (BM), new evidence shows that, in addition to SDF-1, the migration of HSPCs is directed by gradients of the bioactive lipids sphingosine-1 phosphate and ceramide-1 phosphate. Furthermore, the SDF-1 gradient may be positively primed/modulated by cationic peptides (C3a anaphylatoxin and cathelicidin) and, as previously demonstrated, HSPCs respond robustly even to very low SDF-1 gradients in the presence of priming factors. In this review, we discuss the role of bioactive lipids in stem cell trafficking and the consequences of HSPC priming by cationic peptides. Together, these phenomena support a picture in which the SDF-1-CXCR4 axis modulates homing, BM retention and mobilization of HSPCs in a more complex way than previously envisioned.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)63-72
Number of pages10
JournalLeukemia
Volume26
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2012

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by NIH R01 DK074720, EU structural funds, KBN Grant (N N401 024536), Innovative Economy Operational Program POIG.01.01.02-00-109/09-01 and the Henry M and Stella M Hoenig Endowment (to MZR).

Funding

This work was supported by NIH R01 DK074720, EU structural funds, KBN Grant (N N401 024536), Innovative Economy Operational Program POIG.01.01.02-00-109/09-01 and the Henry M and Stella M Hoenig Endowment (to MZR).

FundersFunder number
Polish State Committee for Scientific Research (KBN)POIG.01.01.02-00-109/09-01, N N401 024536
National Institutes of Health (NIH)R01 DK074720
National Institute of General Medical SciencesP20GM103527
European Commission

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    Keywords

    • C1P
    • C3a
    • CXCR4
    • S1P
    • SDF-1
    • cathelicidin

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Hematology
    • Oncology
    • Cancer Research

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