Danger-associated molecular pattern molecules take unexpectedly a central stage in Nlrp3 inflammasome–caspase-1-mediated trafficking of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells

Arjun Thapa, Mateusz Adamiak, Kamila Bujko, Janina Ratajczak, Ahmed K. Abdel-Latif, Magda Kucia, Mariusz Z. Ratajczak

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Abstract

Like their homing after transplantation to bone marrow (BM), the mobilization of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) is still not fully understood, and several overlapping pathways are involved. Several years ago our group proposed that sterile inflammation in the BM microenvironment induced by pro-mobilizing agents is a driving force in this process. In favor of our proposal, both complement cascade (ComC)-deficient and Nlrp3 inflammasome-deficient mice are poor G-CSF and AMD3100 mobilizers. It is also known that the Nlrp3 inflammasome mediates its effects by activating caspase-1, which is responsible for proteolytic activation of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and interleukin-18 (IL-18) and their release from cells along with several danger-associated molecular pattern molecules (DAMPs). We observed in the past that IL-1β and IL-18 independently promote mobilization of HSPCs. In the current work we demonstrated that caspase-1-KO mice are poor mobilizers, and, to our surprise, administration of IL-1β or IL-18, as in the case of Nlrp3-KO animals, does not correct this defect. Moreover, neither Caspase-1-KO nor Nlrp3-KO mice properly activated the ComC to execute the mobilization process. Interestingly, mobilization in these animals and activation of the ComC were both restored after injection of the DAMP cocktail eATP+HGMB1+S100A9, the components of which are normally released from cells in an Nlrp3 inflammasome–caspase-1-dependent manner. In addition, we report that caspase-1-deficient HSPCs show a decrease in migration in response to BM homing factors and engraft more poorly after transplantation. These results for the first time identify caspase-1 as an orchestrator of HSPC trafficking.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2658-2671
Number of pages14
JournalLeukemia
Volume35
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2021

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Funding

Acknowledgements This work was supported by NIH grants 2R01 DK074720, Stella and Henry Hoenig Endowment, and the Polish National Center OPUS grants UMO-2018/29/B/NZ4/01470 to MZR. AT was supported by NIH T32 HL134644 Training Grant to MZR.

FundersFunder number
Polish National Science CenterUMO-2018/29/B/NZ4/01470
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)T32HL134644
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases2R01 DK074720

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Hematology
    • Oncology
    • Cancer Research

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