Abstract
The mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPR mt ), a cellular protective program that ensures proteostasis in the mitochondria, has recently emerged as a regulatory mechanism for adult stem cell maintenance that is conserved across tissues. Despite the emerging genetic evidence implicating the UPR mt in stem cell maintenance, the underlying molecular mechanism is unknown. While it has been speculated that the UPR mt is activated upon stem cell transition from quiescence to proliferation, the direct evidence is lacking. In this study, we devised three experimental approaches that enable us to monitor quiescent and proliferating hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and provided the direct evidence that the UPR mt is activated upon HSC transition from quiescence to proliferation, and more broadly, mitochondrial integrity is actively monitored at the restriction point to ensure metabolic fitness before stem cells are committed to proliferation.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e12756 |
Journal | Aging Cell |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2018 The Authors. Aging Cell published by the Anatomical Society and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Funding
We thank H. Nolla, A. Valeros, and K. Heydari for cell sorting. This research was supported by NIH R01 AG040990 (D.C.), R01DK101885 (D.C.), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (D.C.), PackerWentz Endowment (D.C.), Chau Hoi Shuen Foundation (Chen), Siebel Stem Cell Institute (M.M., D.C.), NIH T32AG000266 (M.M.), NIH T32GM098218 (A.W.), and Glenn/AFAR Scholarship (H.L.).
Funders | Funder number |
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Chau Hoi Shuen Foundation | T32GM098218, T32AG000266 |
PackerWentz Endowment | |
National Institutes of Health (NIH) | R01DK101885 |
National Institutes of Health (NIH) | |
National Institute on Aging | R01AG040990 |
National Institute on Aging | |
US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative |
Keywords
- aging
- hematopoietic stem cells
- mitochondria
- mitochondrial unfolded protein response
- SIRT7
- stem cell quiescence
- stem cells
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Aging
- Cell Biology