Hematopoietic stem cell response to acute thrombocytopenia requires signaling through distinct receptor tyrosine kinases.

Beáta Ramasz, Anja Krüger, Julia Reinhardt, Anupam Sinha, Michael Gerlach, Alexander Gerbaulet, Susanne Reinhardt, Andreas Dahl, Triantafyllos Chavakis, Ben Wielockx, Tatyana Grinenko

Blood 2019 Sep 26

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Although bone marrow niche cells are essential for hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) maintenance, their interaction in response to stress is not well defined. Here, we used a mouse model of acute thrombocytopenia to investigate the cross talk between HSCs and niche cells during restoration of the thrombocyte pool. This process required membrane-localized stem cell factor (m-SCF) in megakaryocytes, which was regulated, in turn, by vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) and platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB). HSCs and multipotent progenitors type 2 (MPP2), but not MPP3/4, were subsequently activated by a dual-receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK)-dependent signaling event, m-SCF/c-Kit and VEGF-A/vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR-2), contributing to their selective and early proliferation. Our findings describe a dynamic network of signals in response to the acute loss of a single blood cell type and reveal the important role of 3 RTKs and their ligands in orchestrating the selective activation of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) in thrombocytopenia. © 2019 by The American Society of Hematology.

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Beáta Ramasz, Anja Krüger, Julia Reinhardt, Anupam Sinha, Michael Gerlach, Alexander Gerbaulet, Susanne Reinhardt, Andreas Dahl, Triantafyllos Chavakis, Ben Wielockx, Tatyana Grinenko. Hematopoietic stem cell response to acute thrombocytopenia requires signaling through distinct receptor tyrosine kinases. Blood. 2019 Sep 26;134(13):1046-1058