Haematopoietic stem cells require a highly regulated protein synthesis rate

Robert A. J. Signer, Jeffrey A. Magee, Adrian Salic and Sean J. Morrison ()
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Robert A. J. Signer: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Children’s Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Jeffrey A. Magee: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Children’s Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Adrian Salic: Harvard Medical School
Sean J. Morrison: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Children’s Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Nature, 2014, vol. 509, issue 7498, 49-54

Abstract: Abstract Many aspects of cellular physiology remain unstudied in somatic stem cells, for example, there are almost no data on protein synthesis in any somatic stem cell. Here we set out to compare protein synthesis in haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and restricted haematopoietic progenitors. We found that the amount of protein synthesized per hour in HSCs in vivo was lower than in most other haematopoietic cells, even if we controlled for differences in cell cycle status or forced HSCs to undergo self-renewing divisions. Reduced ribosome function in Rpl24Bst/+ mice further reduced protein synthesis in HSCs and impaired HSC function. Pten deletion increased protein synthesis in HSCs but also reduced HSC function. Rpl24Bst/+ cell-autonomously rescued the effects of Pten deletion in HSCs; blocking the increase in protein synthesis, restoring HSC function, and delaying leukaemogenesis. Pten deficiency thus depletes HSCs and promotes leukaemia partly by increasing protein synthesis. Either increased or decreased protein synthesis impairs HSC function.

Date: 2014
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