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ArticleCell stem cell2023

Hematopoietic stem cells preferentially traffic misfolded proteins to aggresomes and depend on aggrephagy to maintain protein homeostasis.

Bernadette A Chua, Connor J Lennan, Mary Jean Sunshine, Daniela Dreifke, Ashu Chawla, Eric J Bennett, Robert A J Signer

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Article in Cell stem cell, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
15.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Bernadette A ChuaDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Sanford Stem Cell Institute, Moores Cancer Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Connor J LennanDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Sanford Stem Cell Institute, Moores Cancer Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Mary Jean SunshineDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Sanford Stem Cell Institute, Moores Cancer Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Daniela DreifkeDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Sanford Stem Cell Institute, Moores Cancer Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Ashu ChawlaLa Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Eric J BennettSection of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Robert A J SignerDivision of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Sanford Stem Cell Institute, Moores Cancer Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: rsigner@ucsd.edu.
Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine · USUniversity of California San Diego · USLa Jolla Institute for Immunology · US

Funding

VIRAL MALIGNANCYP30CA023100 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DIANE M SIMEONE · 1985 to 2026
$124.9M
Protein Homeostasis in Hematopoietic Stem CellsR01DK116951 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI SIGNER, ROBERT A.J. · 2018 to 2025
$2.5M
Ex vivo hematopoietic stem cell growth mediated by the heat shock responseR01DK124775 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI SIGNER, ROBERT A.J. · 2020 to 2023
$2.0M
The influence of proteostasis loss in aging hematopoietic stem cells on leukemia initiationU01CA267031 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI MAGEE, JEFFREY ALAN, SIGNER, ROBERT A.J. · 2021 to 2025
$2.0M
Leveraging orphan protein degradation pathways to target cells with unstable proteomesR01GM127681 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BENNETT, ERIC J · 2018 to 2021
$1.2M
FACSymphony S6 Cell Sorter for Improving Basic, Clinical, and Translational Cancer Research CapabilitiesS10OD032316 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI SIGNER, ROBERT A.J. · 2022 to 2022
$600k
Super-resolution confocal microscopeS10OD021831 · OD · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI LEY, KLAUS F. · 2017 to 2017
$566k
FACSAria II Cell SorterS10RR027366 · NCRR · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI CROFT, MICHAEL · 2011 to 2011
$514k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023100NCI NIH HHS U01 CA267031NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR027366NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK116951NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK124775NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM127681NIH HHS S10 OD021831NIH HHS S10 OD032316
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) regenerate blood cells throughout life. To preserve their fitness, HSCs are particularly dependent on maintaining protein homeostasis (proteostasis). However, how HSCs purge misfolded proteins is unknown. Here, we show that in contrast to most cells that primarily utilize the proteasome to degrade misfolded proteins, HSCs preferentially traffic misfolded proteins to aggresomes in a Bag3-dependent manner and depend on aggrephagy, a selective form of autophagy, to maintain proteostasis in vivo. When autophagy is disabled, HSCs compensate by increasing proteasome activity, but proteostasis is ultimately disrupted as protein aggregates accumulate and HSC function is impaired. Bag3-deficiency blunts aggresome formation in HSCs, resulting in protein aggregate accumulation, myeloid-biased differentiation, and diminished self-renewal activity. Furthermore, HSC aging is associated with a severe loss of aggresomes and reduced autophagic flux. Protein degradation pathways are thus specifically configured in young adult HSCs to preserve proteostasis and fitness but become dysregulated during aging.

Indexed as

MacroautophagyProteostasisAutophagyHematopoietic Stem CellsProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexTranscription FactorsProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexTranscription FactorsaggrephagyaggresomeagingautophagyBag3hematopoietic stem cellproteasomeprotein degradationproteostasisstem cell

Identifiers

PMID36948186
PMCPMC10164413
OpenAlexW4328089011

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