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ArticleNature aging2025

Clusterin drives myeloid bias in aged hematopoietic stem cells by regulating mitochondrial function.

Ninghe Sun, Chun-Hsin Lin, Michelle Y Li, Yuting Wang, Danyang Chen, Xiangle Ren, Feng Zhang, Yi Zhang

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Article in Nature aging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  17. The systemic costs of hematopoietic stem cell aging.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2025
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  18. Thyroid hormones, mitochondria, aging, and cancer.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Ninghe SunProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Chun-Hsin LinProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-4143-4146
Michelle Y LiProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-5971-5083
Yuting WangProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Danyang ChenDepartment of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Xiangle RenProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Feng ZhangBroad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Yi ZhangProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. yzhang@genetics.med.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2789-0811

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aged hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) exhibit diminished self-renewal and myeloid-biased differentiation with a decline in hematopoiesis and adaptive immune function. However, the molecular regulation of this impaired function remains largely unknown. Here, through an in vivo CRISPR-Cas9-based screen, we uncovered clusterin (Clu) as a driver of biased differentiation. Clu is upregulated in aged HSCs, and its knockout diminishes biased differentiation. Clu promotes mitochondrial hyperfusion by interacting with Mfn2 in aged HSCs, and its ablation attenuates oxidative phosphorylation, improves mitophagy, and reverses myeloid-biased differentiation via the OXPHOS-p38-Cebpb axis. Transplantation of Clu-depleted aged HSCs into middle-aged mice results in balanced hematopoiesis and improved physical functions. Together, our data identify Clu as a critical regulator of aging-associated myeloid bias and reveal an Mfn2-OXPHOS-p38-Cebpb axis as the mechanism underlying how Clu upregulation in aged HSCs leads to myeloid-biased differentiation, providing a target for rejuvenation of aged hematopoietic and immune systems.

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AgingCellular SenescenceClusterinHematopoietic Stem CellsMitochondriaMyeloid CellsAnimalsCell DifferentiationGTP PhosphohydrolasesHematopoiesisHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMitophagyClusterinGTP PhosphohydrolasesMfn2 protein, mouse

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PMID40588652
PMCPMC12350150

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