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Connexin 41.8 governs timely haematopoietic stem and progenitor cell specification.

Tim Petzold, Sarah Brivio, Tanja Linnerz, Masakatsu Watanabe, Holger Gerhardt, Julien Y Bertrand

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Article in Biology open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Tim PetzoldUniversity of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Rue Michel-Servet 1, Geneva 4, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9788-6167
Sarah BrivioUniversity of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Rue Michel-Servet 1, Geneva 4, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-1913-8686
Tanja LinnerzUniversity of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Rue Michel-Servet 1, Geneva 4, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8127-780X
Masakatsu WatanabeCellular and Structural Physiology Institute (CeSPI), Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5744-197X
Holger GerhardtMax Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3030-0384
Julien Y BertrandUniversity of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Rue Michel-Servet 1, Geneva 4, Switzerland.

Funding

Fondation Privée des Hopitaux de GenèveSwiss National Fund 310030_184814University of Geneva
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) derive from a subset of endothelial cells (ECs), known as haemogenic ECs by the process of endothelial-to-haematopoietic transition (EHT). Although many factors involved in EHT have been elucidated, we still have a poor understanding of the temporal regulation of this process. Mitochondrial-derived reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been shown to stabilise the hypoxia-inducible factor 1/2α (Hif1/2α) proteins, allowing them to positively regulate EHT. Here, we show a developmental delay in EHT and HSPC induction in a connexin (cx)41.8 (orthologous to mammalian CX40) gap junction mutant, in zebrafish. In mammalian cells, CX40 has been shown to localise to the mitochondria. We demonstrate that Cx41.8 is important for the correct temporal generation of mitochondrial ROS, which stabilise the Hif pathway, allowing for the subsequent specification of the haemogenic endothelium. Taken together, our data indicate that Cx41.8 governs the correct temporal induction of HSPCs.

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Cell DifferentiationConnexinsHematopoietic Stem CellsZebrafish ProteinsAnimalsEndothelial CellsMitochondriaMutationReactive Oxygen SpeciesSignal TransductionZebrafishConnexinsReactive Oxygen SpeciesZebrafish ProteinsCX40Cx41.8HSPCROSZebrafish

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PMID40605752
PMCPMC12381925

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