A mechanosensitive peri-arteriolar niche for osteogenesis and lymphopoiesis
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A mechanosensitive peri-arteriolar niche for osteogenesis and lymphopoiesis
Abstract
Stromal cells in adult bone marrow that express leptin receptor (LEPR) are a critical source of growth factors, including stem cell factor (SCF), for the maintenance of haematopoietic stem cells and early restricted progenitors1-6. LEPR+ cells are heterogeneous, including skeletal stem cells and osteogenic and adipogenic progenitors7-12, although few markers have been available to distinguish these subsets or to compare their functions. Here we show that expression of an osteogenic growth factor, osteolectin13,14, distinguishes peri-arteriolar LEPR+ cells poised to undergo osteogenesis from peri-sinusoidal LEPR+ cells poised to undergo adipogenesis (but retaining osteogenic potential). Peri-arteriolar LEPR+osteolectin+ cells are rapidly dividing, short-lived osteogenic progenitors that increase in number after fracture and are depleted during ageing. Deletion of Scf from adult osteolectin+ cells did not affect the maintenance of haematopoietic stem cells or most restricted progenitors but depleted common lymphoid progenitors, impairing lymphopoiesis, bacterial clearance, and survival after acute bacterial infection. Peri-arteriolar osteolectin+ cell maintenance required mechanical stimulation. Voluntary running increased, whereas hindlimb unloading decreased, the frequencies of peri-arteriolar osteolectin+ cells and common lymphoid progenitors. Deletion of the mechanosensitive ion channel PIEZO1 from osteolectin+ cells depleted osteolectin+ cells and common lymphoid progenitors. These results show that a peri-arteriolar niche for osteogenesis and lymphopoiesis in bone marrow is maintained by mechanical stimulation and depleted during ageing.
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Exercise generates immune cells in bone.Nature. 2021 Mar;591(7850):371-372. doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-00419-y. Nature. 2021. PMID: 33627859 No abstract available.
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Osteolectin+ stromal cells: Mechanical stimulation improves bone regeneration and supports bacterial clearance after fracture.Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2021 Jul 7;6(1):257. doi: 10.1038/s41392-021-00680-7. Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2021. PMID: 34234107 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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Runner's niche: multipurpose stromal cells maintained by exercise.Trends Immunol. 2021 Oct;42(10):841-843. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2021.08.007. Epub 2021 Aug 31. Trends Immunol. 2021. PMID: 34479798
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