Faculty Opinions recommendation of Bone Marrow Myeloid Cells Regulate Myeloid-Biased Hematopoietic Stem Cells via a Histamine-Dependent Feedback Loop.

Abstract Gene transfer into hematopoietic stem cells has been successfully used to correct immunodeficiencies affecting the lymphoid compartment. However, similar results have not been reported for diseases affecting myeloid cells, mainly due to low engraftment levels of gene-modified cells observed in unconditioned patients. Here we report on two adult patients (P1 and P2, follow up >24 months) and one child (P3, 6 years, follow up 15 months) who received gene-transduced hematopoietic stem cells in combination with nonmyeloablative bone marrow conditioning for the treatment of X-linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease (X-CGD), a primary immunodeficiency caused by a defect in the oxidative antimicrobial activity of phagocytes. Therapeutically significant gene marking was detected in neutrophils of both adult patients (P1 and P2) leading to large numbers (up to 60%) of functionally corrected phagocytes 24 months after gene therapy. This high correction resulted from an unexpected but temporarily restricted expansion of gene transduced myeloid cells in vivo. In contrast gene marking and functionally reconstitution levels in P3 have been low (1–2%). Both adult patients suffered from active infections prior to gene therapy (P1 of bacterial liver abscesses and P2 of lung aspergillosis) and were free of severe bacterial and fungal infections until 24 months after transplantation. P3 suffered from an Aspergillus infection of the spinal cord with paraparesis before transplantation and recovered after gene therapy despite low numbers of functionally corrected cells in the peripheral blood. Large-scale mapping of retroviral integration site distribution revealed that activating insertions in the zinc finger transcription factor homologs MDS1/EVI1, PRDM16, or in SETBP1 have expanded gene-corrected long term myelopoiesis 3- to 4-fold in both adults, providing direct evidence in humans that these genes may influence regulation of normal long-term hematopoiesis. The hematopoietic repopulation in P1 was polyclonal until 18 months after therapy. P1 died of a severe bacterial sepsis after colon perforation 27 months after gene therapy. No evidence of malignant transformation was found in peripheral blood or bone marrow aspirates from this patient. Gene marking at death was still 60%; however the function of gene transduced cells, the number of corrected cell clones and the activity of a predominant clone was greatly decreased. P2 has been free of infections since transplantation (last monitoring: month 26). Hematopoietic repopulation was polyclonal in P2 until day 560. In conclusion, gene therapy in combination with bone marrow conditioning has provided a transitory therapeutic benefit for all 3 patients. Further improvements in vector design and conditioning regimes are under investigation to provide a stable and long term correction of the disease.

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Cultivation of aorta-gonad-mesonephros-derived hematopoietic stem cells in the fetal liver microenvironment amplifies long-term repopulating activity and enhances engraftment to the bone marrow.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.1004105.47154 ◽

2002 ◽

Author(s):

Ana Cumano

Keyword(s):

Stem Cells ◽

Bone Marrow ◽

Hematopoietic Stem Cells ◽

Fetal Liver ◽

Hematopoietic Stem

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of A lineage of myeloid cells independent of Myb and hematopoietic stem cells.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.14267153.793487108 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Jonathan Kipnis

Keyword(s):

Stem Cells ◽

Hematopoietic Stem Cells ◽

Myeloid Cells ◽

Hematopoietic Stem

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Mobilization of hematopoietic stem cells as a result of innate immunity-mediated sterile inflammation in the bone marrow microenvironment-the involvement of extracellular nucleotides and purinergic signaling.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.732792335.793568507 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

John F DiPersio

Keyword(s):

Stem Cells ◽

Bone Marrow ◽

Innate Immunity ◽

Hematopoietic Stem Cells ◽

Purinergic Signaling ◽

Bone Marrow Microenvironment ◽

Sterile Inflammation ◽

Extracellular Nucleotides ◽

Hematopoietic Stem

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The Impact of Age and Gender on Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Immune Contexture of the Bone Marrow Microenvironment

Cells Tissues Organs ◽

10.1159/000510774 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Rebar N. Mohammed

Keyword(s):

Stem Cells ◽

Bone Marrow ◽

Hematopoietic Stem Cells ◽

Immune Cells ◽

Absolute Number ◽

Cell Number ◽

Hematopoietic Stem ◽

The Absolute ◽

And Gender ◽

The Impact

Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are a rare population of cells that reside mainly in the bone marrow and are capable of generating and fulfilling the entire hematopoietic system upon differentiation. Thirty-six healthy donors, attending the HSCT center to donate their bone marrow, were categorized according to their age into child (0–12 years), adolescence (13–18 years), and adult (19–59 years) groups, and gender into male and female groups. Then, the absolute number of HSCs and mature immune cells in their harvested bone marrow was investigated. Here, we report that the absolute cell number can vary considerably based on the age of the healthy donor, and the number of both HSCs and immune cells declines with advancing age. The gender of the donor (male or female) did not have any impact on the number of the HSCs and immune cells in the bone marrow. In conclusion, since the number of HSCs plays a pivotal role in the clinical outcome of allogeneic HSC transplantations, identifying a younger donor regardless the gender is critical.

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Influence of height on endothelial maintenance activity: a narrative review

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine ◽

10.1186/s12199-021-00941-5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Yuji Shimizu ◽

Takahiro Maeda

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Cardiovascular Disease ◽

Stem Cells ◽

Bone Marrow ◽

Hematopoietic Stem Cells ◽

Inverse Association ◽

Hematopoietic Stem ◽

Genetic Characteristics ◽

Maintenance Activity ◽

Marrow Activity

AbstractRecent studies have revealed an inverse association between height and cardiovascular disease. However, the background mechanism of this association has not yet been clarified. Height has also been reported to be positively associated with cancer. Therefore, well-known cardiovascular risk factors, such as increased oxidative stress and chronic inflammation, are not the best explanations for this inverse association because these risk factors are also related to cancer. However, impaired blood flow is the main pathological problem in cardiovascular disease, while glowing feeding vessels (angiogenesis) are the main characteristic of cancer pathologies. Therefore, endothelial maintenance activity, especially for the productivity of hematopoietic stem cells such as CD34-positive cells, could be associated with the height of an individual because this cell contributes not only to the progression of atherosclerosis but also to the development of angiogenesis. In addition, recent studies have also revealed a close connection between bone marrow activity and endothelial maintenance; bone marrow-derived hematopoietic stem cells contribute towards endothelial maintenance. Since the absolute volume of bone marrow is positively associated with height, height could influence endothelial maintenance activity. Based on these hypotheses, we performed several studies. The aim of this review is not only to discuss the association between height and bone marrow activity, but also to describe the potential mechanism underlying endothelial maintenance. In addition, this review also aims to explain some of the reasons that implicate hypertension as a major risk factor for stroke among the Japanese population. The review also aims to clarify the anthropological reasons behind the high risk of atherosclerosis progression in Japanese individuals with acquired genetic characteristics.

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