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Polycomb repressive complex 1.1 coordinates homeostatic and emergency myelopoiesis

  1. Yaeko Nakajima-Takagi
  2. Motohiko Oshima
  3. Junichiro Takano
  4. Shuhei Koide
  5. Naoki Itokawa
  6. Shun Uemura
  7. Masayuki Yamashita
  8. Shohei Andoh
  9. Kazumasa Aoyama
  10. Yusuke Isshiki
  11. Daisuke Shinoda
  12. Atsunori Saraya
  13. Fumio Arai
  14. Kiyoshi Yamaguchi
  15. Yoichi Furukawa
  16. Haruhiko Koseki
  17. Tomokatsu Ikawa
  18. Atsushi Iwama  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Tokyo, Japan
  2. RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Japan
  3. Chiba University, Japan
  4. Kyushu University, Japan
  5. Tokyo University of Science, Japan
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83004
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  1. Yaeko Nakajima-Takagi
  2. Motohiko Oshima
  3. Junichiro Takano
  4. Shuhei Koide
  5. Naoki Itokawa
  6. Shun Uemura
  7. Masayuki Yamashita
  8. Shohei Andoh
  9. Kazumasa Aoyama
  10. Yusuke Isshiki
  11. Daisuke Shinoda
  12. Atsunori Saraya
  13. Fumio Arai
  14. Kiyoshi Yamaguchi
  15. Yoichi Furukawa
  16. Haruhiko Koseki
  17. Tomokatsu Ikawa
  18. Atsushi Iwama
(2023)
Polycomb repressive complex 1.1 coordinates homeostatic and emergency myelopoiesis
eLife 12:e83004.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83004
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Abstract

Polycomb repressive complex (PRC) 1 regulates stem cell fate by mediating mono-ubiquitination of histone H2A at lysine 119. While canonical PRC1 is critical for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) maintenance, the role of non-canonical PRC1 in hematopoiesis remains elusive. PRC1.1, a non-canonical PRC1, consists of PCGF1, RING1B, KDM2B, and BCOR. We recently showed that PRC1.1 insufficiency induced by the loss of PCGF1 or BCOR causes myeloid-biased hematopoiesis and promotes transformation of hematopoietic cells in mice. Here we show that PRC1.1 serves as an epigenetic switch that coordinates homeostatic and emergency hematopoiesis. PRC1.1 maintains balanced output of steady-state hematopoiesis by restricting C/EBPa-dependent precocious myeloid differentiation of HSPCs and the HOXA9- and β-catenin-driven self-renewing network in myeloid progenitors. Upon regeneration, PRC1.1 is transiently inhibited to facilitate formation of granulocyte-macrophage progenitor (GMP) clusters, thereby promoting emergency myelopoiesis. Moreover, constitutive inactivation of PRC1.1 results in unchecked expansion of GMPs and eventual transformation. Collectively, our results define PRC1.1 as a novel critical regulator of emergency myelopoiesis, dysregulation of which leads to myeloid transformation.

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RNA sequence, ChIP sequence and ATAC sequence data were deposited in the DDBJ (accession number DRA008518 and DRA013523).

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  1. Yaeko Nakajima-Takagi

    Division of Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  2. Motohiko Oshima

    Division of Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  3. Junichiro Takano

    Laboratory for Developmental Genetics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
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  4. Shuhei Koide

    Division of Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  5. Naoki Itokawa

    Division of Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  6. Shun Uemura

    Division of Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  7. Masayuki Yamashita

    Division of Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  8. Shohei Andoh

    Division of Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  9. Kazumasa Aoyama

    Division of Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  10. Yusuke Isshiki

    Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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  11. Daisuke Shinoda

    Division of Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  12. Atsunori Saraya

    Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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  13. Fumio Arai

    Department of Stem Cell Biology and Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  14. Kiyoshi Yamaguchi

    Division of Clinical Genome Research, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  15. Yoichi Furukawa

    Division of Clinical Genome Research, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  16. Haruhiko Koseki

    Laboratory for Developmental Genetics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
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  17. Tomokatsu Ikawa

    Division of Immunobiology, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan
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  18. Atsushi Iwama

    Division of Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (19H05653)

  • Atsushi Iwama

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (20K08728)

  • Yaeko Nakajima-Takagi

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (19H05746)

  • Atsushi Iwama

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (21zf0127003h0001)

  • Atsushi Iwama

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP223fa627001)

  • Atsushi Iwama

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Yelena Ginzburg, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All experiments using mice were performed in accordance with our institutional guidelines for the use of laboratory animals and approved by the Review Board for Animal Experiments of Chiba University (approval ID: 30-56) and the University of Tokyo (approval ID: PA18-03).

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  1. Received: August 26, 2022
  2. Preprint posted: September 8, 2022 (view preprint)
  3. Accepted: June 1, 2023
  4. Accepted Manuscript published: June 2, 2023 (version 1)
  5. Version of Record published: June 22, 2023 (version 2)

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© 2023, Nakajima-Takagi et al.

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  1. Yaeko Nakajima-Takagi
  2. Motohiko Oshima
  3. Junichiro Takano
  4. Shuhei Koide
  5. Naoki Itokawa
  6. Shun Uemura
  7. Masayuki Yamashita
  8. Shohei Andoh
  9. Kazumasa Aoyama
  10. Yusuke Isshiki
  11. Daisuke Shinoda
  12. Atsunori Saraya
  13. Fumio Arai
  14. Kiyoshi Yamaguchi
  15. Yoichi Furukawa
  16. Haruhiko Koseki
  17. Tomokatsu Ikawa
  18. Atsushi Iwama
(2023)
Polycomb repressive complex 1.1 coordinates homeostatic and emergency myelopoiesis
eLife 12:e83004.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83004

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