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Function of oxidative stress in the regulation of hematopoietic stem cell-niche interaction

2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 363; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.09.014

1090-2104

Kentaro Hosokawa, Fumio Arai, Hiroki Yoshihara, Yuka Nakamura, Yumiko Gomei, Hiroko Iwasaki, Kana Miyamoto, Haruko Shima, Keisuke Ito, Toshio Suda,

Cancer Cells and Metastasis

During postnatal life, the bone marrow (BM) supports both self-renewal and differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in specialized niches, such as osteoblastic niche and vascular niche. A cell adhesion molecule, N-cadherin expressed in the HSCs and osteoblasts, suggesting that homophylic binding of N-cadherin induce the adhesion of HSCs to the niche cells. Here we demonstrate that an anti-cancer drug, 5-fuluorouracil induces reactive oxygen species (ROS) in HSCs, which suppressed N-cadherin expression. These events result in the shift of side population (SP) cells to non-SP cells, indicating that quiescent HSCs are detached from the niche. Administration of a potent anti-oxidant, N-acetyl cystein (NAC) suppressed the shift from SP cells. These data suggest that ROS suppressed the N-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion, and induce the exit of HSCs from the niche.