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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0022-1007/1999/11/1493/ $5.00
The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Volume 190, Number 10, November 15, 1999 1493-1504


Original Article

Essential Role for the p55 Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor in Regulating Hematopoiesis at a Stem Cell Level

Vivienne I. Rebela,b, Sheila Hartnetta,b, Geoffrey R. Hilla,b, Suzan B. Lazo-Kallanianc, James L.M. Ferraraa,b, and Colin A. Sieffa,b
a Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
b Department of Hematology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
c Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Correspondence to: Vivienne I. Rebel, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Rm. M613, 44 Binney St., Boston, MA 02115. Tel:617-632-2070 Fax:617-632-5757 E-mail:vivienne_rebel{at}dfci.harvard.edu.

Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) self-renewal is a complicated process, and its regulatory mechanisms are poorly understood. Previous studies have identified tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-{alpha} as a pleiotropic cytokine, which, among other actions, prevents various hematopoietic progenitor cells from proliferating and differentiating in vitro. However, its role in regulating long-term repopulating HSCs in vivo has not been investigated. In this study, mice deficient for the p55 or the p75 subunit of the TNF receptor were analyzed in a variety of hematopoietic progenitor and stem cell assays. In older p55-/- mice (>6 mo), we identified significant differences in their hematopoietic system compared with age-matched p75-/- or wild-type counterparts. Increased marrow cellularity and increased numbers of myeloid and erythroid colony-forming progenitor cells (CFCs), paralleled by elevated peripheral blood cell counts, were found in p55-deficient mice. In contrast to the increased myeloid compartment, pre-B CFCs were deficient in older p55-/- mice. In addition, a fourfold decrease in the number of HSCs could be demonstrated in a competitive repopulating assay. Secondary transplantations of marrow cells from primary recipients of p55-/- marrow revealed impaired self-renewal ability of p55-deficient HSCs. These data show that, in vivo, signaling through the p55 subunit of the TNF receptor is essential for regulating hematopoiesis at the stem cell level.

Key Words: hematopoietic stem cell, cell differentiation, cytokine receptors


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