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Reticular dysgenesis-associated AK2 protects hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell development from oxidative stress

Authors
Rissone, A., Weinacht, K.G., la Marca, G., Bishop, K., Giocaliere, E., Jagadeesh, J., Felgentreff, K., Dobbs, K., Al-Herz, W., Jones, M., Chandrasekharappa, S., Kirby, M., Wincovitch, S., Simon, K.L., Itan, Y., DeVine, A., Schlaeger, T., Schambach, A., Sood, R., Notarangelo, L.D., Candotti, F.
ID
ZDB-PUB-150708-3
Date
2015
Source
The Journal of experimental medicine   212(8): 1185-202 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Chandrasekharappa, Settara, Schlaeger, Thorsten, Sood, Raman
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Acridine Orange
  • Adenylate Kinase/deficiency
  • Adenylate Kinase/metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Antioxidants/pharmacology
  • Apoptosis/physiology
  • Azo Compounds
  • Base Sequence
  • Cell Differentiation/drug effects
  • Computational Biology
  • DNA Primers/genetics
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cells/physiology*
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • In Situ Nick-End Labeling
  • Leukopenia/enzymology*
  • Leukopenia/physiopathology*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Naphthalenes
  • Oxidative Stress/physiology*
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells/physiology*
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Severe Combined Immunodeficiency/enzymology*
  • Severe Combined Immunodeficiency/physiopathology*
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
26150473 Full text @ J. Exp. Med.
Abstract
Adenylate kinases (AKs) are phosphotransferases that regulate the cellular adenine nucleotide composition and play a critical role in the energy homeostasis of all tissues. The AK2 isoenzyme is expressed in the mitochondrial intermembrane space and is mutated in reticular dysgenesis (RD), a rare form of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) in humans. RD is characterized by a maturation arrest in the myeloid and lymphoid lineages, leading to early onset, recurrent, and overwhelming infections. To gain insight into the pathophysiology of RD, we studied the effects of AK2 deficiency using the zebrafish model and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from fibroblasts of an RD patient. In zebrafish, Ak2 deficiency affected hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) development with increased oxidative stress and apoptosis. AK2-deficient iPSCs recapitulated the characteristic myeloid maturation arrest at the promyelocyte stage and demonstrated an increased AMP/ADP ratio, indicative of an energy-depleted adenine nucleotide profile. Antioxidant treatment rescued the hematopoietic phenotypes in vivo in ak2 mutant zebrafish and restored differentiation of AK2-deficient iPSCs into mature granulocytes. Our results link hematopoietic cell fate in AK2 deficiency to cellular energy depletion and increased oxidative stress. This points to the potential use of antioxidants as a supportive therapeutic modality for patients with RD.
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