Characterization of gene regulatory networks underlying key properties in human hematopoietic stem cell ontogeny

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2024年4月17日

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Fei Li,
Yanling Zhu,
Tianyu Wang,
Jun Tang,
Yuhua Huang,
Jiaming Gu,
Yuchan Mai,
Mingquan Wang,
Zhishuai Zhang,
Jiaying Ning,
Baoqiang Kang,
Junwei Wang,
Tiancheng Zhou,
Yazhou Cui,
Guangjin Pan

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Human hematopoiesis starts at early yolk sac and undergoes site- and stage-specific changes over development. The intrinsic mechanism underlying property changes in hematopoiesis ontogeny remains poorly understood. Here, we analyzed single-cell transcriptome of human primary hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) at different developmental stages, including yolk-sac (YS), AGM, fetal liver (FL), umbilical cord blood (UCB) and adult peripheral blood (PB) mobilized HSPCs. These stage-specific HSPCs display differential intrinsic properties, such as metabolism, self-renewal, differentiating potentialities etc. We then generated highly co-related gene regulatory network (GRNs) modules underlying the differential HSC key properties. Particularly, we identified GRNs and key regulators controlling lymphoid potentiality, self-renewal as well as aerobic respiration in human HSCs. Introducing selected regulators promotes key HSC functions in HSPCs derived from human pluripotent stem cells. Therefore, GRNs underlying key intrinsic properties of human HSCs provide a valuable guide to generate fully functional HSCs in vitro.