Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 578-583 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Volume | 363 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 23 2007 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cell adhesion
- Cell cycle
- Hematopoietic stem cell
- N-cadherin
- Niche
- Oxidative stress
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology