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Pathogenic role of niche aging in the development of age-associated hematological malignancies

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K19555
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 54:Internal medicine of the bio-information integration and related fields
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Iwama Atsushi  東京大学, 医科学研究所, 教授 (70244126)

Project Period (FY) 2018-06-29 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords造血幹細胞 / ニッチ / 加齢 / 造血腫瘍 / 脂肪化 / ポリコーム抑制性複合体 / 骨髄ニッチ / Bmi1 / 傍血管間葉系ストローマ細胞 / 脂肪分化 / 造血器腫瘍 / 脂肪髄 / 骨髄異形成症候群
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The polycomb group protein Bmi1 maintains hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) functions. We previously reported that Bmi1-deficient mice exhibited progressive fatty changes in bone marrow (BM). A large portion of HSCs reside in the perivascular niche created partly by endothelial cells and leptin receptor+ (LepR+) BM stromal cells. To clarify how Bmi1 regulates the HSC niche, we specifically deleted Bmi1 in LepR+ cells in mice. The Bmi1 deletion promoted the adipogenic differentiation of LepR+ stromal cells and caused progressive fatty changes in the BM of limb bones with age, resulting in reductions in the numbers of HSCs and progenitors in BM and enhanced extramedullary hematopoiesis. This adipogenic change was also evident during BM regeneration after irradiation. Our results indicate that Bmi1 keeps the adipogenic differentiation program repressed in BM stromal cells to maintain the integrity of the HSC niche.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ヒト骨髄ニッチは加齢とともに脂肪化が進行し、造血幹細胞の支持機能が低下する。その結果、造血幹細胞は減少し、ドライバー遺伝子変異を獲得した異常クローンの増殖優位性が促進される。すなわち、加齢に伴うニッチ変化が、造血幹細胞を発症母地とする骨髄球系腫瘍の発症を促進する原因の一つである可能性がある。本マウスモデルは、加齢ヒト骨髄モデルとして有用である。ヒトで認められる加齢脂肪化骨髄における造血幹細胞クローンの拡大と加齢関連骨髄球系腫瘍発症に至る過程の解析に有用と考えられ、その成果は、加齢ニッチ因子を標的とした、加齢関連骨髄球系腫瘍の発症の予防法の開発につながることが期待される。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (16 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (5 results) Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Invited: 3 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] PTC Therapeutics/Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/スローンケタリングがんセンター(米国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] マルセイユがんセンター(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Lund University(スウェーデン)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] オランダがん研究所(オランダ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Baylor大学(米国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Bmi1 counteracts hematopoietic stem cell aging by repressing target genes and enforcing the stem cell gene signature.2020

    • Author(s)
      Nitta E, Itokawa N, Yabata S, Koide S, Hou LB, Oshima M, Aoyama K, Saraya A, Iwama A.
    • Journal Title

      Biochem Biophys Res Commun

      Volume: 521 Issue: 3 Pages: 612-619

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.10.153

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Bmi1 restricts the adipogenic differentiation of bone marrow stromal cells to maintain the integrity of the hematopoietic stem cell niche2019

    • Author(s)
      Kato Yuko、Hou Li-Bo、Miyagi Satoru、Nitta Eriko、Aoyama Kazumasa、Shinoda Daisuke、Yamazaki Satoshi、Kuribayashi Wakako、Isshiki Yusuke、Koide Shuhei、Si Sha、Saraya Atsunori、Matsuzaki Yumi、van Lohuizen Maarten、Iwama Atsushi
    • Journal Title

      Experimental Hematology

      Volume: 76 Pages: 24-37

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.exphem.2019.07.006

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Akt inhibition synergizes with polycomb repressive complex 2 inhibition in the treatment of multiple myeloma.2019

    • Author(s)
      Rizk M, Rizq O, Oshima M, Nakajima-Takagi Y, Koide S, Saraya A, Isshiki Y, Chiba T, Yamazaki S, Ma A, Jin J, Iwama A, Mimura N.
    • Journal Title

      Cancer Sci

      Volume: 110 Issue: 12 Pages: 3695-3707

    • DOI

      10.1111/cas.14207

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] KDM2B in polycomb repressive complex 1.1 functions as a tumor suppressor in the initiation of T-cell leukemogenesis.2019

    • Author(s)
      Isshiki Y, Nakajima-Takagi Y, Oshima M, Aoyama K, Rizk M, Kurosawa S, Saraya A, Kondo T, Sakaida E, Nakaseko C, Yokote K, Koseki H, Iwama A.
    • Journal Title

      Blood Adv

      Volume: 3 Issue: 17 Pages: 2537-2549

    • DOI

      10.1182/bloodadvances.2018028522

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The chromatin binding protein Phf6 restricts the self-renewal of hematopoietic stem cells.2019

    • Author(s)
      Miyagi S, Sroczynska P, Kato Y, Nakajima-Takagi Y, Oshima M, Rizq O, Takayama N, Saraya A, Mizuno S, Sugiyama F, Takahashi S, Matsuzaki Y, Christensen J, Helin K, and Iwama A.
    • Journal Title

      Blood

      Volume: - Issue: 23 Pages: 2495-2506

    • DOI

      10.1182/blood.2019000468

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Epigenetic alterations in aged hematopoietic stem cells and age-associated malignancies2019

    • Author(s)
      Iwama A
    • Organizer
      第13回日本エピジェネティクス研究会年会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 造血幹細胞の加齢変化を規定するエピゲノム特性2019

    • Author(s)
      岩間厚志
    • Organizer
      第42回日本基礎老化学会大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Epigenetic alterations in aged hematopoietic stem cells and age-associated malignancies2019

    • Author(s)
      Iwama A
    • Organizer
      第62回日本放射線影響学会大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The loss of Bmi1 promotes age-associated changes in bone marrow niche cells2018

    • Author(s)
      Li-Bo Hou, Sha Si, Motohiko Oshima, Yuko Kato, Erico Nitta, Yaeko Nakajima, Satoshi Yamazaki, Atsushi Iwama
    • Organizer
      第15回幹細胞シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 幹細胞分子医学分野HP

    • URL

      https://www.ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp/molmed/

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 東京大学医科学研究所幹細胞治療研究センター幹細胞分子医学分野

    • URL

      http://www.ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp/molmed/

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-07-25   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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