[Jan. 31] 75th IRCMS seminar

January 27 2022

We would like to inform you that the 75th IRCMS seminar has been scheduled as below. We would be pleased to see many of you participating in the seminar.

Date       : January 31, 2022 (Friday)

Time　    : 13:00-14:00
               * On-site and Online
               * To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the seats will be limited to 20.

Venur: IRCMS 1F Meeting Lounge

Speaker : Yosuke Tanaka, PhD
　　　　  Assistant Professor
　　　　  Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo

Tilte       : Hematopoiesis ~developmental, normal, and leukemic~

Abstract:
　　　　　Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are the most studied tissue stem cells. However, there are still many unresolved issues such as, development of HSCs in mouse embryos, dormancy regulation of adult HSCs and their leukemic aspects.

　　　　　Hematopoiesis in mouse embryos begins at around embryonic day 7.5 (E7.5). First hematopoietic cells (embryonic type) appear from mesoderm and hematopoietic stem cells （HSCs）appear at E10.5. The developmental pathway of HSCs from mesoderm has not yet been elucidated. We clarified that Runx1+Gata1- angioblastic cells at E7.5 are origin of HSCs through lineage tracing analysis and time-lapse live imaging analysis. In addition, we resolved single-cell gene expression profiles during development of hematopoietic cells from mesoderm.

　　　　　Most of the HSCs are dormant (in the G0 phase of the cell-cycle). G0 marker, which can visualize G0 cells by mVenus expression, and single-cell analysis showed that the conventional HSC fraction contains three cell types; dormant, active, and phenotypic HSCs (lacking HSC potential). Furthermore, dormancy of HSCs is regulated by concentration of cytosolic calcium. This dormant state causes leukemia stem cells (LSCs), which are malignant hematopoietic stem cells due to genetic mutations, to be resistant to treatment. We clarified that inflammatory pathway activation is responsible for the resistance and its blockade is effective in eliminating LSCs.

1. Tanaka, Y. et al. Early ontogenic origin of the hematopoietic stem cell lineage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109, 4515-4520 (2012).

2. Scialdone, A. et al. Resolving early mesoderm diversification through single-cell expression profiling. Nature 535, 289-293 (2016).

3. Fukushima, T. et al. Discrimination of Dormant and Active Hematopoietic Stem Cells by G0 Marker Reveals Dormancy Regulation by Cytoplasmic Calcium. Cell Reports 29, 4144-4158.e7 (2019).

Anyone in Kumamoto University who wants to join is welcome; however, please pre-register by the following URL to secure your seat or receive the Zoom meeting information.
http://ircms.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/symposium_reserve/symposium/reservation/

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