Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor regulates self-renewal of early erythroid progenitors

Trivedi, Gaurang, Inoue, Daichi, Chen, Cynthia, Bitner, Lillian, Chung, Young Rock, Taylor, Justin, Gönen, Mithat, Wess, Jürgen, Abdel-Wahab, Omar, Zhang, Lingbo (2019) Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor regulates self-renewal of early erythroid progenitors. Science Translational Medicine, 11 (511).

URL: https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/11/511/eaaw3781
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaw3781

Abstract

By studying red blood cell precursors and their self-renewal mechanisms, Trivedi et al. identified a potential approach to helping relieve multiple types of anemia. The authors specifically focused on burst-forming unit erythroid, a type of early erythroid progenitor, showing that a specific acetylcholine receptor called cholinergic receptor, muscarinic 4 (CHRM4) regulates the self-renewal of these progenitor cells. Genetic or pharmacologic inhibition of CHRM4 increased erythrocyte production and alleviated anemia in a variety of mouse models, suggesting the therapeutic potential of this approach.Adult stem and progenitor cells are uniquely capable of self-renewal, and targeting this process represents a potential therapeutic opportunity. The early erythroid progenitor, burst-forming unit erythroid (BFU-E), has substantial self-renewal potential and serves as a key cell type for the treatment of anemias. However, our understanding of mechanisms underlying BFU-E self-renewal is extremely limited. Here, we found that the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor, cholinergic receptor, muscarinic 4 (CHRM4), pathway regulates BFU-E self-renewal and that pharmacological inhibition of CHRM4 corrects anemias of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), aging, and hemolysis. Genetic down-regulation of CHRM4 or pharmacologic inhibition of CHRM4 using the selective antagonist PD102807 promoted BFU-E self-renewal, whereas deletion of Chrm4 increased erythroid cell production under stress conditions in vivo. Moreover, muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonists corrected anemias in mouse models of MDS, aging, and hemolysis in vivo, extending the survival of mice with MDS relative to that of controls. The effects of muscarinic receptor antagonism on promoting expansion of BFU-Es were mediated by cyclic AMP induction of the transcription factor CREB, whose targets up-regulated key regulators of BFU-E self-renewal. On the basis of these data, we propose a model of hematopoietic progenitor self-renewal through a cholinergic-mediated “hematopoietic reflex” and identify muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonists as potential therapies for anemias associated with MDS, aging, and hemolysis.

Item Type: Paper
Subjects: diseases & disorders
diseases & disorders > anemia
organism description > animal
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > hematopoietic cell
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > hematopoietic cell
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > hematopoietic cell
organism description > animal > mammal
organism description > animal > mammal > rodent > mouse
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions
organism description > animal > mammal > rodent
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > stem cells
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > stem cells
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > stem cells
CSHL Authors:
Communities: CSHL Cancer Center Program > Gene Regulation and Inheritance Program
CSHL labs > Zhang L. lab
Depositing User: Matthew Dunn
Date: 2019
Date Deposited: 26 Sep 2019 16:52
Last Modified: 05 Feb 2024 20:45
PMCID: PMC7194030
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/38490

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