Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Taz protects hematopoietic stem cells from an aging-dependent decrease in PU.1 activity

  • Kyung Mok Kim,
  • Anna Mura-Meszaros,
  • Marie Tollot,
  • Murali Shyam Krishnan,
  • Marco Gründl,
  • Laura Neubert,
  • Marco Groth,
  • Alejo Rodriguez-Fraticelli,
  • Arthur Flohr Svendsen,
  • Stefano Campaner,
  • Nico Andreas,
  • Thomas Kamradt,
  • Steve Hoffmann,
  • Fernando D. Camargo,
  • Florian H. Heidel,
  • Leonid V. Bystrykh,
  • Gerald de Haan,
  • Björn von Eyss

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32970-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Immune system function declines with age, a consequence of defects in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Here the authors show that TAZ buffers age-related loss of PU.1 activity to maintain HSC functionality and identify the surface protein Clca3a1 as a marker of “young-like” HSCs, even in old mice.