Role of the Post-Transcriptional Regulators Pumilio1 and Pumilio2 in Murine Hematopoietic Stem Cells Fabio Michelet
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Role of the post-transcriptional regulators Pumilio1 and Pumilio2 in murine hematopoietic stem cells Fabio Michelet To cite this version: Fabio Michelet. Role of the post-transcriptional regulators Pumilio1 and Pumilio2 in murine hematopoietic stem cells. Human health and pathology. Université René Descartes - Paris V, 2013. English. NNT : 2013PA05S013. tel-00911665 HAL Id: tel-00911665 https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00911665 Submitted on 29 Nov 2013 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Université Paris Descartes Ecole Doctorale Biologie et Biotechnologie INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin / Equipe Dusanter-Cramer Role of the post-transcriptional regulators Pumilio1 and Pumilio2 in murine Hematopoietic Stem Cells Par Fabio Michelet Thèse de doctorat en Hématologie et Oncologie Dirigée par Dr. Evelyne Lauret Présentée et soutenue publiquement le 7 Novembre 2013 Devant un jury composé de : Président: Pr. Lacombe Catherine (PU-PH) Rapporteur: Dr. Simonelig Martine (DR2). Rapporteur: Dr. Mazurier Frédéric (DR2) Examinateur: Dr. Cohen-Tannoudji Michel (DR2) Directrice de thèse : Dr. Lauret Evelyne (CR1, HDR) CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................ I ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................................. V LIST OF FIGURES .............................................................................................................. VII LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................. IX INTRODUCTION .................................................................................... 1 1. STEM CELLS .......................................................................................................... 3 1.1. DEFINITION OF STEM CELL POTENTIAL ................................................... 4 1.1.1. Totipotent stem cells ...................................................................................... 4 1.1.2. Pluripotent stem cells ..................................................................................... 4 1.1.2.1. Embryonic stem cells ............................................................................ 5 1.1.3 Multipotent stem cells and Adult stem cells ................................................. 6 1.1.4. Progenitor cells ........................................................................................... 7 2. HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS ........................................................................... 8 2.1. MURINE HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL ASSAYS ....................................... 11 2.1.1. In vitro assays ........................................................................................... 12 2.1.1.1. Colony-Forming Cell Assay ................................................................ 12 2.1.1.2. Long-term culture-initiating cell assay ................................................ 13 2.1.2. In vivo Assays ........................................................................................... 13 2.1.2.1 Short Term in vivo assays ................................................................... 13 2.1.2.1.1. Colony-forming unit-spleen (CFU-S) cells assay .......................... 13 2.1.2.2 Long Term Repopulating Cells assay .................................................. 14 2.1.2.2.1. Competitive repopulation assay ................................................... 14 2.1.2.2.2. Limiting dilution assay .................................................................. 15 2.1.2.2.3. Serial transplantation assay ......................................................... 15 2.1.3. Immunophenotypical analysis of HSC/Progenitor cells ............................. 16 2.1.3.1. Thy1.1lo, Lin- Sca-1+ Cells .................................................................. 16 2.1.3.2. Lin c-Kit+ Sca-1+ Cells......................................................................... 16 2.1.3.3. SLAM Family Members ...................................................................... 16 2.1.3.4. Fluorescent dyes ................................................................................ 17 2.1.4. Phenotype and isolation of HSC based on their cycling behaviour ........... 17 2.2. HUMAN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL ASSAY ........................................... 19 2.2.1. In vitro assays ........................................................................................... 19 2.2.2. In vivo assays ........................................................................................... 19 2.2.3. Immunophenotypical analysis of human HSC/Progenitor cells ................. 20 2.3. HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS MAINTENANCE ........................................ 21 2.3.1. Cell-intrinsic pathways .............................................................................. 21 2.3.1.1. Anti-apoptotic proteins ....................................................................... 21 2.3.1.2. Transcription factors ........................................................................... 22 2.3.1.3. Signal transducers ............................................................................. 24 2.3.1.4. Polycomb group proteins ................................................................... 25 2.3.2. Hematopoietic stem cells niche and cell-extrinsic pathways .................... 26 2.3.2.1. Cellular components of the HSC niche .............................................. 27 2.3.2.2. Molecular regulators of HSC fate ....................................................... 29 2.3.2.2.1. Secreted ligands and their receptors ........................................... 30 2.3.2.2.2. WNT signaling ............................................................................. 32 2.3.2.2.3. Notch signaling ............................................................................ 34 2.3.2.2.4. Hedgehog and TGFβ signaling .................................................... 38 2.3.2.2.5. The extracellular matrix ................................................................ 39 2.3.2.2.6. Adhesion molecules ..................................................................... 40 2.3.2.2.7. Chemical gradients ...................................................................... 42 2.3.2.3. Induced HSC mobilization .................................................................. 44 2.3.2.4. The “progeny niche”: feedback regulation from HSC progeny ........... 44 2.3.3. Post-transcriptional regulation in HSCs .................................................... 45 2.3.3.1. microRNA ........................................................................................... 45 2.3.3.2. RNA binding proteins ......................................................................... 46 3. PUMILIO ............................................................................................................... 49 3.1. PUF FAMILY PROTEINS ............................................................................... 49 3.1.1. Pumilio proteic domains ........................................................................... 52 3.2. PUF PROTEINS: POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSORS ..................... 56 3.2.1. Mechanisms of action ............................................................................... 56 3.2.1.1. Deadenylase recruitment ................................................................... 56 3.2.1.2. Inhibition of translation initiation ......................................................... 57 3.2.1.3. Inhibition of translation elongation ...................................................... 58 3.2.1.4. Cooperation with miRNAs .................................................................. 58 3.2.2. Non-canonical PUF mechanism of action ................................................ 60 3.2.2.1. PUFs as activators of mRNA expression ........................................... 60 3.2.2.2. mRNA localization by PUF proteins ................................................... 61 3.3. PUF COMBINATORIAL REGULATION: TARGETS AND PARTNERS .......... 63 3.3.1. Target mRNAs .......................................................................................... 63 3.3.2. Protein partners ........................................................................................ 64 3.4. PUF REGULATORS ....................................................................................... 71 3.5. PUF AND STEM CELLS MAINTENANCE IN INVERTEBRATES .................. 72 3.6. MAMMALIAN PUF PROTEINS ...................................................................... 73 3.6.1. Pumilio proteins and neuronal functions. .................................................. 73 3.6.2. Pumilio proteins and spermatogenesis ..................................................... 74 3.6.3. Pumilio proteins and cancer ..................................................................... 75 3.6.4. Murine Pum1 and Pum2 genes: structure