bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.03.454947; this version posted August 5, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. Cytoplasmic labile iron accumulates in aging stem cells perturbing a key rheostat for identity control Yun-Ruei Kao1,#,*, Jiahao Chen2,#, Rajni Kumari2, Madhuri Tatiparthy2, Yuhong Ma2,§, Maria M. Aivalioti2,§, Aliona Zintiridou2, Victor Thiruthuvanathan2, Julie A. Reisz3, Stephanie Stranski4, Simone Sidoli4, Ulrich Steidl1,2,5,6, Angelo D’Alessandro3, Britta Will1,2,5,6,7* 1Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; 2Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; 3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver – Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO, USA; 4Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; 5Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; 6Blood Cancer Institute, Albert Einstein Cancer Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; 7Institute for Aging Studies, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. #,§ These authors contributed equally. Keywords: Adult stem cells; ageing; iron homeostasis; lipid metabolism; histone acetylation; gene regulation. * Corresponding authors: Britta Will, PhD Yun-Ruei Kao, PhD Albert Einstein College of Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1300 Morris Park Avenue 1300 Morris Park Avenue New York, NY 10461, USA New York, NY 10461, USA Phone: +1 718 430 3786 Phone: +1 718 430 6431 Email:
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