Proteoglycans regulate protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor σ organization on hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells

Exp Hematol. 2021 Apr:96:44-51. doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2021.01.005. Epub 2021 Jan 27.

Abstract

Protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor σ (PTPσ) is highly expressed by murine and human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and negatively regulates HSC self-renewal and regeneration. Previous studies of the nervous system suggest that heparan sulfate proteoglycans can inactivate PTPσ by clustering PTPσ receptors on neurons, but this finding has yet to be visually verified with adequate resolution. Here, we sought to visualize and quantify how heparan sulfate proteoglycans regulate the organization and activation of PTPσ in hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs). Our study illustrates that syndecan-2 promotes PTPσ clustering, which sustains phospho-tyrosine and phospho-ezrin levels in association with augmentation of hematopoietic colony formation. Strategies that promote clustering of PTPσ on HSPCs may serve to powerfully augment hematopoietic function.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins / metabolism
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cells / cytology
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cells / metabolism*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Proteoglycans / analysis
  • Proteoglycans / metabolism*
  • Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 2 / analysis
  • Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 2 / metabolism*
  • Syndecan-2 / analysis
  • Syndecan-2 / metabolism

Substances

  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • Proteoglycans
  • Sdc2 protein, mouse
  • ezrin
  • Syndecan-2
  • Ptprs protein, mouse
  • Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 2