Abstract
Bone marrow adipose tissue (BMAT) creates a specific microniche within multifunctional bone marrow (BM) ecosystem which imposes changes in surrounding cells and at systemic level. Moreover, BMAT contributes to spatial and temporal separation and metabolic compartmentalization of BM, thus regulating BM homeostasis and diseases. Recent findings have identified novel progenitor subsets of bone marrow adipocytes (BMAd)s recruited during the BM adipogenesis within different skeletal and hematopoietic stem cell niches. Potential of certain mesenchymal BM cells to differentiate into both osteogenic and adipogenic lineages, contributes to the complex interplay of BMAT with endosteal (osteoblastic) niche compartments as an important cellular player in bone tissue homeostasis. Targeting and ablation of BMAT cells at certain states might be an optional and promising strategy for improvement of bone health. Additionally, recent findings demonstrated spatial distribution of BMAds related to hematopoietic cells and pointed out important functional roles in the vital processes such as long-term hematopoiesis. BM adipogenesis appears to be an emergency phenomenon that follows the production of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell niche factors, thus regulating physiological, stressed, and malignant hematopoiesis. Lipolytic and secretory activity of BMAds can influence survival and proliferation of hematopoietic cells at different maturation stages. Due to their different lipid status, constitutive and regulated BMAds are important determinants of normal and malignant hematopoietic cells. Further elucidation of cellular and molecular players involved in BMAT expansion and crosstalk with malignant cells is of paramount importance for conceiving the new therapies for improvement of BM health.
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Abbreviations
- BMAT:
-
AdipoQ: adiponectin
- ALL:
-
Acute lymphobastic leukemia
- AML:
-
Acute myeloid leukemia
- Arg 1:
-
Arginase 1
- AT:
-
Adipose tissue
- ATGL:
-
Adipose triglyceride lipase
- BM:
-
Bone marrow
- BMAd:
-
Bone marrow adipocyte
- BMAT:
-
Bone marrow adipose tissue
- BMI1:
-
Polycomb group protein
- BMSC:
-
BM mesenchymal stromal cell
- cBMAd:
-
Constitutive bone marrow adipocytes
- Cebp-ɑ:
-
CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein a
- CFU-GM:
-
Colony-forming unit-granulocyte–macrophage
- CLP:
-
common lymphoid progenitor
- CMP:
-
Common myeloid progenitor
- CR:
-
Caloric restriction
- CXCL12:
-
C-X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 12
- DTR:
-
Diphtheria toxin receptor
- EPO:
-
Erythropoietin
- FA:
-
Fatty acids
- Fabp4:
-
Fatty acid binding protein 4
- FOXC1:
-
Forkhead box C1
- G-CSF:
-
Granulocyte colony stimulating factor
- HFD:
-
High fat diet
- HSC:
-
Hematopoietic stem cell
- HSL:
-
Hormon-sensitive lipase
- HSPC:
-
Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell
- IGF-1:
-
Insulin-like growth factor 1
- IL-6:
-
Interleukin-6
- iNOS:
-
Inducible NO synthase
- lcnRNA:
-
Long non-coding RNA
- LT-HSC:
-
Long term hematopoietic stem cell
- MALP:
-
Marrow adipogenic lineage precursor
- MCP-1:
-
Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
- MDS:
-
Myelodisplastic syndrome
- MM:
-
Multiple myeloma
- OPG:
-
Osteoprotegerin
- PET/CT:
-
Positron emission tomography–computed tomography
- PI3K:
-
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
- Plin1:
-
Perilipin 1
- Pparγ:
-
Peroxisome proliferator- activated receptor
- PRDM1:
-
PR/SET domain 1
- PTH:
-
Parathyroid hormone
- RANK:
-
Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-Β
- RANKL:
-
Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-Β ligand
- rBMAd:
-
Regulated bone marrow adipocytes
- Runx2:
-
Runt-related transcription factor 2
- sc:
-
Single cell
- SCF:
-
Stem cell growth factor
- SDF-1:
-
Stromal cell-derived factor 1
- T-ALL:
-
T cells Acute Lymphobastic leukemia
- T2DM:
-
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
- TNF-α:
-
Tumor necrosis factor ɑ
- WAT:
-
White adipose tissue
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Labella, R., Vujačić, M. & Trivanović, D. Bone Marrow Adipose Tissue: Regulation of Osteoblastic Niche, Hematopoiesis and Hematological Malignancies. Stem Cell Rev and Rep 19, 1135–1151 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12015-023-10531-3
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