Plasmacytoid dendritic cells regulate megakaryocyte and platelet homeostasis
Gaertner, F.; Ishikawa-Ankerhold, H.; Stutte, S.; Fu, W.; Guo, C.; Weitz, J.; Dueck, A.; Zhang, Z.; van den Heuvel, D.; Fumagalli, V.; Lorenz, M.; von Baumgarten, L.; Stark, K.; Straub, T.; von Stillfried, S.; Boor, P.; Colonna, M.; Schulz, C.; Brocker, T.; Walzog, B.; Scheiermann, C.; Engelhardt, S.; Aird, W. C.; Petzold, T.; Sixt, M.; Rudelius, M.; Nerlov, C.; Iannacone, M.; Oostendorp, R. A. J.; Massberg, S.
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Platelet homeostasis is essential for vascular integrity and immune defense. While the process of platelet formation by fragmenting megakaryocytes (thrombopoiesis) has been extensively studied, the cellular and molecular mechanisms required to constantly replenish the pool of megakaryocytes by their progenitor cells (megakaryopoiesis) remains unclear. Here we use intravital 2 photon microscopy to track individual megakaryopoiesis over days. We identify plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) as crucial bone marrow niche cells that regulate megakaryopoiesis. pDCs monitor the bone marrow for platelet-producing megakaryocytes and deliver IFN- to the megakaryocytic niche to trigger local on-demand proliferation of megakaryocyte progenitors. This fine-tuned coordination between thrombopoiesis and megakaryopoiesis is crucial for megakaryocyte and platelet homeostasis in steady state and stress. However, uncontrolled pDC function within the megakaryocytic niche is detrimental. Accordingly, we show that pDCs activated by SARS-CoV2 drive inappropriate megakaryopoiesis associated with thrombotic complications. Together, we uncover a hitherto unknown megakaryocytic bone marrow niche maintained by the constitutive delivery of pDC-derived IFN-.
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