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Red bone marrow hosts metabolically active anucleate adipocytes that support hematopoiesis

Shin, S.; Hernandez, M.; Dauvillier, S.; Ducoux-Petit, M.; Mouton-Barbosa, E.; Esteve, D.; Moutahir, M.; Rengel, D.; Delos, O.; Roumiguie, M.; Dray, C.; Valet, P.; De Medina, P.; Poirot, M.; Silvente-Poirot, S.; Bertrand-Michel, J.; Burlet-Schiltz, O.; Reina, N.; Muller, C.; Attane, C.

2025-12-04 cell biology
10.64898/2025.12.02.691590 bioRxiv
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Bone marrow adipocytes (BMAds) are a major component of the bone marrow (BM) that regulate bone turnover and hematopoiesis. In rodents, two distinct adipocyte populations exist: constitutive BMAds (cBMAds), located in areas devoid of hematopoietic cells and resistant to metabolic cues, and regulatory BMAds (rBMAds), interspersed within hematopoietic niches and responsive to energy stress. Despite their potential importance, rBMAds have remained poorly characterized due to their scarcity in rodents. Here, we used a high-yield method to isolate human rBMAds, enabling structural, proteomic, lipidomic, and functional analyses. Remarkably, human rBMAds are anucleate yet retain organelles and maintain lipid and glucose metabolism, but unlike their rodent counterparts, they lack lipolytic activity. They actively secrete factors that support hematopoiesis in vitro, implicating them as functional contributors to the BM niche. These findings suggest that human rBMAds may arise from cBMAds through terminal differentiation and define a novel adipocyte subtype critical for BM homeostasis.

Published in Cell Reports (predicted rank #10) · training set

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