Microenvironmental sensing by fibroblasts controls macrophage population size

Animal tissues comprise diverse cell types. However, the mechanisms controlling the number of each cell type within tissue compartments remain poorly understood. Here, we report that different cell types utilize distinct strategies to control population numbers. Proliferation of fibroblasts, stromal cells important for tissue integrity, is limited by space availability. In contrast, proliferation of macrophages, innate immune cells involved in defense, repair, and homeostasis, is constrained by growth factor availability. Examination of density-dependent gene expression in fibroblasts revealed that Hippo and TGF-β target genes are both regulated by cell density. We found YAP1, the transcriptional coactivator of the Hippo signaling pathway, directly regulates expression of Csf1, the lineage-specific growth factor for macrophages, through an enhancer of Csf1 that is specifically active in fibroblasts. Activation of YAP1 in fibroblasts elevates Csf1 expression and is sufficient to increase the number of macrophages at steady state. Our data also suggest that expression programs in fibroblasts that change with density may result from sensing of mechanical force through actin-dependent mechanisms. Altogether, we demonstrate that two different modes of population control are connected and coordinated to regulate cell numbers of distinct cell types. Sensing of the tissue environment may serve as a general strategy to control tissue composition.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:119

Enthalten in:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 119(2022), 32 vom: 09. Aug., Seite e2205360119

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhou, Xu [VerfasserIn]
Franklin, Ruth A [VerfasserIn]
Adler, Miri [VerfasserIn]
Carter, Trevor S [VerfasserIn]
Condiff, Emily [VerfasserIn]
Adams, Taylor S [VerfasserIn]
Pope, Scott D [VerfasserIn]
Philip, Naomi H [VerfasserIn]
Meizlish, Matthew L [VerfasserIn]
Kaminski, Naftali [VerfasserIn]
Medzhitov, Ruslan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Fibroblast
Growth factor
Journal Article
Macrophage
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Transforming Growth Factor beta
YAP-Signaling Proteins

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 09.08.2022

Date Revised 25.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1073/pnas.2205360119

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34450154X