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  • Title: Analysis of self-renewing and differentiation-related microRNAs and transcription factors in multilineage mouse hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells induced by 1,4-benzoquinone.
    Author: Dewi R, Yusoff NA, Abdul Razak SR, Abd Hamid Z.
    Journal: PeerJ; 2023; 11():e15608. PubMed ID: 37456886.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: HSPCs are targets for benzene-induced hematotoxicity and leukemogenesis. However, benzene toxicity targeting microRNAs (miRNAs) and transcription factors (TF) that are involve in regulating self-renewing and differentiation of HSPCs comprising of different hematopoietic lineages remains poorly understood. In this study, the effect of a benzene metabolite, 1,4-benzoquinone (1,4-BQ) exposure, in HSPCs focusing on the self-renewing (miRNAs: miR-196b and miR-29a; TF: HoxB4, Bmi-1) and differentiation (miRNAs: miR-181a, TF: GATA3) pathways were investigated. METHODS: Freshly isolated mouse BM cells were initially exposed to 1,4-BQ at 1.25 to 5 µM for 24 h, followed by miRNAs and TF studies in BM cells. Then, the miRNAs expression was further evaluated in HSPCs of different lineages comprised of myeloid, erythroid and pre-B lymphoid progenitors following 7-14 days of colony forming unit (CFU) assay. RESULTS: Exposure to 1,4-BQ in BM cells significantly (p < 0.05) reduced the miR-196b (2.5 and 5 µM), miR-181a (1.25, 2.5 and 5 µM) and miR-29a (1.25 µM) along with upregulation of miR-29a at 2.5 µM. Meanwhile, 1,4-BQ exposure in HSPCs significantly increased the miR-196b expression level (p < 0.05) only in myeloid and pre-B lymphoid progenitors at 2.5 and 5 µM. Significant (p < 0.05) reduction in expression of miR-181a in myeloid (1.25 µM), erythroid (5 µM) progenitors along with miR-29a in myeloid (1.25 µM) and pre-B lymphoid (5 µM) progenitors were noted following exposure to 1,4-BQ. Meanwhile, increased expression of miR-181a was observed in pre-B lymphoid progenitor upon exposure to 1,4-BQ, but only at 5 µM. As for TF studies, expression of HoxB4 protein was significantly increased (p < 0.05) at all 1,4-BQ concentrations as compared to Bmi-1 and GATA3, which were significantly (p < 0.05) elevated starting at 2.5 µM of 1,4-BQ. CONCLUSION: 1,4-BQ induces aberration of miRNAs and transcription factors protein expression that are involved in regulating self-renewing and differentiation pathways of HSPCs. Moreover, epigenetic toxicity as evidenced from the miRNAs expression was found to be mediated by a lineage-driven mechanism. The role of cell lineage in governing the toxicity of 1,4-BQ in HSPCs lineages deserves further investigation.
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