Differential responses and recovery dynamics of HSPC populations following Plasmodium chabaudi infection
File(s)
Published version
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Severe infections such as malaria are on the rise worldwide, driven by both climate change and increasing drug resistance. It is therefore paramount that we better understand how the host responds to severe infection. Hematopoiesis is particularly of interest in this context because hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) maintain the turnover of all blood cells, including all immune cells. Severe infections have been widely acknowledged to affect HSPCs; however, this disruption has been mainly studied during the acute phase, and the process and level of HSPC recovery remain understudied. Using a self-resolving model of natural rodent malaria, infection by Plasmodium chabaudi, here we systematically assess phenotypically defined HSPCs’ acute response and recovery upon pathogen clearance. We demonstrate that during the acute phase of infection the most quiescent and functional stem cells are depleted, multipotent progenitor compartments are drastically enlarged, and oligopotent progenitors virtually disappear, underpinned by dramatic, population-specific and sometimes unexpected changes in proliferation rates. HSPC populations return to homeostatic size and proliferation rate again through specific patterns of recovery. Overall, our data demonstrate that HSPC populations adopt different responses to cope with severe infection and suggest that the ability to adjust proliferative capacity becomes more restricted as differentiation progresses.
Date Issued
2025-03-02
Date Acceptance
2025-03-14
Citation
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (MDPI), 2025, 26 (6)
ISSN
1422-0067
Publisher
MDPI AG
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (MDPI)
Volume
26
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
© 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/).
License URL
Identifier
10.3390/ijms26062816
Subjects
Bruno, F.
Georgiou, C.
Cunningham, D.
Bett, L.
Secchi, M.A.
malaria
hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells
recovery from infection
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
2816
Date Publish Online
2025-03-20