title: Adiponectin is produced by lymphocytes and is a negative regulator of granulopoiesis.
abstract: Lymphocytes have long been established to play an important role in the regulation of hematopoiesis and produce many cytokines that act on hematopoietic progenitor cells. Previous studies by our group have shown that normal, unstimulated lymphocytes produce a protein that inhibits normal bone marrow GM colony formation. Adiponectin is an adipokine that has been demonstrated to act as a negative regulator of hematopoiesis and immune function. This study aimed to determine if the inhibitory molecule that we described previously was adiponectin. Here, we show transcription, translation, and secretion of adiponectin from lymphocytes and demonstrate that its receptors, AdipoR1 and AdipoR2, are expressed by bone marrow MNCs. We show that although the adiponectin expression is low in lymphocytes, it is sufficient to induce a significant inhibitory effect on GM precursors (CFU-GM) and activate the AMPK pathway in these cells. The regulation of adiponectin production by lymphocytes and its detailed function in suppressing GM colony formation need to be elucidated now. Our findings suggest a functional role for adiponectin as a negative regulator of granulopoiesis.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: Lisa J A
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peake
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Treen C M
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Alexandra E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Irvine
mesh_terms: D052242:Adiponectin / Q000378:metabolism*; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D019891:Leukopoiesis / Q000502:physiology*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D054419:Receptors, Adiponectin / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: C475418:ADIPOR1 protein, human; C475420:ADIPOR2 protein, human; D052242:Adiponectin; D054419:Receptors, Adiponectin