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Emergency myelopoiesis (EM) is essential in immune defense against pathogens for rapid replenishing of mature myeloid cells. During the EM process, a rapid cell-cycle switch from the quiescent hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to highly proliferative myeloid progenitors (MPs) is critical. How the rapid proliferation of MPs during EM is regulated remains poorly understood. Here, we reveal that ATG7, a critical autophagy factor, is essential for the rapid proliferation of MPs during human myelopoiesis. Peripheral blood (PB)-mobilized hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) with ATG7 knockdown or HSPCs derived from ATG7-/- human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) exhibit severe defect in proliferation during fate transition from HSPCs to MPs. Mechanistically, we show that ATG7 deficiency reduces p53 localization in lysosome for a potential autophagy-mediated degradation. Together, we reveal a previously unrecognized role of autophagy to regulate p53 for a rapid proliferation of MPs in human myelopoiesis.

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    Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences

      Innovation and Technology Commission

        National Key Research and Development Program of China Stem Cell and Translational Research (1)

        National Natural Science Foundation of China (3)

        Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (1)

        • Grant ID: 2020A1515010139

        Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

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