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Joshi M, Gangenahalli G. Myelopoiesis specific gene expression profiling in human CD34 + hematopoietic stem cells. Gene Expr Patterns 2020; 37:119128. [PMID: 32707324 DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2020.119128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 05/31/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Differentiation of the HSCs into myeloid lineage is primarily monitored by transcription factor PU.1. GATA1 acts as a negative regulator by antagonizing the function of PU.1 by bindings its β3/β4 domain. In this study, a mutation was induced in PU.1 which blocks its interaction with GATA1. The pure form of this mutant protein i.e Y244D was loaded on poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles to transfect CD34+ cells, which act as a selective tool to enhance the myelopoiesis, as confirmed by flow cytometry analysis. Further, microarray data analysis was performed to gather information on myelopoiesis specific signaling pathways and genes involved in myelopoiesis like CCL2, S100A8, and S100A9, which were also found to be significantly upregulated in the mutant form. Different molecular functions like antioxidant activity, signal transduction, developmental processes, and biological adhesion were analyzed. This study potentially signifies that PU.1 mutant is highly efficient in myelopoiesis.
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- Madhuri Joshi
- Division of Stem Cell & Gene Therapy Research, Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences, Delhi, 110054, India
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- Division of Stem Cell & Gene Therapy Research, Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences, Research and Development Organization, Delhi, 110054, India.
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Panigrahi AK, Pati D. Higher-order orchestration of hematopoiesis: is cohesin a new player? Exp Hematol 2012; 40:967-73. [PMID: 23022223 PMCID: PMC3595174 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2012.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Revised: 09/10/2012] [Accepted: 09/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Hematopoiesis-the process that generates distinct lineage-committed blood cells from a single multipotent hematopoietic stem cell-is a complex process of cellular differentiation regulated by a set of dynamic transcriptional programs. Cytokines and growth factors, transcription factors, chromatin remodeling, and modifying enzymes have been suggested to enact critical roles during hematopoiesis, leading to the development of myeloid, lymphoid, erythroid and platelet precursors. How is such a complex process orchestrated? Is there a higher order of hematopoiesis regulation? These are some of the unresolved questions in the field of hematopoiesis. Here, we suggest that cohesin, which is known to mediate chromosomal cohesion between sister chromatids, may have a central role in the orchestration of hematopoiesis and serve as a master transcriptional regulator.
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- Anil K Panigrahi
- Texas Children's Cancer Center, Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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The PIT1/SLC20A1 protein, a well-described sodium/phosphate cotransporter and retrovirus receptor, has been identified recently as a modular of proliferation and apoptosis in vitro. The targeted deletion of the PIT1 gene in mice revealed a lethal phenotype due to severe anemia attributed to defects in liver development. However, the presence of immature erythroid cells associated with impaired maturation of the globin switch led us to investigate the role of PIT1 in hematopoietic development. In the present study, specific deletion of PIT1 in the hematopoietic system and fetal liver transplantation experiments demonstrated that anemia was associated with an erythroid cell- autonomous defect. Moreover, anemia was not due to RBC destruction but rather to maturation defects. Because Erythroid Krüppel-like Factor (EKLF)-knockout mice showed similar maturation defects, we investigated the functional link between PIT1 and EKLF. We demonstrated that EKLF increases PIT1 expression during RBC maturation by binding to its promoter in vivo and that shRNA-driven depletion of either PIT1 or EKLF impairs erythroid maturation of G1E cells in vitro, whereas reexpression of PIT1 in EKLF-depleted G1E cells partially restores erythroid maturation. This is the first demonstration of a physiologic involvement of PIT1 in erythroid maturation in vivo.
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Iida S, Watanabe-Fukunaga R, Nagata S, Fukunaga R. Essential role of C/EBPalpha in G-CSF-induced transcriptional activation and chromatin modification of myeloid-specific genes. Genes Cells 2008; 13:313-27. [PMID: 18363963 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2008.01173.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) regulates the proliferation and differentiation of neutrophilic progenitor cells. Here, we investigated the roles of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP)alpha in the G-CSF-induced transcriptional activation and chromatin modification of the CCR2 and myeloperoxidase (MPO) genes in IL-3-dependent myeloid FDN1.1 cells. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and electrophoretic mobility shift assays revealed that G-CSF activates C/EBPalpha to bind target promoters. ChIP mapping experiments across the CCR2 and MPO genes showed that G-CSF induces histone H3 modifications: the acetylation of Lys9, trimethylation of Lys4 and trimethylation of Lys9. The distribution profile of the trimethylated Lys9 was distinct from that of the two other modifications. All the G-CSF-induced C/EBPalpha recruitment, transcriptional activation and histone modifications were reversed by re-stimulation with IL-3, and were abolished by short hairpin RNA (shRNA)-mediated knockdown of C/EBPalpha. These results indicate that C/EBPalpha is activated by G-CSF to bind target promoters, and plays critical roles in the transcriptional activation and dynamic chromatin modification of target genes during neutrophil differentiation.
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- Satoshi Iida
- Department of Medical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Frontelo P, Manwani D, Galdass M, Karsunky H, Lohmann F, Gallagher PG, Bieker JJ. Novel role for EKLF in megakaryocyte lineage commitment. Blood 2007; 110:3871-80. [PMID: 17715392 PMCID: PMC2190608 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-03-082065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Megakaryocytes and erythroid cells are thought to derive from a common progenitor during hematopoietic differentiation. Although a number of transcriptional regulators are important for this process, they do not explain the bipotential result. We now show by gain- and loss-of-function studies that erythroid Krüppel-like factor (EKLF), a transcription factor whose role in erythroid gene regulation is well established, plays an unexpected directive role in the megakaryocyte lineage. EKLF inhibits the formation of megakaryocytes while at the same time stimulating erythroid differentiation. Quantitative examination of expression during hematopoiesis shows that, unlike genes whose presence is required for establishment of both lineages, EKLF is uniquely down-regulated in megakaryocytes after formation of the megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitor. Expression profiling and molecular analyses support these observations and suggest that megakaryocytic inhibition is achieved, at least in part, by EKLF repression of Fli-1 message levels.
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Ferrari F, Bortoluzzi S, Coppe A, Basso D, Bicciato S, Zini R, Gemelli C, Danieli GA, Ferrari S. Genomic expression during human myelopoiesis. BMC Genomics 2007; 8:264. [PMID: 17683550 PMCID: PMC2045681 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-8-264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2007] [Accepted: 08/03/2007] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Background Human myelopoiesis is an exciting biological model for cellular differentiation since it represents a plastic process where multipotent stem cells gradually limit their differentiation potential, generating different precursor cells which finally evolve into distinct terminally differentiated cells. This study aimed at investigating the genomic expression during myeloid differentiation through a computational approach that integrates gene expression profiles with functional information and genome organization. Results Gene expression data from 24 experiments for 8 different cell types of the human myelopoietic lineage were used to generate an integrated myelopoiesis dataset of 9,425 genes, each reliably associated to a unique genomic position and chromosomal coordinate. Lists of genes constitutively expressed or silent during myelopoiesis and of genes differentially expressed in commitment phase of myelopoiesis were first identified using a classical data analysis procedure. Then, the genomic distribution of myelopoiesis genes was investigated integrating transcriptional and functional characteristics of genes. This approach allowed identifying specific chromosomal regions significantly highly or weakly expressed, and clusters of differentially expressed genes and of transcripts related to specific functional modules. Conclusion The analysis of genomic expression during human myelopoiesis using an integrative computational approach allowed discovering important relationships between genomic position, biological function and expression patterns and highlighting chromatin domains, including genes with coordinated expression and lineage-specific functions.
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- Francesco Ferrari
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via G. Campi 287, 41100, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, via G. Colombo 3, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, via G. Colombo 3, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Processes, University of Padova via F. Marzolo 9, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Processes, University of Padova via F. Marzolo 9, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via G. Campi 287, 41100, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via G. Campi 287, 41100, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, via G. Colombo 3, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via G. Campi 287, 41100, Modena, Italy
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Huang S, Guo YP, May G, Enver T. Bifurcation dynamics in lineage-commitment in bipotent progenitor cells. Dev Biol 2007; 305:695-713. [PMID: 17412320 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.02.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 356] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2006] [Revised: 02/02/2007] [Accepted: 02/26/2007] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Lineage specification of multipotent progenitor cells is governed by a balance of lineage-affiliated transcription factors, such as GATA1 and PU.1, which regulate the choice between erythroid and myelomonocytic fates. But how ratios of lineage-determining transcription factors stabilize progenitor cells and resolve their indeterminacy to commit them to discrete, mutually exclusive fates remains unexplained. We used a simple model and experimental measurements to analyze the dynamics of a binary fate decision governed by a gene-circuit containing auto-stimulation and cross-inhibition, as embodied by the GATA1-PU.1 paradigm. This circuit generates stable attractors corresponding to erythroid and myelomonocytic fates, as well as an uncommitted metastable state characterized by coexpression of both regulators, explaining the phenomenon of "multilineage priming". GATA1 and PU.1 mRNA and transcriptome dynamics of differentiating progenitor cells confirm that commitment occurs in two stages, as suggested by the model: first, the progenitor state is destabilized in an almost symmetrical bifurcation event, resulting in a poised state at the boundary between the two lineage-specific attractors; second, the cell is driven to the respective, now accessible attractors. This minimal model captures fundamental features of binary cell fate decisions, uniting the concepts of stochastic (selective) and deterministic (instructive) regulation, and hence, may apply to a wider range of binary fate decision points.
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- Sui Huang
- Department of Surgery and Vascular Biology Program, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Children's Hospital, 1 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Yamamura K, Ohishi K, Katayama N, Yu Z, Kato K, Masuya M, Fujieda A, Sugimoto Y, Miyata E, Shibasaki T, Heike Y, Takaue Y, Shiku H. Pleiotropic role of histone deacetylases in the regulation of human adult erythropoiesis. Br J Haematol 2006; 135:242-53. [PMID: 16939493 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06275.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Histone acetylation and deacetylation play fundamental roles in transcriptional regulation. We investigated the role of histone deacetylases (HDACs) in human adult haematopoiesis, using the structurally distinct HDAC inhibitors FK228 (depsipeptide) and Trichostatin A. When CD34+ cells were cultured with interleukin (IL)-3 or stem cell factor (SCF) + IL-3, FK228 (0.5 ng/ml) specifically enhanced the generation of immature erythroid cells with a CD36+ glycophorin A (GPA)low phenotype. In semisolid cultures, FK228 promoted the formation of erythroid colonies by CD34+ cells with IL-3 and SCF + IL-3. Furthermore, upon exposure to FK228, CD34+ cell-derived CD36+ GPA- cells were induced to form erythroid colonies with IL-3 alone. Conversely, FK228 inhibited the generation of CD36+ GPAhigh relatively mature erythroid cells from CD34+ cells in the presence of erythropoietin (EPO) and SCF + EPO. FK228 suppressed the EPO-mediated survival of CD36+ GPAlow/- and CD36+ GPAhigh cells and induced their apoptosis. Similar effects were observed for trichostatin A in the generation of erythroid cells in IL-3- and EPO-containing cultures. These data suggest that HDACs negatively regulate the IL-3-mediated growth of early erythroid precursors by suppressing their responsiveness to IL-3, while playing an important role in EPO-mediated differentiation and survival of erythroid precursors. Our data revealed that HDACs have diverse functions in human adult erythropoiesis.
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- Kentaro Yamamura
- Department of Haematology and Oncology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan
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Yu J, Wang F, Yang GH, Wang FL, Ma YN, Du ZW, Zhang JW. Human microRNA clusters: genomic organization and expression profile in leukemia cell lines. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 349:59-68. [PMID: 16934749 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.07.207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2006] [Accepted: 07/21/2006] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in diverse physiological and developmental processes by negatively regulating expression of target genes at the post-transcriptional level. Here, we globally analyzed the genomic organization of all registered 326 human miRNA genes in miRNA registry 7.1 and found that 148 human miRNA genes appeared in a total of 51 clusters. Alignment of the miRNA sequences in different clusters revealed a significant number of miRNA paralogs among the clusters, implying an evolution process targeting the potentially conserved roles of these molecules. Then we performed Northern blot analysis for expression profiling of all clustered miRNAs in several human leukemia cell lines. Consistent expression of the miRNAs in a single cluster was revealed in 39 clusters, while inconsistent expression of members in a single cluster was detected in the other 12 clusters. Meanwhile, we identified several hematopoietic lineage-specific or -enriched miRNA clusters (e.g., the mir-29c, mir-302, mir-98, mir-29a, and let-7a-1 clusters) and individual miRNAs (e.g., mir-181c, mir-181d, mir-191, and mir-136). These findings may suggest vital roles of these miRNA clusters or miRNAs in human hematopoiesis and oncogenesis, and provide clues for understanding the function and mechanism of miRNAs in various biological processes.
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- Jia Yu
- National Laboratory of Medical Molecule Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100005, China
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Although cell-lineage and differentiation models dominate tumour classification and treatment, the recognition that cancer is also a genomic disease has prompted a reconfiguration of cancer taxonomies according to molecular criteria. Recent evidence indicates that a synthesis of lineage-based and genetic paradigms might offer new insights into crucial and therapeutically pliable tumour dependencies. For example, MITF (microphthalmia-associated transcription factor), which is a master regulator of the melanocyte lineage, might become a melanoma oncogene when deregulated in certain genetic contexts. MITF and other lineage-survival genes therefore implicate lineage dependency (or lineage addiction) as a newly recognized mechanism that is affected by tumour genetic alterations.
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- Levi A Garraway
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Swiers G, Patient R, Loose M. Genetic regulatory networks programming hematopoietic stem cells and erythroid lineage specification. Dev Biol 2006; 294:525-40. [PMID: 16626682 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.02.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2005] [Revised: 02/24/2006] [Accepted: 02/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Erythroid cell production results from passage through cellular hierarchies dependent on differential gene expression under the control of transcription factors responsive to changing niches. We have constructed Genetic Regulatory Networks (GRNs) describing this process, based predominantly on mouse data. Regulatory network motifs identified in E. coli and yeast GRNs are found in combination in these GRNs. Feed-forward motifs with autoregulation generate forward momentum and also control its rate, which is at its lowest in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). The simultaneous requirement for multiple regulators in multi-input motifs (MIMs) provides tight control over expression of target genes. Combinations of MIMs, exemplified by the SCL/LMO2 complexes, which have variable content and binding sites, explain how individual regulators can have different targets in HSCs and erythroid cells and possibly also how HSCs maintain stem cell functions while expressing lineage-affiliated genes at low level, so-called multi-lineage priming. MIMs combined with cross-antagonism describe the relationship between PU.1 and GATA-1 and between two of their target genes, Fli-1 and EKLF, with victory for GATA-1 and EKLF leading to erythroid lineage specification. These GRNs are useful repositories for current regulatory information, are accessible in interactive form via the internet, enable the consequences of perturbation to be predicted, and can act as seed networks to organize the rapidly accumulating microarray data.
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- Gemma Swiers
- Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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Ye ZJ, Kluger Y, Lian Z, Weissman SM. Two types of precursor cells in a multipotential hematopoietic cell line. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:18461-6. [PMID: 16352715 PMCID: PMC1317970 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0509314102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The biochemistry of early stages of hematopoietic differentiation is difficult to study because only relatively small numbers of precursor cells are available. The murine EML cell line is a multipotential cell line that can be used to model some of these steps. We found that the lineage- EML precursor cells can be separated into two populations based on cell surface markers including CD34. Both populations contain similar levels of stem cell factor (SCF) receptor (c-Kit) but only the CD34+ population shows a growth response when treated with SCF. Conversely, the CD34- population will grow in the presence of the cytokine IL-3. The human beta-globin locus control region hypersensitive site 2 plays different roles on beta-globin transcription in the CD34+ and CD34- populations. The two populations are present in about equal amounts in culture, and the CD34+ population rapidly regenerates the mixed population when grown in the presence of SCF. We suggest that this system may mimic a normal developmental transition in hematopoiesis.
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- Zhi-jia Ye
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
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Wolff L, Ackerman SJ, Nucifora G. Meeting report: Sixth International Workshop on Molecular Aspects of Myeloid Stem Cell Development and Leukemia, Annapolis, May 1-4, 2005. Exp Hematol 2005; 33:1436-42. [PMID: 16338485 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2005.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2005] [Revised: 09/13/2005] [Accepted: 09/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Linda Wolff
- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Bresnick EH, Martowicz ML, Pal S, Johnson KD. Developmental control via GATA factor interplay at chromatin domains. J Cell Physiol 2005; 205:1-9. [PMID: 15887235 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Despite the extraordinary task of packaging mammalian DNA within the constraints of a cell nucleus, individual genes assemble into cell type-specific chromatin structures with high fidelity. This chromatin architecture is a crucial determinant of gene expression signatures that distinguish specific cell types. Whereas extensive progress has been made on defining biochemical and molecular mechanisms of chromatin modification and remodeling, many questions remain unanswered about how cell type-specific chromatin domains assemble and are regulated. This mini-review will discuss emerging studies on how interplay among members of the GATA family of transcription factors establishes and regulates chromatin domains. Dissecting mechanisms underlying the function of hematopoietic GATA factors has revealed fundamental insights into the control of blood cell development from hematopoietic stem cells and the etiology of pathological states in which hematopoiesis is perturbed.
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- Emery H Bresnick
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
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Landry JR, Kinston S, Knezevic K, Donaldson IJ, Green AR, Göttgens B. Fli1, Elf1, and Ets1 regulate the proximal promoter of the LMO2 gene in endothelial cells. Blood 2005; 106:2680-7. [PMID: 15994290 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-12-4755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Transcriptional control has been identified as a key mechanism regulating the formation and subsequent behavior of hematopoietic stem cells. We have used a comparative genomics approach to identify transcriptional regulatory elements of the LMO2 gene, a transcriptional cofactor originally identified through its involvement in T-cell leukemia and subsequently shown to be critical for normal hematopoietic and endothelial development. Of the 2 previously characterized LMO2 promoters, the second (proximal) promoter was highly conserved in vertebrates ranging from mammals to fish. Real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) expression analysis identified this promoter as the predominant source of transcription in hematopoietic tissue. Transient and stable transfections indicated that the proximal promoter was active in hematopoietic progenitor and endothelial cell lines and this activity was shown to depend on 3 conserved Ets sites that were bound in vivo by E74-like factor 1 (Elf1), Friend leukemia integration 1 (Fli1), and erythroblastosis virus oncogene homolog E twenty-six-1 (Ets1). Finally, transgenic analysis demonstrated that the LMO2 proximal promoter is sufficient for expression in endothelial cells in vivo. No hematopoietic expression was observed, indicating that additional enhancers are required to mediate transcription from the proximal promoter in hematopoietic cells. Together, these results suggest that the conserved proximal promoter is central to LMO2 transcription in hematopoietic and endothelial cells, where it is regulated by Ets factors.
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- Josette-Renée Landry
- Department of Haematology, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Cambridge University, Hills Rd, Cambridge, CB2 2XY, United Kingdom.
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