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Nakamura Y, Ichikawa M, Oda H, Yamazaki I, Sasaki K, Mitani K. RUNX1-EVI1 induces dysplastic hematopoiesis and acute leukemia of the megakaryocytic lineage in mice. Leuk Res 2018; 74:14-20. [PMID: 30278283 DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2018.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2018] [Revised: 09/21/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The RUNX1-EVI1 gene generated by the t(3;21) translocation encodes a chimeric transcription factor and is a causative gene in the development of de novo acute megakaryoblastic leukemia and leukemic transformation of hematopoietic stem cell tumors. Heterozygous RUNX1-EVI1 knock-in mice die in utero due to hemorrhage in the central nervous system and spinal cord and complete abolishment of definitive hematopoiesis in the fetal liver. On the other hand, the chimeric knock-in mouse develops acute megakaryoblastic leukemia. We created another mouse model of RUNX1-EVI1 using transplantation of retrovirus-infected bone marrow cells. Some mice transplanted with RUNX1-EVI1-expressing bone marrow cells developed acute megakaryoblastic leukemia within eight months, and the other non-leukemic mice showed thrombocytosis at around a year. In the non-leukemic mice, dysplastic megakaryocytes proliferated in the bone marrow and frequently infiltrated into the spleen, which was not associated with marrow fibrosis. In the leukemic mice, their tumor cells were positive for c-kit and CD41, and negative for TER119. Although they were negative for platelet peroxidase in the electron microscopic analysis, they had multiple centrioles in the cytoplasm, which are characteristic of megakaryocytes that undergo endomitosis. The leukemic cells were serially transplantable, and gene-expression analyses using quantitative RT-PCR arrays revealed that they showed significantly elevated expression of stem cell, primitive hematopoietic cell and endothelial cell-related genes compared with normal bone marrow cells. All these data suggested that RUNX1-EVI1 caused dysplastic hematopoiesis or leukemia of the megakaryocytic lineage and endowed gene expression profiles distinctive of immature hematopoietic cells.
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- Yuka Nakamura
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Electron Microscope, BML Research Institute Inc., Saitama, Japan; Department of Molecular Pathology, Tokyo Medical University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
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Fadd and Skp2 are possible downstream targets of RUNX1-EVI1. Int J Hematol 2012; 97:83-91. [DOI: 10.1007/s12185-012-1232-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2012] [Revised: 11/22/2012] [Accepted: 11/26/2012] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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p53-induced growth arrest is regulated by the mitochondrial SirT3 deacetylase. PLoS One 2010; 5:e10486. [PMID: 20463968 PMCID: PMC2864751 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2009] [Accepted: 04/08/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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A hallmark of p53 function is to regulate a transcriptional program in response to extracellular and intracellular stress that directs cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, and cellular senescence. Independent of the role of p53 in the nucleus, some of the anti-proliferative functions of p53 reside within the mitochondria [1]. p53 can arrest cell growth in response to mitochondrial p53 in an EJ bladder carcinoma cell environment that is naïve of p53 function until induced to express p53 [2]. TP53 can independently partition with endogenous nuclear and mitochondrial proteins consistent with the ability of p53 to enact senescence. In order to address the role of p53 in navigating cellular senescence through the mitochondria, we identified SirT3 to rescue EJ/p53 cells from induced p53-mediated growth arrest. Human SirT3 function appears coupled with p53 early during the initiation of p53 expression in the mitochondria by biochemical and cellular localization analysis. Our evidence suggests that SirT3 partially abrogates p53 activity to enact growth arrest and senescence. Additionally, we identified the chaperone protein BAG-2 in averting SirT3 targeting of p53 -mediated senescence. These studies identify a complex relationship between p53, SirT3, and chaperoning factor BAG-2 that may link the salvaging and quality assurance of the p53 protein for control of cellular fate independent of transcriptional activity.
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Igarashi H, Kuwahara K, Yoshida M, Xing Y, Maeda K, Nakajima K, Sakaguchi N. GANP suppresses the arginine methyltransferase PRMT5 regulating IL-4-mediated STAT6-signaling to IgE production in B cells. Mol Immunol 2009; 46:1031-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2008.08.272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2008] [Revised: 08/10/2008] [Accepted: 08/14/2008] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Incani V, Tunis E, Clements BA, Olson C, Kucharski C, Lavasanifar A, Uludag H. Palmitic acid substitution on cationic polymers for effective delivery of plasmid DNA to bone marrow stromal cells. J Biomed Mater Res A 2007; 81:493-504. [PMID: 17340629 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.31249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Nonviral gene carriers are actively explored in gene therapy due to safety concerns of the viral carriers. To design effective gene carriers for modification of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC), an important cell phenotype for clinical application of gene therapy, cationic polymers polyethyleneimine (PEI), and poly-L-Lysine (PLL) were substituted with palmitic acid (PA) via amide linkages. Depending on the reaction conditions, PEI and PLL was substituted with 2.2-5.2 and 13.4-16.2 PA per polymer chain. The PA substituted polymers displayed slightly lower binding efficiency towards a plasmid containing Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein (pEGFP) in an agarose gel binding assay. The cell binding of PLL-PA, but not PEI-PA, was particularly enhanced, resulting in higher percentage of the cells displaying a significant polymer uptake. pEGFP delivery into the BMSC was also significantly increased with the PLL-PA (vs. PLL), but not PEI-PA (vs. PEI). The transfection efficiency of PLL-PA was significantly higher ( approximately fivefold) than the unmodified polymer. We conclude that PA substitution on PLL provides an effective carrier for transfection of primary cells derived from the bone marrow.
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- Vanessa Incani
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Farrell LL, Pepin J, Kucharski C, Lin X, Xu Z, Uludag H. A comparison of the effectiveness of cationic polymers poly-L-lysine (PLL) and polyethylenimine (PEI) for non-viral delivery of plasmid DNA to bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC). Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2006; 65:388-97. [PMID: 17240127 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2006.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2006] [Revised: 11/26/2006] [Accepted: 11/26/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC) represent an important cell phenotype for pursuit of successful gene therapy. Non-viral methods to enable expression of exogenous genes in BMSC will accelerate clinical application of gene therapy, without the concerns associated with the viral means of gene transfer. Towards this end, this study investigated the potential of cationic polymers poly-L-lysine (PLL) and branched polyethylenimine (PEI) as gene carriers for modification of BMSC. Both polymers rapidly (approximately 30 min) condensed a 4.2 kb Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein (pEGFP-N2) plasmid into 100-200 nm particles. PLL and PEI were both readily internalized with BMSC with >80% of BMSC exhibiting polymer uptake by flow cytometric analysis. The relative uptake of PEI, however, was significantly higher as compared to the PLL. The majority of the BMSC (>60%) exhibited nuclear presence of the polymers as analyzed by fluorescent microscopy. Although both polymers were able to deliver the pEGFP-N2 into the cells under microscopic evaluation, only a small fraction of the cells (<10%) displayed nuclear localization of the plasmid. Consistent with better uptake, PEI gave a higher delivery of pEGFP-N2 into the BMSC, which resulted in a more sustained expression of the model gene EGFP in short-term (7-day) culture. We conclude that both PLL and PEI readily displayed cellular uptake, but PEI was more effective in delivering plasmid DNA intracellularly, which was likely the underlying basis for a more sustained gene expression.
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- Laura-Lee Farrell
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., Canada
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Arima M, Toyama H, Ichii H, Kojima S, Okada S, Hatano M, Cheng G, Kubo M, Fukuda T, Tokuhisa T. A putative silencer element in the IL-5 gene recognized by Bcl6. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 169:829-36. [PMID: 12097386 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.2.829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The Bcl6 gene is ubiquitously expressed in adult murine tissues and its product functions as a sequence-specific transcriptional repressor. Bcl6-deficient mice displayed eosinophilic inflammation caused by overproduction of Th2 cytokines. The regulatory mechanism of those cytokine productions by Bcl6 is controversial. When CD4(+) T cells from Bcl6-deficient and lck-Bcl6-transgenic mice were stimulated with anti-CD3 Abs, production of IL-5 among Th2 type cytokines was preferentially affected by the amount of Bcl6 in the T cells. We found a putative Bcl6-binding sequence (IL5BS) on the 3' untranslated region in the murine and human IL-5 genes, and specific binding of Bcl6 protein to the sequence was confirmed by gel retardation assay and chromatin immunoprecipitation assay. The binding activity of endogenous Bcl6 was transiently diminished in Th2 but not in Th1 clones after anti-CD3 stimulation. The exogenous Bcl6 repressed expression of the reporter gene with the IL5BS in K562 cells and the repressor activity was lost by a point mutation of the IL5BS. Furthermore, the IL5BS was required for Bcl6 to repress expression of the IL-5 cDNA. Thus, the IL5BS may act as a silencer element for Bcl6 to repress expression of the IL-5 gene.
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- Masafumi Arima
- Department of Developmental Genetics (H2), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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Nunez R, Ackermann M, Saeki Y, Chiocca A, Fraefel C. Flow cytometric assessment of transduction efficiency and cytotoxicity of herpes simplex virus type 1-based amplicon vectors. CYTOMETRY 2001; 44:93-9. [PMID: 11378858 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0320(20010601)44:2<93::aid-cyto1086>3.0.co;2-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND In this study, we compared herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) amplicon vector stocks prepared by transient cotransfection with two different BAC-cloned packaging-defective HSV-1 helper genomes, fHSVDeltapacDelta27 and fHSVDeltapac, with respect to transduction efficiency and cytotoxicity. Both fHSVDeltapacDelta27 and fHSVDeltapac are packaging defective because the pac signals have been deleted; fHSVDeltapacDelta27 contains an additional deletion in the HSV-1 ICP27 gene, which increases the safety of the system. METHODS HSV-1 amplicon pHSVGFP under the control of the HSV-1 immediate-early (IE) 4/5 promotor was packaged into virus particles by transient cotransfection with either fHSVDeltapacDelta27 or fHSVDeltapac DNA. Cultures were infected with the two different vector stocks and examined under the fluorescence microscope and analyzed by flow cytometry over a 5-day period to assess transduction efficiency and cytotoxicity. RESULTS Both vector stocks, pHSVGFP[fHSVDeltapacDelta27] and pHSVGFP[fHSVDeltapac], efficiently transduced the target cells. Interestingly, the highest mean fluorescence intensities were measured at 1 day after infection, whereas the number of GFP-fluorescent cells reached a peak at day 3 after infection. At day 3 after infection, a slight increase in the number of dead cells was observed in those cultures transduced with high doses of vector stock. Between days 3 and 4 after infection, the number of dead cells increased dramatically in all the cultures, transduced and nontransduced. Only the cultures infected with a high dose of pHSVGFP[fHSVDeltapac] displayed a significant further increase in the number of dead cells between days 4 and 5 postinfection. CONCLUSIONS Flow cytometry allowed comparison of transduction efficiency and cytotoxicity mediated by the two different amplicon vector stocks. Cultures infected with pHSVGFP[fHSVDeltapacDelta27] were more viable than those infected with pHSVGFP[fHSVDeltapac](P < 0.05). The practical implications of this study are at the level of vector design. Flow cytometry has proven a fast and reliable approach to assess the quality of potential gene transfer vectors prior to their use in (pre) clinical trials.
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- R Nunez
- Institute of Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Iwai N, Kitajima K, Sakai K, Kimura T, Nakano T. Alteration of cell adhesion and cell cycle properties of ES cells by an inducible dominant interfering Myb mutant. Oncogene 2001; 20:1425-34. [PMID: 11313886 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1204236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2000] [Revised: 01/02/2001] [Accepted: 01/05/2001] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The Myb transcription factors, c-Myb, A-Myb, and B-Myb, regulate cell differentiation and/or proliferation. To investigate the role of B-Myb in embryogenesis, we introduced an inducible dominant interfering Myb protein (MERT) into embryonic stem (ES) cells, which express B-Myb as an exclusive member of Myb family. Disruption of normal B-Myb function by the conditional activation of MERT caused a drastic morphological alteration of ES cells and G(1)-S cell cycle arrest. The inhibition of B-Myb function by MERT dissociated tightly packed ES cell colonies into dispersed single cells that subsequently detached from the culture dish. Cell adhesion analyses revealed that suppression of B-Myb function reduced the adhesion with extracellular matrix proteins, such as laminin, collagen, and fibronectin. This reduction was presumably due to decreased cell surface expression of beta1 integrin. Embryoid body formation was also severely retarded by the activation of MERT. This impairment was attributed to reduced expression of E-cadherin, which functions as a homophilic intercellular adhesion molecule. Simultaneously, blocking B-Myb function did not alter the expression of differentiation markers. Our data indicate that B-Myb plays important roles in regulating cell adhesion and cell cycle progression. These results are well consistent with the recent report on the phenotype of B-Myb null mice and show that the regulation of cell adhesion is an important B-Myb function that has not yet been assumed.
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- N Iwai
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 3-1, Suita 565-0871, Osaka, Japan
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Kume A, Xu R, Ueda Y, Urabe M, Ozawa K. Long-term tracking of murine hematopoietic cells transduced with a bicistronic retrovirus containing CD24 and EGFP genes. Gene Ther 2000; 7:1193-9. [PMID: 10918487 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3301225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are attractive targets for gene therapy, but current gene transfer methodologies are inadequate for efficient HSC transduction and perpetual transgene expression. To improve gene transfer vectors and transduction protocols, it is vital to establish a system to evaluate transgene expression and the long-term behavior of transduced cells in vivo. For this purpose, we constructed a bicistronic retrovirus encoding the human CD24 (as the first cistron) and the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP; as the second cistron). Murine bone marrow cells were transduced with this vector and the transgene expression was monitored along with hematopoietic reconstitution. Stable expression of CD24 and EGFP was demonstrated in the long-term repopulating cells for at least 6 months, and multi-parameter flow cytometry illustrated expression of both markers in all the lymphohematopoietic lineages examined (B and T lymphoid, erythroid and myeloid). Sustained expression was also shown in the secondary transplants for 6 months, suggesting that self-renewing HSCs were transduced by this vector. Overall, EGFP-tagged bicistronic retroviruses would provide powerful tools for detailed in vivo analysis of transduced hematopoietic cells, such as transgene expression in conjunction with lineage differentiation. Gene Therapy (2000) 7, 1193-1199.
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- Division of Genetic Therapeutics, Center for Molecular Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
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