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PU.1 determines the self-renewal capacity of erythroid progenitor cells

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Back, Jonathan, Dierich, Andrée, Bronn, Corinne, Kastner, Philippe, Chan, Susan·2004·Blood

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PU.1 is a hematopoietic-specific transcriptional activator that is absolutely required for the differentiation of B lymphocytes and myeloid-lineage cells. Although PU.1 is also expressed by early erythroid progenitor cells, its role in erythropoiesis, if any, is unknown. To investigate the relevance of PU.1 in erythropoiesis, we produced a line of PU.1-deficient mice carrying a green fluorescent protein reporter at this locus. We report here that PU.1 is tightly regulated during differentiation—it is expressed at low levels in erythroid progenitor cells and down-regulated upon terminal differentiation. Strikingly, PU.1-deficient fetal erythroid progenitors lose their self-renewal capacity and undergo proliferation arrest, premature differentiation, and apoptosis. In adult mice lacking one PU.1 allele, similar defects are detected following stress-induced erythropoiesis. These studies identify PU.1 as a novel and critical regulator of erythropoiesis and highlight the versatility of this transcription factor in promoting or preventing differentiation depending on the hematopoietic lineage.

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  • Spi-1 is expressed at low level in erythroid progenitors and downregulated upon terminal differentiation.

    “Spi-1 is expressed at low level in erythroid progenitors and downregulated upon terminal differentiation (15,16).”
  • TNF-a induces activation of caspases in erythroid precursor cells; subsequent cleavage and depletion of GATA-1 boosts PU.1-mediated skewing.

    “In concert, another prominent inflammatory cytokine, TNF-a, induces activation of caspases in erythroid precursor cells.The subsequent cleavage and depletion of GATA-1 as vital transcription factor for the erythroid lineage boosts the PU.1-mediated skewing.29,30”

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Authors
Back, J., Dierich, A., Bronn, C., Kastner, P., & Chan, S.
Affiliations
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • From the Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), CNRS-INSERM-ULP, ILLKIRCH CEDEX, France.
Venue
Blood
Published
2004-05-15
Volume
103
Issue
10
Pages
3615-3623
ISSN
  • 0006-4971 (ISSN-L)
  • 1528-0020
OpenAlex
W2011346553
Cited by
123
References
50
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Blood (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Funders
Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics › Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Kruppel-like factors research
Keywords
PU.1, erythropoiesis, erythroid progenitor cells, self-renewal, transcription factors, terminal differentiation, apoptosis, proliferation arrest, hematopoietic lineage
MeSH terms
Proto-Oncogene Protein Spi-1, Animals, Cell Differentiation, Cell Division, Cells, Cultured, Erythroblasts, Erythropoiesis, Fetus, Gene Expression Regulation, Luminescent Proteins, Mice, Transgenic, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Trans-Activators, Erythroid Precursor Cells, Apoptosis, Mice, Knockout, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Mice

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