Rodrigues, Neil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1925-7733, Boyd, Ashleigh S., Fugazza, Cristina, May, Gillian E., Guo, YanPing, Tipping, Alex J., Scadden, David T., Vyas, Paresh and Enver, Tariq
2008.
GATA-2 regulates granulocyte-macrophage progenitor cell function.
Blood
112
(13)
, pp. 4862-4873.
10.1182/blood-2008-01-136564
|
Abstract
The zinc finger transcription factor GATA-2 has been implicated in the regulation of hematopoietic stem cells. Herein, we explored the role of GATA-2 as a candidate regulator of the hematopoietic progenitor cell compartment. We showed that bone marrow from GATA-2 heterozygote (GATA-2+/−) mice displayed attenuated granulocyte-macrophage progenitor function in colony-forming cell (CFC) and serial replating CFC assays. This defect was mapped to the Lin−CD117+Sca-1−CD34+CD16/32high granulocyte-macrophage progenitor (GMP) compartment of GATA-2+/− marrow, which was reduced in size and functionally impaired in CFC assays and competitive transplantation. Similar functional impairments were obtained using a RNA interference approach to stably knockdown GATA-2 in wild-type GMP. Although apoptosis and cell-cycle distribution remained unperturbed in GATA-2+/− GMP, quiescent cells from GATA-2+/− GMP exhibited altered functionality. Gene expression analysis showed attenuated expression of HES-1 mRNA in GATA-2–deficient GMP. Binding of GATA-2 to the HES-1 locus was detected in the myeloid progenitor cell line 32Dcl3, and enforced expression of HES-1 expression in GATA-2+/− GMP rectified the functional defect, suggesting that GATA-2 regulates myeloid progenitor function through HES-1. These data collectively point to GATA-2 as a novel, pivotal determinant of GMP cell fate.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Biosciences Research Institutes & Centres > European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute (ECSCRI) |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
| Publisher: | American Society of Hematology |
| ISSN: | 0006-4971 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jun 2023 10:01 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/51137 |
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