Phosphorylation of C/EBPalpha inhibits granulopoiesis.
Mol Cell Biol
; 24(2): 675-86, 2004 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha (C/EBPalpha) is one of the key transcription factors that mediate lineage specification and differentiation of multipotent myeloid progenitors into mature granulocytes. Although C/EBPalpha is known to induce granulopoiesis while suppressing monocyte differentiation, it is unclear how C/EBPalpha regulates this cell fate choice at the mechanistic level. Here we report that inducers of monocyte differentiation inhibit the alternate cell fate choice, that of granulopoiesis, through inhibition of C/EBPalpha. This inhibition is mediated by extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and/or 2 (ERK1/2), which interact with C/EBPalpha through an FXFP docking site and phosphorylate serine 21. As a consequence of C/EBPalpha phosphorylation, induction of granulocyte differentiation by C/EBPalpha or retinoic acid is inhibited. Our analysis of C/EBPalpha by fluorescent resonance energy transfer revealed that phosphorylation induces conformational changes in C/EBPalpha, increasing the distance between the amino termini of C/EBPalpha dimers. Thus, myeloid development is partly regulated by an ERK1/2-mediated change in the conformation of C/EBPalpha that favors monocyte differentiation by blocking granulopoiesis.
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Asunto principal:
Leucopoyesis
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Proteína alfa Potenciadora de Unión a CCAAT
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Granulocitos
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mol Cell Biol
Año:
2004
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos