Spi-1/PU.1 participates in erythroleukemogenesis by inhibiting apoptosis in cooperation with Epo signaling and by blocking erythroid differentiation.
Blood
; 109(7): 3007-14, 2007 Apr 01.
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| ID: mdl-17132716
ABSTRACT
Overexpression of the transcription factor Spi-1/PU.1 in mice leads to acute erythroleukemia characterized by a differentiation block at the proerythroblastic stage. In this study, we made use of a new cellular system allowing us to reach graded expression of Spi-1 in preleukemic cells to dissect mechanisms of Spi-1/ PU-1 in erythroleukemogenesis. This system is based on conditional production of 1 or 2 spi-1-interfering RNAs stably inserted into spi-1 transgenic proerythroblasts. We show that Spi-1 knock-down was sufficient to reinstate the erythroid differentiation program. This differentiation process was associated with an exit from the cell cycle. Evidence is provided that in the presence of erythropoietin (Epo), Spi-1 displays an antiapoptotic role that is independent of its function in blocking erythroid differentiation. Apoptosis inhibited by Spi-1 did not involve activation of the Fas/FasL signaling pathway nor a failure to activate Epo receptor (EpoR). Furthermore, we found that reducing the Spi-1 level yields to ERK dephosphorylation and increased phosphorylation of AKT and STAT5, suggesting that Spi-1 may affect major signaling pathways downstream of the EpoR in erythroid cells. These findings reveal 2 distinct roles for Spi-1 during erythroleukemogenesis Spi-1 blocks the erythroid differentiation program and acts to impair apoptotic death in cooperation with an Epo signaling.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute
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Trans-Activators
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins
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Erythropoietin
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Blood
Year:
2007
Document type:
Article
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