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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-20
pubmed:abstractText
The differentiation of murine erythroleukemia cells and the expression of SCL, Id1 and c-myc regulatory genes were studied. The first gene is a positive regulator of differentiation, while the other two are both negative regulators of differentiation and positive regulators of proliferation. Accordingly, our data show that when differentiation is stimulated SCL is upregulated while Id1 and c-myc are, coordinately, downregulated. The cultures were treated with two adenosine derivatives, 3-deazaadenosine and 3-deazaaristeromycin, known to act on the metabolic pathway of the methyl donor S-adenosylmethionin, in order to assess the possibility of a coordinated modulation, by these drugs, of regulatory gene expression and erythroid cell differentiation. 3-Deazaaristeromycin caused the simultaneous downregulation of Id1 and c-myc, whereas 3-deazaadenosine caused their upregulation; both drugs produced a transient increase in SCL expression. The use of these drugs evidenced a predominant regulatory effect of negative regulators in the control of erythroid differentiation. The distinct effects of the two drugs on regulatory gene expression led to an increased differentiation induced by 3-deazaaristeromycin and to a reduced differentiation induced by 3-deazaadenosine, if compared with controls. Southern analysis of DNA digested with methylation-specific restriction endonucleases showed that the administration of 3-deazaaristeromycin resulted in hypomethylation of SCL and c-myc, thus evidencing, in these cells, a clear correlation between DNA hypomethylation and differentiation but no straightforward correlation between DNA methylation and gene expression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0730-2312
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
401-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Erythroid differentiation and regulatory gene expression are modulated by adenosine derivatives interfering with S-adenosylmethionine metabolic pathway.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, University of Rome "La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. scarpa@bce.med.uniroma1.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't