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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
Growth factor independence-1B (Gfi-1B) is a transcription factor with a highly conserved transcriptional repressor snail-Gfi-1 (SNAG) domain and 6 zinc-finger domains at the N- and C-terminus, respectively. Disruption of the Gfi-1B gene is lethal in the embryo with failure to produce definitive enucleated erythrocytes. In this study, we analyzed the role of Gfi-1B in human erythropoiesis. We observed an increase of Gfi-1B expression during erythroid maturation of human primary progenitor cells. We studied the consequences of variations in Gfi-1B expression in 2 transformed cell lines (K562 and UT7 cells), as well as in primary CD36(+)/GPA(-) progenitors. A knock-down of Gfi-1B delayed the terminal differentiation of K562 and primary cells. Forced expression of Gfi-1B in UT7 and K562 cells led to an arrest of proliferation and an induction of erythroid differentiation. Enforced expression of Gfi-1B in primary cells at the colony-forming units-erythroid (CFU-E) stage led to a partial glycophorin A (GPA) induction after erythropoietin (EPO) withdrawal but failed to protect cells from apoptosis. Deletion of the SNAG repressor domain abolished Gfi-1B-induced erythroid maturation, strongly suggesting that Gfi-1B acts in the late stage of erythroid differentiation as a transcriptional repressor.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
105
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1448-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15507521-Antigens, CD36, pubmed-meshheading:15507521-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:15507521-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:15507521-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:15507521-Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:15507521-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15507521-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:15507521-Erythroid Precursor Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15507521-Erythropoietin, pubmed-meshheading:15507521-Gene Silencing, pubmed-meshheading:15507521-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15507521-K562 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15507521-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:15507521-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15507521-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:15507521-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15507521-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:15507521-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Gfi-1B plays a critical role in terminal differentiation of normal and transformed erythroid progenitor cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U362, Institut Gustave Roussy, 94805 Villejuif cedex, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't