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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-10-2
pubmed:abstractText
Severe congenital neutropenia (CN) is a heterogeneous disorder of myelopoiesis which follows an autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance. Genetic analyses indicate mutations in the ELA2 gene in most patients. We have identified LEF-1 as a decisive transcription factor in granulopoiesis controlling proliferation and granulocytic differentiation by direct activation of its target gene, C/EBPalpha. In patients with CN, the expression of LEF-1 and C/EBPalpha was abrogated in myeloid progenitors leading to maturation arrest of granulopoiesis. In the present study we demonstrated that ELA2 mRNA expression in myeloid progenitors and plasma protein levels of neutrophil elastase (NE) were markedly reduced in patients with CN harboring mutations in either ELA2 or HAX-1 genes. The ELA2 gene promoter is positively regulated by the direct binding of LEF-1 or C/EBPalpha, documenting the role of LEF1 in the diminished ELA2 expression. We found that transduction of hematopoietic cells with LEF-1 cDNA resulted in the up-regulation of ELA2/NE synthesis, whereas inhibition of LEF-1 by shRNA led to a marked reduction in the levels of ELA2/NE. LEF-1 rescue of CD34(+) cells isolated from 2 patients with CN resulted in granulocytic differentiation of the cells which was in line with increased levels of functionally active ELA2/NE.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CXCR4 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/HAX1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Leukocyte Elastase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lymphoid Enhancer-Binding Factor 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, CXCR4, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serine Endopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/pancreatic elastase II
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1528-0020
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
114
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3044-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19620402-Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, pubmed-meshheading:19620402-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:19620402-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19620402-Chemotaxis, pubmed-meshheading:19620402-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:19620402-Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor, pubmed-meshheading:19620402-Hematopoietic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19620402-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19620402-Leukocyte Elastase, pubmed-meshheading:19620402-Lymphoid Enhancer-Binding Factor 1, pubmed-meshheading:19620402-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:19620402-Myeloid Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19620402-Neutropenia, pubmed-meshheading:19620402-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19620402-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:19620402-Receptors, CXCR4, pubmed-meshheading:19620402-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:19620402-Serine Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:19620402-U937 Cells
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Neutrophil elastase is severely down-regulated in severe congenital neutropenia independent of ELA2 or HAX1 mutations but dependent on LEF-1.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Hematopoiesis, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. skokowa.julia@mh-hannover.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't