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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
A novel gene, jumonji was identified by a mouse gene trap strategy. The jumonji gene encodes a protein containing a putative DNA binding domain. The mice homozygous for jumonji gene with a BALB/cA genetic background show hypoplasia of the fetal liver and embryonic lethality, suggesting impaired hematopoiesis. In the peripheral blood of jumonji mutant embryos, the number of fetal liver-derived definitive erythrocytes, but not yolk sac-derived primitive erythrocytes, showed a marked reduction, suggesting that jumonji mutants die of anemia. The defects of definitive erythrocytes in jumonji mutants seemed to be caused by a decrease in the numbers of multiple hematopoietic progenitors including colony-forming unit-spleen (CFU-S) in the fetal liver. However, hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in the fetal liver of jumonji mutants could reconstitute the hematopoietic system of lethally irradiated recipients. In the fetal liver, the jumonji gene is expressed in fibroblastic cells and endothelial cells, but not in Lin-/c-Kit+/Sca-1(+) cells known to include HSCs. These results suggest that an environmental defect induce the impaired hematopoiesis in the fetal liver of jumonji mutant embryos.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
93
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
87-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9864150-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9864150-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:9864150-Colony-Forming Units Assay, pubmed-meshheading:9864150-Erythrocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:9864150-Erythrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9864150-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:9864150-Hematopoiesis, pubmed-meshheading:9864150-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:9864150-Hematopoietic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9864150-Leukocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:9864150-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:9864150-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9864150-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:9864150-Mice, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:9864150-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9864150-Radiation Chimera, pubmed-meshheading:9864150-Yolk Sac
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Definitive but not primitive hematopoiesis is impaired in jumonji mutant mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Mitsubishi Kasei Institute of Life Sciences, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't