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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
28
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-7-5
pubmed:abstractText
Primary erythroid progenitors can be expanded by the synergistic action of erythropoietin (Epo), stem cell factor (SCF) and glucocorticoids. While Epo is required for erythropoiesis in general, glucocorticoids and SCF mainly contribute to stress erythropoiesis in hypoxic mice. This ability of normal erythroid progenitors to undergo expansion under stress conditions is targeted by the avian erythroblastosis virus (AEV), harboring the oncogenes v-ErbB and v-ErbA. We investigated the signaling pathways required for progenitor expansion under stress conditions and in leukemic transformation. Immortal strains of erythroid progenitors, able to undergo normal, terminal differentiation under appropriate conditions, were established from fetal livers of p53-/- mice. Expression and activation of the EGF-receptor (HER-1/c-ErbB) or its mutated oncogenic version (v-ErbB) in these cells abrogated the requirement for Epo and SCF in expansion of these progenitors and blocked terminal differentiation. Upon inhibition of ErbB function, differentiation into erythrocytes occurred. Signal transducing molecules important for renewal induction, i.e. Stat5- and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), are utilized by both EpoR/c-Kit and v/c-ErbB. However, while v-ErbB transformed cells and normal progenitors depended on PI3K signaling for renewal, c-ErbB also induces progenitor expansion by PI3K-independent mechanisms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3651-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Erythroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Erythroid Precursor Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Erythropoiesis, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Leukemia, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Oncogene Proteins v-erbB, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Receptors, Erythropoietin, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Stress, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:11439328-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Leukemic transformation of normal murine erythroid progenitors: v- and c-ErbB act through signaling pathways activated by the EpoR and c-Kit in stress erythropoiesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Hematology, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't