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Identification and Analysis of Mouse Erythroid Progenitors using the CD71/TER119 Flow-cytometric Assay
Published on: August 5, 2011
Erythroid Kruppel-like factor (EKLF) coordinates erythroid cell proliferation and hemoglobinization in cell lines
E Coghill1, S Eccleston, V Fox
1Department of Physiology, Monash University, and the Rotary Bone Marrow Research Laboratories, Royal Melbourne Hospital and Melbourne University, Melbourne, Australia.
Abstract:
Erythroid Kruppel-like factor (EKLF) is a transcription factor of the C2H2 zinc-finger class that is essential for definitive erythropoiesis. We generated immortal erythroid cell lines from EKLF(-/-) fetal liver progenitor cells that harbor a single copy of the entire human beta-globin locus and then reintroduced EKLF as a tamoxifen-inducible, EKLF-mutant estrogen receptor (EKLF-ER) fusion protein. Addition of tamoxifen resulted in enhanced differentiation and hemoglobinization, coupled with reduced proliferation. Human beta-globin gene expression increased significantly, whereas gamma-globin transcripts remained elevated at levels close to endogenous mouse alpha-globin transcript levels. We conclude that EKLF plays a role in regulation of the cell cycle and hemoglobinization in addition to its role in beta-globin gene expression. The cell lines we used will facilitate structural and functional analyses of EKLF in these processes and provide useful tools for the elucidation of nonglobin EKLF target genes.
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