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Proliferation and Differentiation of Murine Myeloid Precursor 32D/G-CSF-R Cells
Published on: February 21, 2018
Constitutively active beta-catenin confers multilineage differentiation potential on lymphoid and myeloid progenitors
Yoshihiro Baba1, Karla P Garrett, Paul W Kincade
1Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13(th) Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA.
Abstract:
Beta-catenin-mediated Wnt signaling may contribute to the self-renewal of hematopoietic stem cells and proliferation in some malignancies. We now show that expression of constitutively active beta-catenin in normal lymphoid or myeloid progenitors generated uncommitted cells with multilineage differentiation potential. Inappropriate gene expression occurred in cells destined to produce either cell type and caused corresponding changes in their characteristics. For example, forced activation of beta-catenin quickly increased C/EBPalpha while reducing EBF and Pax-5 in lymphoid progenitors that then generated myeloid cells. Inversely, EBF dramatically increased in transduced myeloid progenitors and lymphocytes were produced. The results indicate that ectopic activation of beta-catenin destabilizes lineage fate decisions and confers some, but not all, stem cell properties on committed progenitors.
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