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Mouse Fetal Liver Culture System to Dissect Target Gene Functions at the Early and Late Stages of Terminal Erythropoiesis
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Se requiere un gen c-myb funcional para la hematopoyesis hepática fetal murina normal
M L Mucenski1, K McLain, A B Kier
1Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cell
|May 27, 1991
Resumen
El proto-oncogén c-myb es crucial para el desarrollo de glóbulos rojos de tipo adulto en el hígado fetal. La alteración del gen c-myb en ratones condujo a una anemia severa en el día 15 de la gestación.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Biología del desarrollo Biología del desarrollo.
- La hematopoyesis es la hematopoyesis.
Sus antecedentes:
- El proto-oncogén c-myb codifica una proteína de unión al ADN.
- Comprender la función biológica normal de c-myb es esencial.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar el papel de c-myb en el desarrollo del ratón y la hematopoyesis.
- Caracterizar el fenotipo de ratones con un gen C-MYB alterado.
Principales métodos:
- Se utilizó la recombinación homóloga para alterar el gen c-myb en células madre embrionarias de ratón.
- Se generaron y analizaron ratones mutantes homocigotos c-myb en diferentes edades gestacionales.
Principales resultados:
- Los ratones mutantes parecían normales en el día 13 de la gestación, pero eran severamente anémicos en el día 15.
- La eritropoyesis embrionaria en el saco vitelino no se vio afectada.
- La eritropoyesis de tipo adulto en el hígado fetal se redujo significativamente.
- Otros linajes hematopoyéticos también se vieron afectados.
Conclusiones:
- c-myb no es esencial para el desarrollo embrionario temprano.
- c-myb juega un papel crítico en la eritropoyesis de tipo adulto que se origina en el hígado fetal.
- c-myb puede estar involucrado en el mantenimiento de la proliferación de las células progenitoras hematopoyéticas.
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