| Literature DB >> 29866654 |
Louis R Ghanem1,2,3, Andrew Kromer3, Ian M Silverman3, Xinjun Ji3, Matthew Gazzara3, Nhu Nguyen3, Gabrielle Aguilar4, Massimo Martinelli4,5, Yoseph Barash3, Stephen A Liebhaber6,7.
Abstract
Formation of the mammalian hematopoietic system is under a complex set of developmental controls. Here, we report that mouse embryos lacking the KH domain poly(C) binding protein, Pcbp2, are selectively deficient in the definitive erythroid lineage. Compared to wild-type controls, transcript splicing analysis of the Pcbp2-/- embryonic liver reveals accentuated exclusion of an exon (exon 6) that encodes a highly conserved transcriptional control segment of the hematopoietic master regulator, Runx1. Embryos rendered homozygous for a Runx1 locus lacking this cassette exon (Runx1ΔE6) effectively phenocopy the loss of the definitive erythroid lineage in Pcbp2-/- embryos. These data support a model in which enhancement of Runx1 cassette exon 6 inclusion by Pcbp2 serves a critical role in development of hematopoietic progenitors and constitutes a critical step in the developmental pathway of the definitive erythropoietic lineage.Entities:
Keywords: Pcbp2; RNA processing; Runx1; alternative splicing; definitive erythropoiesis; erythropoiesis; hematopoiesis; myeloid stem cells; posttranscriptional control mechanisms; primitive erythropoiesis
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29866654 PMCID: PMC6066754 DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00175-18
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Cell Biol ISSN: 0270-7306 Impact factor: 4.272