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Regulation of programmed death in erythroid progenitor cells by erythropoietin: effects of calcium and of protein and RNA syntheses.

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:Erythropoietin (EPO) retards DNA breakdown characteristic of programmed cell death (apoptosis) and promotes survival in erythroid progenitor cells. The mechanism by which EPO inhibits programmed death is unknown. In the well-characterized model of glucocorticoid-treated thymocytes, activation of a Ca2+/Mg(2+)-sensitive endonuclease and new protein and RNA syntheses have been found necessary for apoptosis. We examined the effects of EPO on the free intracellular calcium ion concentration ([Ca2+]i), and the roles of Ca2+ and RNA and protein syntheses on DNA cleavage in erythroid progenitor cells. The murine model of erythroid differentiation using Friend leukemia virus-infected proerythroblasts (FVA cells) was used. EPO did not affect the [Ca2+]i in FVA cells. Decreasing [Ca2+]i by extracellular Ca2+ chelation with EGTA facilitated DNA breakdown. Increasing [Ca2+]i with the calcium ionophore 4-bromo-A23187 increased DNA cleavage; however, DNA fragments generated by high [Ca2+]i were much larger than those seen in the absence of EPO or presence of EGTA. Increased [Ca2+]i also inhibited DNA breakdown to small oligonucleosomal fragments characteristic of cells cultured without EPO. However, no concentration of ionophore protected the high molecular weight DNA as did EPO. Cycloheximide inhibited DNA breakdown in a dose dependent manner in cultures lacking EPO, but two other protein synthesis inhibitors, pactamycin and puromycin, did not prevent DNA breakdown. Inhibition of RNA synthesis with actinomycin D did not prevent DNA breakdown. Cells with morphological characteristics similar to those reported in other cells undergoing programmed death accumulated in EPO-derived cultures. These studies demonstrate that although DNA cleavage and morphological changes are common to apoptotic cells, the roles for Ca2+ and protein and RNA syntheses are not universal and suggest that apoptosis can be regulated by different biochemical mechanisms in different cell types.

journal_name

J Cell Physiol

journal_title

Journal of cellular physiology

authors

Kelley LL,Koury MJ,Bondurant MC

doi

10.1002/jcp.1041510307

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pub_date

1992-06-01 00:00:00

pages

487-96

issue

eissn

0021-9541

issn

1097-4652

journal_volume

151

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Regulation of programmed death in erythroid progenitor cells by erythropoietin: effects of calcium and of protein and RNA syntheses.