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Hemopoietic lineage commitment decisions: in vivo evidence from a transgenic mouse model harboring micro LCR-betapro-LacZ as a transgene.

Abstract：

:A substantial body of published data suggests activation of lineage-specific genes in multipotential hemopoietic cells before their unilineage commitment. Because the behavior and plasticity of cells isolated in vitro away from microenvironmental constraints exercised in vivo may be altered, one wonders whether similar findings can be observed in a physiologic setting in vivo. We used a transgenic mouse model harboring human micro LCR together with beta promoter sequences as a transgene to examine activation of lineage-specific programs in vivo. By using LacZ as a reporter, we had the ability to detect, quantitate, and select live cells with different levels of LacZ activation. We found strong expression of LacZ by X-gal staining in 2 lineages-erythroid and megakaryocytic. Activation in the latter was a novel finding not previously observed when similar transgenes were used. We also found activation of muLCR-betapro at low levels in progenitor cells of granulocytic-macrophagic, erythroid, or megakaryocytic lineage detected by in vitro assays, suggesting activation before commitment to a specific lineage pathway. In particular, the expression of LacZ was graded among progenitors, so that in a proportion of them activation occurred only after commitment to erythroid or megakaryocytic lineage. In addition, we found quantitative reduction in LacZ expression between fetal liver and bone marrow-derived cells, the basis of which is unclear. Collectively our data provide in vivo evidence supporting the view that lineage-specific genes are expressed in a graded fashion in pluripotential cells before their irreversible unilineage commitment. (Blood. 2000;95:1274-1282)

journal_name

Blood

journal_title

Blood

authors

Papayannopoulou T,Priestley GV,Rohde A,Peterson KR,Nakamoto B

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-02-15 00:00:00

pages

1274-82

issue

4

eissn

0006-4971

issn

1528-0020

journal_volume

95

pub_type

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