Controlled stem cell amplification by HOXB4 depends on its unique proline-rich region near the N terminus

Cusan, Monica; Vegi, Naidu M.; Mulaw, Medhanie A.; Bamezai, Shiva; Kaiser, Lisa M.; Deshpande, Aniruddha J.; Greif, Philipp A.; Quintanilla-Fend, Leticia; Göllner, Stefanie; Müller-Tidow, Carsten; Humphries, Keith R.; Armstrong, Scott A.; Hiddemann, Wolfgang; Feuring-Buske, Michaela und Buske, Christian (2017): Controlled stem cell amplification by HOXB4 depends on its unique proline-rich region near the N terminus. In: Blood, Bd. 129, Nr. 3: S. 319-323

Abstract

There is high interest in understanding the mechanisms that drive self-renewal of stem cells. HOXB4 is one of the few transcription factors that can amplify long-termrepopulating hematopoietic stem cells in a controlledway. Herewe showinmice that this characteristic of HOXB4 depends on a proline-rich sequence near the N terminus, which is unique among HOX genes and highly conserved in highermammals. Deletion of this domain substantially enhanced the oncogenicity of HOXB4, inducing acute leukemia in mice. Conversely, insertion of the domain into Hoxa9 impaired leukemogenicity of this homeobox gene. These results indicate that proline-rich stretches attenuate the potential of stem cell active homeobox genes to acquire oncogenic properties.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 0006-4971
• Sprache: Englisch