TY - JOUR
T1 - Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor regulates myeloid differentiation through CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein ε
AU - Nakajima, Hideaki
AU - Ihle, James N.
PY - 2001/8/15
Y1 - 2001/8/15
N2 - Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is a major cytokine that regulates proliferation and differentiation of myeloid cells, although the underlying mechanisms by which G-CSF controls myeloid differentiation are largely unknown. Differentiation of hematopoietic cells is regulated by lineage-specific transcription factors, and gene-targeting studies previously revealed the critical roles of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP) α and C/EBPε, respectively, in the early and mid-late stages of granulocyte differentiation. The expression of C/EBPε in 32Dcl3 cells and FDCP1 cells expressing mutant G-CSF receptors was examined and it was found that G-CSF up-regulates C/EBPε. The signal for this expression required the region containing the first tyrosine residue of G-CSF receptor. Dominant-negative signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 blocked G-CSF-induced granulocytic differentiation in 32D cells but did not block induction of C/EBPε, indicating that these proteins work in different pathways. It was also found that overexpression of C/EBPε greatly facilitated granulocytic differentiation by G-CSF and, surprisingly, that expression of C/EBPε alone was sufficient to make cells differentiate into morphologically and functionally mature granulocytes. Overexpression of c-myc inhibits differentiation of hematopoietic cells, but the molecular mechanisms of this inhibition are not fully understood. In 32Dcl3 cells overexpressing c-myc that do not differentiate by means of G-CSF, induction of C/EBPε is completely abrogated. Ectopic expression of C/EBPε in these cells induced features of differentiation, including changes in nuclear morphologic characteristics and the appearance of granules. These data show that C/EBPε constitutes a rate-limiting step in G-CSF-regulated granulocyte differentiation and that c-myc antagonizes G-CSF-induced myeloid differentiation, at least partly by suppressing induction of C/EBPε.
AB - Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is a major cytokine that regulates proliferation and differentiation of myeloid cells, although the underlying mechanisms by which G-CSF controls myeloid differentiation are largely unknown. Differentiation of hematopoietic cells is regulated by lineage-specific transcription factors, and gene-targeting studies previously revealed the critical roles of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP) α and C/EBPε, respectively, in the early and mid-late stages of granulocyte differentiation. The expression of C/EBPε in 32Dcl3 cells and FDCP1 cells expressing mutant G-CSF receptors was examined and it was found that G-CSF up-regulates C/EBPε. The signal for this expression required the region containing the first tyrosine residue of G-CSF receptor. Dominant-negative signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 blocked G-CSF-induced granulocytic differentiation in 32D cells but did not block induction of C/EBPε, indicating that these proteins work in different pathways. It was also found that overexpression of C/EBPε greatly facilitated granulocytic differentiation by G-CSF and, surprisingly, that expression of C/EBPε alone was sufficient to make cells differentiate into morphologically and functionally mature granulocytes. Overexpression of c-myc inhibits differentiation of hematopoietic cells, but the molecular mechanisms of this inhibition are not fully understood. In 32Dcl3 cells overexpressing c-myc that do not differentiate by means of G-CSF, induction of C/EBPε is completely abrogated. Ectopic expression of C/EBPε in these cells induced features of differentiation, including changes in nuclear morphologic characteristics and the appearance of granules. These data show that C/EBPε constitutes a rate-limiting step in G-CSF-regulated granulocyte differentiation and that c-myc antagonizes G-CSF-induced myeloid differentiation, at least partly by suppressing induction of C/EBPε.
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U2 - 10.1182/blood.V98.4.897
DO - 10.1182/blood.V98.4.897
M3 - Article
C2 - 11493431
AN - SCOPUS:0035883084
VL - 98
SP - 897
EP - 905
JO - Blood
JF - Blood
SN - 0006-4971
IS - 4
ER -