Expression of the Evi-1 zinc finger gene in 32Dc13 myeloid cells blocks granulocytic differentiation in response to granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.
Expression of the Evi-1 gene is frequently activated in murine myeloid leukemias by retroviral insertions immediately 5' or 90 kb 5' of the gene. The Evi-1 gene product is a nuclear, DNA-binding zinc finger protein of 145 kDa. On the basis of the properties of the myeloid cell lines in which the Evi-1 gene is activated, it has been hypothesized that its expression blocks normal differentiation. To explore this proposed role, we have constructed a retrovirus vector containing the gene and examined its effects on an interleukin-3-dependent myeloid cell line that differentiates in response to granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). Expression of the Evi-1 gene in these cells did not alter the normal growth factor requirements of the cells. However, expression of the Evi-1 gene blocked the ability of the cells to express myeloperoxidase and to terminally differentiate to granulocytes in response to G-CSF. This effect was not due to altered expression of the G-CSF receptor or to changes in the initial responses of the cells to G-CSF. These results support the hypothesis that the inappropriate expression of the Evi-1 gene in myeloid cells interferes with the ability of the cells to terminally differentiate.
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Department of Biochemistry, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105.
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D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics*; D002455:Cell Division; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000502:physiology*; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid; D000074008:MDS1 and EVI1 Complex Locus Protein; D051379:Mice; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000235:genetics*
D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D000074008:MDS1 and EVI1 Complex Locus Protein; C499305:Mecom protein, mouse; D014157:Transcription Factors; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor