title: Expression of p15INK4B in normal hematopoiesis.
abstract: The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor (CDKI) p15INK4B (p15) induces cell cycle arrest in G0/G1 phase. Several studies report deletion or transcriptional loss of the p15 gene in myeloid and lymphoid hematological malignancies, and a possible role as a tumor suppressor gene has been proposed for this CDKI. In this study we evaluated the expression of p15 by cytofluorometric, immunohistochemical, and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) methods in CD34+ progenitors (both during steady state and after chemotherapy and/or granulocyte-colony stimulating factor [G-CSF] administration) and in cells belonging to different hematopoietic differentiative lineages. We found that p15 is not expressed in normal G0/G1-arrested peripheral blood (PB)- or bone marrow (BM)-CD34+ cells. Moreover, p15 is expressed in G0/G1-blocked CD34+ cells mobilized by chemotherapy and G-CSF but not in CD34+ cells mobilized by G-CSF alone. To clarify the role of p15 in normal hematopoiesis, we used flow cytometry to investigate its expression in normal differentiating BM and PB cells. We found that p15 was expressed in cells belonging to the granulocyte-monocyte lineage and in B and T lymphocytes, whereas erythroid and megakaryocytic cells were p15 negative. These findings, which were confirmed both by immunohistochemical and RT-PCR analysis, definitely establish a linkage between p15 expression and granulocyte-monocyte differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Teofili
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rutella
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chiusolo
authors.forename: E O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: La Barbera
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rumi
authors.forename: F O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Ranelletti
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maggiano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Larocca
mesh_terms: D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000032:analysis; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D019070:Cell Lineage; D050762:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15; D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34; C493966:CDKN2B protein, human; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D050762:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15; D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins