title: Enhancement of proliferation and differentiation of erythroid progenitors by co-transduction of erythropoietin receptor and H-ras cDNAS into single CD34(3+) cord blood cells.
abstract: Our previous studies have demonstrated that retrovirus-mediated gene transduction of either the human erythropoietin receptor (EpoR) or H-ras cDNA into single purified hematopoietic progenitor (HPC), CD34(3+), cells from cord blood (CB) resulted in increased numbers and sizes of erythroid cell containing colonies. We therefore evaluated if there were further effects when H-ras and EpoR genes were co-transduced into the same progenitor cells. Highly purified single sorted CD34(3+) CB cells were transduced with retroviral vectors encoding EpoR or H-ras cDNA. At the single cell level, and in response to stimulation by a combination of growth factors, including Epo, the number of colonies formed by BFU-E and CFU-GEMM was significantly increased in cells transduced with either single H-ras or EpoR cDNA compared to mock virus-transduced cells as previously described. Increased numbers of BFU-E, but not CFU-GEMM, colonies were produced from cells simultaneously co-transduced with both EpoR and Hras genes. Little or no growth was seen in transduced cells without exogenously added cytokines. The size of all types of colonies including CFU-GM was increased in cells transduced with H-ras and/or EpoR cDNAs, and the greatest increase was noticed in cells co-transduced with both genes. Integration and expression of either gene in individual colonies as assessed by PCR and RT-PCR analysis were 45-62% and 48-58%, respectively, with approximately 31% of the cells containing and expressing both genes. These results add to information suggesting an enhancing interacting role of H-ras and EpoR in erythroid proliferation/differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology/lmmunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-5254, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Broxmeyer
mesh_terms: D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000032:analysis*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D015672:Erythroid Precursor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D004920:Erythropoiesis; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000166:cytology*; D011905:Genes, ras / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017467:Receptors, Erythropoietin / Q000502:physiology*; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000235:genetics; D014162:Transfection; D016662:Virus Integration
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34; D017467:Receptors, Erythropoietin