title: Biphasic effect of recombinant galectin-1 on the growth and death of early hematopoietic cells.
abstract: Galectin-1 is a member of the family of beta-galactoside binding animal lectins, galectins. Its presence in the bone marrow has been detected; however, its role in the regulation of hematopoiesis is unknown. In the present study, we have evaluated the effect of recombinant human galectin-1 on the proliferation and survival of murine and human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. We show that low amount of galectin-1 (10 ng/ml) increases the formation of granulocyte-macrophage and erythroid colonies and the frequencies of day-7 cobblestone area-forming cells on a lactose-inhibitable fashion. In contrast, high amount of galectin-1 (10 microg/ml) dramatically reduces the growth of the committed blood-forming progenitor cells as well as the much younger, lineage-negative hematopoietic cells (day-28 to -35 cobblestone area-forming cells). This inhibition is not blocked by lactose and, therefore, is largely independent of the beta-galactoside-binding site of the lectin. Furthermore, assays to detect apoptosis render it likely that the high amount of galectin-1 acts as a classical proapoptotic factor for the premature hematopoietic cells.
authors.affiliation: National Medical Center, Stem Cell Biology, Diószegi ut 64., Budapest, Hungary, H-1113.
authors.forename: Virág
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vas
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fajka-Boja
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ion
authors.forename: Valéria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dudics
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Monostori
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Uher
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D019070:Cell Lineage / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D037483:Galectin 1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice
chemical_list: D037483:Galectin 1; C445499:LGALS1 protein, human