title: Brg1, the ATPase subunit of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex, is required for myeloid differentiation to granulocytes.
abstract: Many mammalian SWI/SNF complexes use Brahma-related gene 1 (Brg1) as a catalytic subunit to remodel nucleosomes for transcription regulation. In several mesenchymal cells and tissues, expression of a defective Brg1 protein negates the normal activity of the SWI/SNF complex and delays or blocks differentiation. To investigate the role of SWI/SNF complexes during myelopoiesis, we stably expressed a dominant negative (dn) Brg1 mutant in the myeloid lineage. Forced expression of dnBrg1 in IL-3-dependent murine 32Dcl3 myeloid progenitor cells results in a profound delay in the granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) induced granulocytic maturation. These cells also exhibit a significant decrease in the expression of both CD11b and Gr-1 surface receptors, which are normally upregulated during granulopoiesis, and show sustained expression of myeloperoxidase, which is synthesized primarily during the promyelocytic (blast) stage of myeloid development. Thus, dnBrg1 expression causes a developmental block at the promyelocytic/metamyelocytic stage of myeloid differentiation. Our findings indicate that the normal chromatin remodeling function of Brg1 is necessary for the G-CSF dependent differentiation of myeloid cells towards the granulocytic lineage. This dependency on Brg1 may reflect a stringent requirement for chromatin remodeling at a critical stage of hematopoietic cell maturation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655-0106, USA.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vradii
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: Diem N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Doan
authors.forename: Jeffrey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nickerson
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montecino
authors.forename: Jane B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lian
authors.forename: Janet L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Andre J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: van Wijnen
authors.forename: Anthony N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Imbalzano
authors.forename: Gary S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D019070:Cell Lineage; D004265:DNA Helicases; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D051379:Mice; D022423:Myeloid Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D021122:Protein Subunits; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; C513194:Smarca4 protein, mouse; D004265:DNA Helicases