title: Significant increase of self-renewal in hematopoietic cells after forced expression of EVI1.
abstract: EVI1 was first identified as a preferential integration site of ecotropic retroviruses in the MDS1/EVI1 genomic locus leading to myeloid tumors in susceptible mice. Later studies showed that retroviral integration in the MDS1/EVI1 locus results in the emergence of a non-malignant dominant hematopoietic stem cell clone in non-susceptible mice strains, in non-human primates, and in patients, suggesting that a gene encoded by the locus could affect the self-renewal potential of a cell. The locus encodes two genes. One of them, EVI1, has long been associated with myeloid leukemia. To understand whether EVI1 has a role in self-renewal control, we forcibly expressed EVI1 in the bone marrow progenitors of two mice strains that differ in their proliferation and self-renewal potential. By comparing the response of the hematopoietic cells to EVI1, we conclude that EVI1 has a role in prolonging the self-renewal potential of the cells and that this ability of EVI1 is limited and modulated by inherent characteristics of the cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago (M/C 737), 909 South Wolcott Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. robbiol@uic.edu
authors.forename: Leopoldo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Laricchia-Robbio
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nucifora
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015870:Gene Expression; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D006413:Hematopoietic System / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000074008:MDS1 and EVI1 Complex Locus Protein; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D000074008:MDS1 and EVI1 Complex Locus Protein; C499305:Mecom protein, mouse; D014157:Transcription Factors