title: Evi-1 promotes para-aortic splanchnopleural hematopoiesis through up-regulation of GATA-2 and repression of TGF-b signaling.
abstract: Evi-1 is a zinc-finger transcriptional factor whose inappropriate expression leads to leukemic transformation in mice and humans. Recently, it has been shown that Evi-1 regulates proliferation of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells at embryonic stage via GATA-2 up-regulation; however, detailed mechanisms underlying Evi-1-mediated early hematopoiesis are not fully understood. We therefore evaluated hematopoietic potential of Evi-1 mutants using a cultivation system of murine para-aortic splanchnopleural (P-Sp) regions, and found that both the first zinc finger domain and the acidic domain were required for Evi-1-mediated hematopoiesis. The hematopoietic potential of Evi-1 mutants was likely to be related to its ability to up-regulate GATA-2 expression. We also showed that the decreased colony forming capacity of Evi-1-deficient P-Sp cells was successfully recovered by inhibition of TGF-b signaling, using ALK5 inhibitor or retroviral transfer of dominant-negative-type Smad3. Our findings suggest that Evi-1 promotes hematopoietic stem/progenitor expansion at the embryonic stage through up-regulation of GATA-2 and repression of TGF-beta signaling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goyama
authors.forename: Eriko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nitta
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeshita
authors.forename: Mayumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshimi
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Masahito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawazu
authors.forename: Motoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: Mineo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D050989:GATA2 Transcription Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D000074008:MDS1 and EVI1 Complex Locus Protein; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000502:physiology*; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050989:GATA2 Transcription Factor; C494712:Gata2 protein, mouse; D000074008:MDS1 and EVI1 Complex Locus Protein; C499305:Mecom protein, mouse; D014157:Transcription Factors; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta