title: Maximal STAT5-induced proliferation and self-renewal at intermediate STAT5 activity levels.
abstract: The level of transcription factor activity critically regulates cell fate decisions, such as hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) self-renewal and differentiation. We introduced STAT5A transcriptional activity into human HSCs/progenitor cells in a dose-dependent manner by overexpression of a tamoxifen-inducible STAT5A(1*6)-estrogen receptor fusion protein. Induction of STAT5A activity in CD34(+) cells resulted in impaired myelopoiesis and induction of erythropoiesis, which was most pronounced at the highest STAT5A transactivation levels. In contrast, intermediate STAT5A activity levels resulted in the most pronounced proliferative advantage of CD34(+) cells. This coincided with increased cobblestone area-forming cell and long-term-culture-initiating cell frequencies, which were predominantly elevated at intermediate STAT5A activity levels but not at high STAT5A levels. Self-renewal of progenitors was addressed by serial replating of CFU, and only progenitors containing intermediate STAT5A activity levels contained self-renewal capacity. By extensive gene expression profiling we could identify gene expression patterns of STAT5 target genes that predominantly associated with a self-renewal and long-term expansion phenotype versus those that identified a predominant differentiation phenotype.
authors.affiliation: University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Department of Hematology, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Albertus T J
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Wierenga
authors.forename: Edo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vellenga
authors.forename: Jan Jacob
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Schuringa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000378:metabolism; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004920:Erythropoiesis; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D015894:Genome, Human / Q000235:genetics; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D038042:Myelopoiesis; D050799:STAT5 Transcription Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013997:Time Factors; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34; D050799:STAT5 Transcription Factor; C494092:STAT5A protein, human; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
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