title: Expression of alpha-hemoglobin stabilizing protein and cellular prion protein in a subclone of murine erythroleukemia cell line MEL.
abstract: Alpha-Hemoglobin stabilizing protein (AHSP) functions as the erythroid-specific molecular chaperon for alpha-globin. AHSP gene expression has been reported to be downregulated in hematopoietic tissues of animals suffering from prion diseases though the mechanism remains to be clarified. Herein, we demonstrate that MELhipod8 cells, a subclone of murine erythroleukemia (MEL) cells, have prion protein (PrPc) on the cell surface and have highly inducible expression of the AHSP and alpha- and beta-globin genes, resembling the expression pattern of the PrP and AHSP genes in bipotential erythroid- and megakaryocyte-lineage cells followed by erythroid differentiation in normal erythropoiesis. Moreover, MELhipod8 cells exhibit greater effective erythroid differentiation with a population of hemoglobinized normoblast-like cells than that observed for the parental MEL cells. These findings suggest that MELhipod8 cells could provide a mechanism for downregulation of the AHSP gene in prion diseases.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan.
authors.forename: Yayoi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Kayoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katsuoka
authors.forename: Nobuto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arashiki
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: Mutsumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inaba
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D004915:Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute; D051379:Mice; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018621:PrPC Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: C511177:Ahsp protein, mouse; D001798:Blood Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D018621:PrPC Proteins