title: FOG-1 and GATA-1 act sequentially to specify definitive megakaryocytic and erythroid progenitors.
abstract: The transcription factors that control lineage specification of haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) have been well described for the myeloid and lymphoid lineages, whereas transcriptional control of erythroid (E) and megakaryocytic (Mk) fate is less understood. We here use conditional removal of the GATA-1 and FOG-1 transcription factors to identify FOG-1 as required for the formation of all committed Mk- and E-lineage progenitors, whereas GATA-1 was observed to be specifically required for E-lineage commitment. FOG-1-deficient HSCs and preMegEs, the latter normally bipotent for the Mk and E lineages, underwent myeloid transcriptional reprogramming, and formed myeloid, but not erythroid and megakaryocytic cells in vitro. These results identify FOG-1 and GATA-1 as required for formation of bipotent Mk/E progenitors and their E-lineage commitment, respectively, and show that FOG-1 mediates transcriptional Mk/E programming of HSCs as well as their subsequent Mk/E-lineage commitment. Finally, C/EBPs and FOG-1 exhibited transcriptional cross-regulation in early myelo-erythroid progenitors making their functional antagonism a potential mechanism for separation of the myeloid and Mk/E lineages.
authors: EMBL Mouse Biology Unit, Monterotondo, Italy.
authors: Elena
authors: E
authors: Mancini
authors: Alejandra
authors: A
authors: Sanjuan-Pla
authors: Luisa
authors: L
authors: Luciani
authors: Susan
authors: S
authors: Moore
authors: Amit
authors: A
authors: Grover
authors: Agnes
authors: A
authors: Zay
authors: Kasper D
authors: KD
authors: Rasmussen
authors: Sidinh
authors: S
authors: Luc
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Bilbao
authors: Donal
authors: D
authors: O'Carroll
authors: Sten Eirik
authors: SE
authors: Jacobsen
authors: Claus
authors: C
authors: Nerlov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology; D022782:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics; D019070:Cell Lineage; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000166:cytology; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D015672:Erythroid Precursor Cells / Q000166:cytology; D004920:Erythropoiesis / Q000235:genetics*; D050982:GATA1 Transcription Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000235:genetics*; D055016:Megakaryocyte Progenitor Cells / Q000166:cytology; D055015:Megakaryocyte-Erythroid Progenitor Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D034061:Thrombopoiesis / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D022782:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; C530718:CEBPA protein, mouse; C545013:Cebpb protein, mouse; D050982:GATA1 Transcription Factor; C494689:Gata1 protein, mouse; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C107310:Zfpm1 protein, mouse