title: Erythropoietin critically regulates the terminal maturation of murine and human primitive erythroblasts.
abstract: Primitive erythroid cells, the first red blood cells produced in the mammalian embryo, are necessary for embryonic survival. Erythropoietin and its receptor EpoR, are absolutely required for survival of late-stage definitive erythroid progenitors in the fetal liver and adult bone marrow. Epo- and Epor-null mice die at E13.5 with a lack of definitive erythrocytes. However, the persistence of circulating primitive erythroblasts raises questions about the role of erythropoietin/EpoR in primitive erythropoiesis. Using Epor-null mice and a novel primitive erythroid 2-step culture we found that erythropoietin is not necessary for specification of primitive erythroid progenitors. However, Epor-null embryos develop a progressive, profound anemia by E12.5 as primitive erythroblasts mature as a synchronous cohort. This anemia results from reduced primitive erythroblast proliferation associated with increased p27 expression, from advanced cellular maturation, and from markedly elevated rates of apoptosis associated with an imbalance in pro- and anti-apoptotic gene expression. Both mouse and human primitive erythroblasts cultured without erythropoietin also undergo accelerated maturation and apoptosis at later stages of maturation. We conclude that erythropoietin plays an evolutionarily conserved role in promoting the proliferation, survival, and appropriate timing of terminal maturation of primitive erythroid precursors.
authors.affiliation: james_palis@urmc.rochester.edu.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Ah Ram
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kaitlin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Tyre
authors.forename: Anjuli R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Cherukuri
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Palis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D019070:Cell Lineage / Q000502:physiology; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004900:Erythroblasts / Q000502:physiology*; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic
chemical_list: D004921:Erythropoietin
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