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- Tsapogas, Panagiotis, et al.
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IL-7 mediates Ebf-1-dependent lineage restriction in early lymphoid progenitors
- 2011
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Ingår i: Blood. - : American Society of Hematology. - 0006-4971 .- 1528-0020. ; 118:5, s. 1283-1290
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- eficiencies in the IL-7 signaling pathway result in severe disruptions of lymphoid development in adult mice. To understand more about how IL-7 deficiency impacts early lymphoid development, we have investigated lineage restriction events within the common lymphoid progenitor (CLP) compartment in IL-7 knockout mice. This revealed that although IL-7 deficiency had a minor impact on the development of LY6D(-) multipotent CLPs, the formation of the lineage restricted LY6D(+) CLP population was dramatically reduced. This was reflected in a low-level transcription of B-lineage genes as well as in a loss of functional B-cell commitment. The few Ly6D(+) CLPs developed in the absence of IL-7 displayed increased lineage plasticity and low expression of Ebf-1. Absence of Ebf-1 could be linked to increased plasticity because even though Ly6D(+) cells develop in Ebf-1-deficient mice, these cells retain both natural killer and dendritic cell potential. This reveals that IL-7 is essential for normal development of Ly6D(+) CLPs and that Ebf-1 is crucial for lineage restriction in early lymphoid progenitors.
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- Åhsberg, Josefine, et al.
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Interleukin-7-induced Stat-5 Acts in Synergy with Flt-3 Signaling to Stimulate Expansion of Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells
- 2010
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Ingår i: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. - : The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. - 0021-9258. ; 285:47, s. 36275-36284
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The development of lymphoid cells from bone marrow progenitors is dictated by interplay between internal cues such as transcription factors and external signals like the cytokines Flt-3 ligand and Il-7. These proteins are both of large importance for normal lymphoid development; however, it is unclear if they act in direct synergy to expand a transient Il-7R(+)Flt-3(+) population or if the collaboration is created through sequential activities. We report here that Flt-3L and Il-7 synergistically stimulated the expansion of primary Il-7R(+)Flt-3(+) progenitor cells and a hematopoietic progenitor cell line ectopically expressing the receptors. The stimulation resulted in a reduced expression of pro-apoptotic genes and also mediated survival of primary progenitor cells in vitro. However, functional analysis of single cells suggested that the anti-apoptotic effect was additive indicating that the synergy observed mainly depends on stimulation of proliferation. Analysis of downstream signaling events suggested that although Il-7 induced Stat-5 phosphorylation, Flt-3L caused activation of the ERK and AKT signaling pathways. Flt-3L could also drive proliferation in synergy with ectopically expressed constitutively active Stat-5. This synergy could be inhibited with either receptor tyrosine kinase or MAPK inhibitors suggesting that Flt-3L and Il-7 act in synergy by activation of independent signaling pathways to expand early hematopoietic progenitors.
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- Åhsberg, Josefine
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Molecular mechanisms in lymphoid restriction : securing the B lineage fate
- 2014
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- With the work in this thesis I have aimed to deepen the understanding of the mechanisms behind the development of different blood cell lineages with a specific focus on B cell development.To understand the interplay between extracellular signaling and transcription factor networks in early lymphoid development we investigated the functional collaborations of FLT3 and IL7R. We found that signaling via FLT3 and IL7R act in powerful synergy on proliferation of common lymphoid progenitors (CLPs). In addition to a role in expansion of progenitor cells we provided evidence for that IL7R signaling play a crucial role in B-cell commitment. IL7 deficient mice display a dramatic block in development before functional lineage restriction in the Ly6D+ CLP-compartment. The few Ly6D+CLPs that do develop have reduced mRNA levels of transcription factor EBF1, a protein with crucial functions in lineage restriction and activation of the B-lymphoid program. One crucial function of EBF1 is to activate Pax5. Even though Pax5 deficient fetal liver cells upon transplantation to congenic hosts will generate an abundance of cells with an activated B-lineage transcriptional program, the pro-B cells have disrupted regulation of non-B-lineage transcripts and a propensity to develop into T- and NK-cells in vitro. Both the activation of the B-lineage program and lineage restriction was dependent on the dose of transcription factors. Mice carrying a heterozygous mutation for the transcription factor E2A had slightly reduced relative frequency of progenitor cells and an impaired B-lineage specification in CLPs. Loss of one allele of Ebf1 resulted in reduced surface expression of IL2Rα and pre-B cell receptor (BCR), reduced IL7-response in vitro, and disrupted cell cycle dynamics in pro- and pre-B cells. While heterozygous loss of Pax5 did not result in any dramatic phenotype, the combined loss of one allele of Pax5 and one allele of Ebf1 (Pax5+/-Ebf1+/-) had a dramatic effect on lineage plasticity in B-cell progenitors compared to the single heterozygotes. Furthermore, these Pax5+/-Ebf1+/- mice developed spontaneous, transplantable pro-B cell tumors and had a significantly reduced probability to survive over time. The transformed cells show high in vitro plasticity and tumor cells with induced overexpression of intracellular Notch1 can transform into T-lineage cell in vivo.The data presented in this thesis add important pieces of information to the field of developmental hematopoiesis. By increasing the analytical depth of development in normal circumstances, and by understanding the consequence of genetic mutations in relation to cell type, we hope to contribute to the understanding of hematopoietic development in health and disease.
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