LEF-1 is crucial for neutrophil granulocytopoiesis and its expression is severely reduced in congeni
Author: ["Julia Skokowa","Gunnar Cario","Murat Uenalan","Axel Schambach","Manuela Germeshausen","Karin Battmer","Cornelia Zeidler","Ulrich Lehmann","Matthias Eder","Christopher Baum","Rudolf Grosschedl","Martin Stanulla","Michaela Scherr","Karl Welte"]
Publication: Nature Medicine
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Abstract
We demonstrate here that lymphoid enhancer-binding factor 1 (LEF-1) mediates the proliferation, survival and differentiation of granulocyte progenitor cells. We initially documented the importance of this transcription factor in the bone marrow of individuals with severe congenital neutropenia (CN) with a 'differentiation block' at the promyelocytic stage of myelopoiesis1. LEF-1 expression was greatly reduced or even absent in CN arrested promyelocytes, resulting in defective expression of the LEF-1 target genes CCND1, MYC and BIRC5, encoding cyclin D1 (ref. 2), c-Myc3 and survivin4, respectively. In contrast, healthy individuals showed highest LEF-1 expression in promyelocytes. Reconstitution of LEF-1 in early hematopoietic progenitors of two individuals with CN corrected the defective myelopoiesis and resulted in the differentiation of these progenitors into mature granulocytes. Repression of endogenous LEF-1 by specific short hairpin RNA inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis of CD34+ progenitors from healthy individuals and of cells from two myeloid lines (HL-60 and K562). C/EBPα, a key transcription factor in granulopoiesis5,6, was directly regulated by LEF-1. These observations indicate that LEF-1 is an instructive factor regulating neutrophilic granulopoiesis whose absence plays a critical role in the defective maturation program of myeloid progenitors in individuals with CN. NOTE: In the version of this article initially published, the DOI was incorrect. The correct DOI is 10.1038/nm1474. The error has been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.
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Skokowa, J., Cario, G., Uenalan, M. et al. LEF-1 is crucial for neutrophil granulocytopoiesis and its expression is severely reduced in congenital neutropenia. Nat Med 12, 1191–1197 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1474
