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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 279, Issue 25, Pages 26227-26232Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M402191200
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- NCI NIH HHS [P30 CA 21765] Funding Source: Medline
- NHLBI NIH HHS [P01 HL53749-03, R01 HL69232-01] Funding Source: Medline
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The human stage selector protein, a complex containing the ubiquitous transcription factor CP2 and the erythroid-specific factor p22 NF-E4, facilitates the interaction of the gamma-globin genes with the locus control region in fetal erythroid cells. Enforced expression of p22 NF-E4 in K562 cells and human cord blood progenitors increases fetal globin gene expression, and in progenitors, reduces beta-globin expression. To examine the role of NF-E4 in an in vivo model of hemoglobin switching, we enforced the expression of p22 NF-E4 in transgenic mice carrying the human beta-globin locus yeast artificial chromosome. Although murine erythropoiesis and globin gene expression is unaffected in these mice, the expression profile of the human globin genes is altered. All three transgenic lines displayed an increased gamma:beta-globin ratio in E12.5-14.5 fetal liver, resulting in a delay in the fetal/adult switch. At E12.5, this is primarily due to a reduction of beta-gene expression, whereas at E14.5, the increased gamma:beta ratio is due to enhanced gamma-gene expression. Despite this, the switch in globin subtype is fully completed in the adult bone marrow. These findings indicate that p22 NF-E4 is capable of influencing human globin gene expression in vivo but is incapable of overriding the intrinsic mechanisms governing gamma-gene silencing in this context.
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