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NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
卷 15, 期 7, 页码 846-+出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2766
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- NIH/NIDCR [R01-DE021420]
- CIRM New Faculty Award II
The polycomb group gene Bmi1 is required for maintenance of adult stem cells in many organs(1,2). Inactivation of Bmi1 leads to impaired stem cell self-renewal due to deregulated gene expression. One critical target of BMI1 is Ink4a/Arf, which encodes the cell-cycle inhibitors p16(Ink4a) and p19(Art) (ref. 3). However, deletion of Ink4a/Arf only partially rescues Bmi1-null phenotypes(4), indicating that other important targets of Bmi1 exist. Here, using the continuously growing mouse incisor as a model system, we report that Bmi1 is expressed by incisor stem cells and that deletion of Bmi1 resulted in fewer stem cells, perturbed gene expression and defective enamel production. Transcriptional profiling revealed that Hox expression is normally repressed by BMI1 in the adult, and functional assays demonstrated that BMI1-mediated repression of Hox genes preserves the undifferentiated state of stem cells. As Hox gene upregulation has also been reported in other systems when Bmi1 is inactivated(1,2,5-7), our findings point to a general mechanism whereby BMI1-mediated repression of Hox genes is required for the maintenance of adult stem cells and for prevention of inappropriate differentiation.
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