SCL IS COEXPRESSED WITH GATA-1 IN HEMATOPOIETIC-CELLS BUT IS ALSO EXPRESSED IN DEVELOPING BRAIN
- Author(s)
- Green, AR; LINTS, T; Visvader, J; HARVEY, R; Begley, CG;
- Details
- Publication Year 1992-04,Volume 7,Issue #4,Page 653-660
- Journal Title
- ONCOGENE
- Publication Type
- Journal Article
- Abstract
- The SCL gene encodes a putative transcription factor with a basic helix-loop-helix (B-HLH) motif and is known to be predominantly expressed in erythroid cells. Here we also demonstrate expression of SCL mRNA in normal mast cells, mast cell lines and megakaryocytic cell lines. SCL is therefore expressed in the same three lineages as GATA-1, a well-recognized hemopoietic transcription factor. SCL and GATA-1 mRNA were also co-expressed in interleukin 3-dependent primitive myeloid lines. In murine erythroleukemia (MEL) cells SCL and GATA-1 underwent coordinated biphasic modulation during hexamethylene bisacetamide (HMBA)-induced erythroid differentiation. The kinetics of SCL and GATA-1 mRNA expression was inversely correlated with changes in ID, a negative regulator of B-HLH proteins, and was distinct from changes in MYC, MYB and erythropoietin receptor transcripts. During myeloid differentiation of K562 celts, SCL and GATA-1 mRNA levels also underwent biphasic modulation. Thus SCL and GATA-1 are coordinately expressed in multiple hemopoietic lineages and coordinately regulated during induced erythroid and myeloid differentiation. In non-hemopoietic tissues SCL was only detected in adult and developing brain where GATA-1 is reportedly not expressed. In day 14.5 embryos analysed by in situ hybridization, SCL transcripts were detected in post-mitotic neurons in the metencephalon and roof of the mesencephalon. This suggests a previously unexpected role for SCL in neural differentation.
- Publisher
- STOCKTON PRESS
- Keywords
- MOUSE ERYTHROLEUKEMIA-CELLS; ERYTHROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA-BINDING PROTEIN; C-MYC GENES; INDUCED-DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOMAL TRANSLOCATION; GLOBIN GENE; GM-CSF; LEUKEMIA; LINE
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Creation Date: 1992-04-01 12:00:00