Long-term, multilineage hematopoiesis occurs in the combined absence of beta-catenin and gamma-catenin
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serval:BIB_6996BFD53E08
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Long-term, multilineage hematopoiesis occurs in the combined absence of beta-catenin and gamma-catenin
Journal
Blood
ISSN
0006-4971
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2008
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
111
Number
1
Pages
142-149
Language
english
Abstract
The canonical Wnt signaling pathway plays key roles in stem-cell maintenance, progenitor cell expansion, and lineage decisions. Transcriptional responses induced by Wnt depend on the association of either beta-catenin or gamma-catenin with lymphoid enhancer factor/T cell factor transcription factors. Here we show that hematopoiesis, including thymopoiesis, is normal in the combined absence of beta- and gamma-catenin. Double-deficient hematopoietic stem cells maintain long-term repopulation capacity and multilineage differentiation potential. Unexpectedly, 2 independent ex vivo reporter gene assays show that Wnt signal transmission is maintained in double-deficient hematopoietic stem cells, thymocytes, or peripheral T cells. In contrast, Wnt signaling is strongly reduced in thymocytes lacking TCF-1 or in nonhematopoietic cells devoid of beta-catenin. These data provide the first evidence that hematopoietic cells can transduce canonical Wnt signals in the combined absence of beta- and gamma-catenin
Keywords
Animals , beta Catenin , Bone Marrow Cells , Cell Lineage , cytology , gamma Catenin , genetics , Hematopoiesis , Hematopoietic Stem Cells , Hybridomas , metabolism , Mice , Mice,Inbred C57BL , Mice,Transgenic , physiology , Proteins , Role , Signal Transduction , Spleen , Stem Cells , Switzerland , T-Lymphocytes , Thymus Gland , Transcription Factors , transmission , Universities , Wnt Proteins
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