Gfi-1 restricts proliferation and preserves functional integrity of haematopoietic stem cells

Hanno Hock, Melanie J. Hamblen, Heather M. Rooke, Jeffrey W. Schindler, Shireen Saleque, Yuko Fujiwara and Stuart H. Orkin ()
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Hanno Hock: Children's Hospital
Melanie J. Hamblen: Children's Hospital
Heather M. Rooke: Children's Hospital
Jeffrey W. Schindler: Children's Hospital
Shireen Saleque: Children's Hospital
Yuko Fujiwara: Children's Hospital
Stuart H. Orkin: Children's Hospital

Nature, 2004, vol. 431, issue 7011, 1002-1007

Abstract: Abstract Haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) sustain blood production throughout life. HSCs are capable of extensive proliferative expansion, as a single HSC may reconstitute lethally irradiated hosts1. In steady-state, HSCs remain largely quiescent and self-renew at a constant low rate, forestalling their exhaustion during adult life2,3. Whereas nuclear regulatory factors promoting proliferative programmes of HSCs in vivo and ex vivo have been identified4,5,6, transcription factors restricting their cycling have remained elusive. Here we report that the zinc-finger repressor Gfi-1 (growth factor independent 1), a cooperating oncogene in lymphoid cells7,8, unexpectedly restricts proliferation of HSCs. After loss of Gfi-1, HSCs display elevated proliferation rates as assessed by 5-bromodeoxyuridine incorporation and cell-cycle analysis. Gfi-1-/- HSCs are functionally compromised in competitive repopulation and serial transplantation assays, and are rapidly out-competed in the bone marrow of mouse chimaeras generated with Gfi-1-/- embryonic stem cells. Thus, Gfi-1 is essential to restrict HSC proliferation and to preserve HSC functional integrity.

Date: 2004
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