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The stability of envelope-pseudotyped lentiviral vectors. Gene Ther 2020; 28:89-104. [PMID: 32973351 PMCID: PMC7902266 DOI: 10.1038/s41434-020-00193-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Lentiviral vectors have become popular tools for stable genetic modification of mammalian cells. In some applications of lentiviral vector-transduced cells, infectious-lentiviral particles should be absent. Quantification of the free-vector particles that remain from the inoculum can be difficult. Therefore a formula was established that yields an estimation of the ‘Reduction Ratio.’ This ratio represents the loss of titer based on a number of vector-inactivating effects. In this study, we evaluated several parameters and assumptions that were used in the current formula. We generated new data on the stability and trypsin sensitivity of lentiviral vectors pseudotyped with eight heterologous envelope proteins and the loss of vectors by washing or passaging the cell cultures. Our data demonstrate that the loss of virus titer under the influence of trypsin as well as the half-life of the particles in tissue culture medium is dependent on the vector’s envelope protein. While VSV-G-envelope-pseudotyped particles were unsensitive to trypsin, the titer of vectors pseudotyped with other envelope proteins decreased 2–110-fold. The half-life in culture medium ranged from 8 to 40 h for the different envelope-pseudotyped vectors, with 35 h for VSV-G-envelope-pseudotyped vector particles. Additionally, we found that removal of the culture medium from Ø35 mm to Ø10 cm dishes reduces the amount of vector particles in the culture by 50-fold and 20-fold, respectively. Together these data can be used to more precisely estimate the maximum number of free lentiviral vector particles in cell cultures.
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The ets transcription factor Fli-1 in development, cancer and disease. Oncogene 2014; 34:2022-31. [PMID: 24909161 PMCID: PMC5028196 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2014.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Revised: 05/03/2014] [Accepted: 05/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Friend Leukemia Virus Induced erythroleukemia-1 (Fli-1), an ETS transcription factor, was isolated a quarter century ago through a retrovirus mutagenesis screen. Fli-1 has since been recognized to play critical roles in normal development and homeostasis. For example, it transcriptionally regulates genes that drive normal hematopoiesis and vasculogenesis. Indeed, Fli-1 is one of 10 key regulators of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell maintenance and differentiation. Aberrant expression of Fli-1 also underlies a number of virally induced leukemias, including Friend virus-induced erythroleukemia and various types of human cancers, and it is the target of chromosomal translocations in childhood Ewing’s sarcoma. Abnormal expression of Fli-1 is important in the aetiology of auto-immune diseases such as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). These studies establish Fli-1 as a strong candidate for drug development. Despite difficulties in targeting transcription factors, recent studies identified small molecule inhibitors for Fli-1. Here we review past and ongoing research on Fli-1 with emphasis on its mechanistic function in autoimmune disease and malignant transformation. The significance of identifying Fli-1 inhibitors and their clinical applications for treatment of disease and cancer with deregulated Fli-1 expression are discussed.
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Thrombocytopenia in mice lacking the carboxy-terminal regulatory domain of the Ets transcription factor Fli1. Mol Cell Biol 2010; 30:5194-206. [PMID: 20823267 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01112-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Targeted disruption of the Fli1 gene results in embryonic lethality. To dissect the roles of functional domains in Fli1, we recently generated mutant Fli1 mice that express a truncated Fli1 protein (Fli1(ΔCTA)) that lacks the carboxy-terminal regulatory (CTA) domain. Heterozygous Fli1(ΔCTA) mice are viable, while homozygous mice have reduced viability. Early postnatal lethality accounts for 30% survival of homozygotes to adulthood. The peripheral blood of these viable Fli1(ΔCTA)/Fli1(ΔCTA) homozygous mice has reduced platelet numbers. Platelet aggregation and activation were also impaired and bleeding times significantly prolonged in these mutant mice. Analysis of mRNA from total bone marrow and purified megakaryocytes from Fli1(ΔCTA)/Fli1(ΔCTA) mice revealed downregulation of genes associated with megakaroyctic development, including c-mpl, gpIIb, gpIV, gpIX, PF4, NF-E2, MafG, and Rab27B. While Fli1 and GATA-1 synergistically regulate the expression of multiple megakaryocytic genes, the level of GATA-1 present on a subset of these promoters is reduced in vivo in the Fli1(ΔCTA)/Fli1(ΔCTA) mice, providing a possible mechanism for the impared transcription observed. Collectively, these data showed for the first time a hemostatic defect associated with the loss of a specific functional domain of the transcription factor Fli1 and suggest previously unknown in vivo roles in megakaryocytic cell differentiation.
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Torchia EC, Boyd K, Rehg JE, Qu C, Baker SJ. EWS/FLI-1 induces rapid onset of myeloid/erythroid leukemia in mice. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:7918-34. [PMID: 17875932 PMCID: PMC2169157 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00099-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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EWS/FLI-1 is a chimeric oncogene generated by chromosomal translocation in Ewing tumors, a family of poorly differentiated pediatric tumors arising predominantly in bone but also in soft tissue. The fusion gene combines sequences encoding a strong transactivating domain from the EWS protein with the DNA binding domain of FLI-1, an ETS transcription factor. A related fusion, TLS/ERG, has been found in myeloid leukemia. To determine EWS/FLI-1 function in vivo, we engineered mice with Cre-inducible expression of EWS/FLI-1 from the ubiquitous Rosa26 locus. When crossed with Mx1-cre mice, Cre-mediated activation of EWS/FLI-1 resulted in the rapid development of myeloid/erythroid leukemia characterized by expansion of primitive mononuclear cells causing hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, severe anemia, and death. The disease could be transplanted serially into naïve recipients. Gene expression profiles of primary and transplanted animals were highly similar, suggesting that activation of EWS/FLI-1 was the primary event leading to disease in this model. The Cre-inducible EWS/FLI-1 mouse provides a novel model system to study the contribution of this oncogene to malignant disease in vivo.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Line
- Cell Proliferation
- Chimera
- Chromosome Aberrations
- GATA1 Transcription Factor/metabolism
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Leukemia, Myeloid/etiology
- Leukemia, Myeloid/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid/metabolism
- Leukemia, Myeloid/physiopathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred NOD
- Mice, SCID
- Mice, Transgenic
- Neoplasm Transplantation
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/metabolism
- Proteins/genetics
- Proteins/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1/metabolism
- RNA, Untranslated
- RNA-Binding Protein EWS
- Sarcoma, Ewing
- Stem Cells/physiology
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- Enrique C Torchia
- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Hartwell Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale St., Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA
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Rodenburg M, Fischer M, Engelmann A, Harbers SO, Ziegler M, Löhler J, Stocking C. Importance of receptor usage, Fli1 activation, and mouse strain for the stem cell specificity of 10A1 murine leukemia virus leukemogenicity. J Virol 2006; 81:732-42. [PMID: 17079317 PMCID: PMC1797452 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01430-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Murine leukemia viruses (MuLV) induce leukemia through a multistage process, a critical step being the activation of oncogenes through provirus integration. Transcription elements within the long terminal repeats (LTR) are prime determinants of cell lineage specificity; however, the influence of other factors, including the Env protein that modulates cell tropism through receptor recognition, has not been rigorously addressed. The ability of 10A1-MuLV to use both PiT1 and PiT2 receptors has been implicated in its induction of blast cell leukemia. Here we show that restricting receptor usage of 10A1-MuLV to PiT2 results in loss of blast cell transformation capacity. However, the pathogenicity was unaltered when the env gene is exchanged with Moloney MuLV, which uses the Cat1 receptor. Significantly, the leukemic blasts express erythroid markers and consistently contain proviral integrations in the Fli1 locus, a target of Friend MuLV (F-MuLV) during erythroleukemia induction. Furthermore, an NB-tropic variant of 10A1 was unable to induce blast cell leukemia in C57BL/6 mice, which are also resistant to F-MuLV transformation. We propose that 10A1- and F-MuLV actually induce identical (erythro)blastic leukemia by a mechanism involving Fli1 activation and cooperation with inherent genetic mutations in susceptible mouse strains. Furthermore, we demonstrate that deletion of the Icsbp tumor suppressor gene in C57BL/6 mice is sufficient to confer susceptibility to 10A1-MuLV leukemia induction but with altered specificity. In summary, we validate the significance of the env gene in leukemia specificity and underline the importance of a complex interplay of cooperating oncogenes and/or tumor suppressors in determining the pathogenicity of MuLV variants.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Fibroblasts
- Gene Products, env/genetics
- Gene Products, env/metabolism
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/pathology
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/virology
- Leukemia Virus, Murine/genetics
- Leukemia Virus, Murine/metabolism
- Leukemia Virus, Murine/pathogenicity
- Leukemia, Experimental/pathology
- Leukemia, Experimental/virology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Proto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1/metabolism
- Receptors, Virus/metabolism
- Retroviridae Infections/pathology
- Retroviridae Infections/virology
- Species Specificity
- Tumor Virus Infections/pathology
- Tumor Virus Infections/virology
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Jackers P, Szalai G, Moussa O, Watson DK. Ets-dependent regulation of target gene expression during megakaryopoiesis. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:52183-90. [PMID: 15466856 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m407489200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Megakaryopoiesis is the process by which hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow differentiate into mature megakaryocytes. The expression of megakaryocytic genes during megakaryopoiesis is controlled by specific transcription factors. Fli-1 and GATA-1 transcription factors are required for development of megakaryocytes and promoter analysis has defined in vitro functional binding sites for these factors in several megakaryocytic genes, including GPIIb, GPIX, and C-MPL. Herein, we utilize chromatin immunoprecipitation to examine the presence of Ets-1, Fli-1, and GATA-1 on these promoters in vivo. Fli-1 and Ets-1 occupy the promoters of GPIIb, GPIX, and C-MPL genes in both Meg-01 and CMK11-5 cells. Whereas GPIIb is expressed in both Meg-01 and CMK11-5 cells, GPIX and C-MPL are only expressed in the more differentiated CMK11-5 cells. Thus, in vivo occupancy by an Ets factor is not sufficient to promote transcription of some megakaryocytic genes. GATA-1 and Fli-1 are both expressed in CMK11-5 cells and co-occupy the GPIX and C-MPL promoters. Transcription of all three megakaryocytic genes is correlated with the presence of acetylated histone H3 and phosphorylated RNA polymerase II on their promoters. We also show that exogenous expression of GATA-1 in Meg-01 cells leads to the expression of endogenous c-mpl and gpIX mRNA. Whereas GPIIb, GPIX, and C-MPL are direct target genes for Fli-1, both Fli-1 and GATA-1 are required for formation of an active transcriptional complex on the C-MPL and GPIX promoters in vivo. In contrast, GPIIb expression appears to be independent of GATA-1 in Meg-01 cells.
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- Pascale Jackers
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29403, USA
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Kawada H, Ito T, Pharr PN, Spyropoulos DD, Watson DK, Ogawa M. Defective megakaryopoiesis and abnormal erythroid development in Fli-1 gene-targeted mice. Int J Hematol 2001; 73:463-468. [PMID: 11503960 DOI: 10.1007/bf02994008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Mouse embryos homozygous for a targeted disruption in the Fli-1 gene show hemorrhage into the neural tube and brain on embryonic day (E)11.0 and die shortly thereafter. Livers from the mutant embryos contain drastically reduced numbers of pronormoblasts, basophilic normoblasts, and colony-forming cells. To determine the nature of impaired hematopoiesis, we carried out cell culture studies of mutant embryonic stem (ES) cells and cells from the aorta-gonad-mesonephros (AGM) region of E10.0 mutant embryos. There was a striking reduction in the number of megakaryocytes in cultures of mutant AGM cells compared with cultures of AGM cells from wild-type or heterozygous embryos. Furthermore, Fli-1 mutant ES cells failed to produce megakaryocyte colonies and multilineage colonies containing megakaryocytes. Consistent with the observed defect in megakaryopoiesis, we also demonstrated the down-regulation of c-mpl in the AGM of mutant embryos. The percentages of pronormoblasts and basophilic normoblasts were significantly reduced in cultures of mutant AGM embryos, which contained primarily polychromatophilic and orthochromatic normoblasts. These results provide further evidence for the role of Fli-1 in the regulation of hematopoiesis and for c-mpl as a Fli-1 target gene.
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- Hiroshi Kawada
- Department of Medicine, Laboratory of Cancer Genomics, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina and Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Laboratory of Cancer Genomics, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina and Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Laboratory of Cancer Genomics, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina and Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Laboratory of Cancer Genomics, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina and Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Laboratory of Cancer Genomics, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina and Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Laboratory of Cancer Genomics, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina and Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
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Blair DG, Athanasiou M. Ets and retroviruses - transduction and activation of members of the Ets oncogene family in viral oncogenesis. Oncogene 2000; 19:6472-81. [PMID: 11175363 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1204046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Studies of retroviral-induced oncogenesis in animal systems led to the initial discovery of viral oncogenes and their cellular homologs, and provided critical insights into their role in the neoplastic process. V-ets, the founding member of the ETS oncogene family, was originally identified as part of the fusion oncogene encoded by the avian acute leukemia virus E26 and subsequent analysis of virus induced leukemias led to the initial isolation of two other members of the ETS gene family. PU.1 was identified as a target of insertional activation in the majority of tumors induced by the murine Spleen Focus Forming virus (SFFV), while fli-1 proved to be the target of Friend murine leukemia virus (F-MuLV) in F-MuLV induced erythroleukemia, as well as that of the 10A1 and Graffi viruses. The common features of the erythroid and myeloid diseases induced by these viruses provided the initial demonstration that these and other members of the ETS family play important roles in hematopoietic development as well as disease. This review provides an overview of the role of ETS genes in retrovirally induced neoplasia, their possible mechanisms of action, and how these viral studies relate to current knowledge of the functions of these genes in hematopoiesis.
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- D G Blair
- National Cancer Institute, Division of Basic Science, Basic Research Laboratory, Oncogene Mechanisms Section, Frederick, Maryland, MD 21702-1207, USA
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Aberrant expression of the Fli-1 transcription factor following genetic mutation has been recognized as a seminal event in the initiation of certain types of malignant transformation. Indeed, the etiology of a number of virally induced leukemias, including Friend virus-induced erythroleukemia, has been associated with Fli-1 overexpression. The clinical relevance of Fli-1 becomes apparent in human Ewing's sarcoma in which Fli-1 is the target of a characteristic chromosomal translocation. As such, Fli-1 has generated considerable interest over the past several years for its role in malignant transformation and tumor progression. This review will present a synopsis of the current research on Fli-1 with emphasis on its function in malignant transformation. Moreover, the possible role of Fli-1 in cellular proliferation, differentiation and survival, as well as the recent development of transgenic and knock-out mice to investigate the function of Fli-1 will be discussed. Finally, the significance of identifying target genes that are regulated by Fli-1 and their role in cellular function will be reviewed.
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MESH Headings
- 3T3 Cells
- Adult
- Animals
- Apoptosis/genetics
- Bone Neoplasms/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/metabolism
- Cell Transformation, Viral/genetics
- DNA/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/physiology
- Friend murine leukemia virus/genetics
- Gene Duplication
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs
- Hematopoiesis/genetics
- Humans
- Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute/virology
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Multigene Family
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasm Proteins/physiology
- Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/physiology
- Organ Specificity
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Protein Binding
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Proto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
- RNA-Binding Protein EWS
- Sarcoma, Ewing/genetics
- Sequence Deletion
- Trans-Activators/genetics
- Trans-Activators/physiology
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/physiology
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- A H Truong
- Division of Cancer Biology Research, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre & Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre (TSRCC), 2075 Bayview Avenue, S-Wing, Room S216, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5
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Barat C, Barbeau B, Delattre O, Rassart E. Presence of new alternative exons in human and mouse Fli-1 genes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1517:164-70. [PMID: 11118632 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(00)00239-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The mouse Fli-1 proto-oncogene is activated by proviral integration of four murine leukemia retroviruses and its human counterpart is translocated (11,22) in Ewing tumors. We have identified two alternative exons 1 by RACE analysis from a human neuroectodermal tumor. Exons 1a and 1b are located respectively 1.3 and 2.5 kb upstream from the published exon 1. Translation of these alternative messengers is predicted to generate very similar proteins. The sequence upstream from exon 1b showed functional promoter activity. Exon 1b was not conserved in the mouse but was detected in every analyzed human cell, whereas exon 1a was present only in a subset of them and also in various mouse cell lines. These results suggest that both mouse and human Fli-1 gene expression might be under the control of several independent promoter regions.
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- C Barat
- Département des Sciences Biologiques, Universite à Québec à Montréal, Canada
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Thomsen S, Vogt B, von Laer D, Heberlein C, Rein A, Ostertag W, Stocking C. Lack of functional Pit-1 and Pit-2 expression on hematopoietic stem cell lines. Acta Haematol 2000; 99:148-55. [PMID: 9587396 DOI: 10.1159/000040829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) are an important target for retroviral gene transfer. However, transduction efficiency in these HSC is extremely low compared to fibroblasts or more mature hematopoietic cells. This infection block was analyzed in the HSC line FDC-Pmix. The infection frequency with the amphotropic murine leukemia virus (MLV-A) is more than 100-fold lower in FDC-Pmix cells as compared to fibroblasts. Pseudotyping with the env of the 10A1 strain (MLV-10A1), which uses both the amphotropic receptor (Pit-2) and the receptor for gibbon ape leukemia virus (Pit-1), did not improve the infection efficiency. Vectors pseudotyped with VSV G protein were found to overcome the infection block in FDC-Pmix, confirming that the block is at the level of virus binding and possibly penetration. Accordingly, we could not detect virus binding of MLV-A or MLV-10A1 to FDC-Pmix cell lines. Northern blot analysis was performed to detect whether the defect is at the level of transcription. Surprisingly, similar levels of Pit-2 receptor transcripts were detected in all cell types. The overexpression of rat Pit-2 DNA in CHO but not in FDC-Pmix cells improved amphotropic infection frequency after introducing rat Pit-2 DNA into the cells. Taken together these results show that the inefficient infection of FDC-Pmix is due to a lack of functional receptors. Either the receptor protein is incorrectly processed in these cells or a cofactor is missing in FDC-Pmix cells that is necessary for efficient binding and/or penetration.
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- S Thomsen
- Heinrich-Pette-Institut für Experimentelle Virologie und Immunologie, Universität Hamburg, Deutschland.
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Spyropoulos DD, Pharr PN, Lavenburg KR, Jackers P, Papas TS, Ogawa M, Watson DK. Hemorrhage, impaired hematopoiesis, and lethality in mouse embryos carrying a targeted disruption of the Fli1 transcription factor. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:5643-52. [PMID: 10891501 PMCID: PMC86032 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.15.5643-5652.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Ets family of transcription factors have been suggested to function as key regulators of hematopoeisis. Here we describe aberrant hematopoeisis and hemorrhaging in mouse embryos homozygous for a targeted disruption in the Ets family member, Fli1. Mutant embryos are found to hemorrhage from the dorsal aorta to the lumen of the neural tube and ventricles of the brain (hematorrhachis) on embryonic day 11.0 (E11.0) and are dead by E12.5. Histological examinations and in situ hybridization reveal disorganization of columnar epithelium and the presence of hematomas within the neuroepithelium and disruption of the basement membrane lying between this and mesenchymal tissues, both of which express Fli1 at the time of hemorrhaging. Livers from mutant embryos contain few pronormoblasts and basophilic normoblasts and have drastically reduced numbers of colony forming cells. These defects occur with complete penetrance of phenotype regardless of the genetic background (inbred B6, hybrid 129/B6, or outbred CD1) or the targeted embryonic stem cell line used for the generation of knockout lines. Taken together, these results provide in vivo evidence for the role of Fli1 in the regulation of hematopoiesis and hemostasis.
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- D D Spyropoulos
- Center for Molecular and Structural Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
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Athanasiou M, Mavrothalassitis G, Sun-Hoffman L, Blair DG. FLI-1 is a suppressor of erythroid differentiation in human hematopoietic cells. Leukemia 2000; 14:439-45. [PMID: 10720139 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2401689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The FLI-1 oncogene, a member of the ETS family of transcription factors, is associated with both normal and abnormal hematopoietic cell growth and lineage-specific differentiation. We have previously shown that overexpression of FLI-1 in pluripotent human hematopoietic cells leads to the induction of a megakaryocytic phenotype. In this report we show that FLI-1 also acts as an inhibitor of erythroid differentiation. Following the induction of erythroid differentiation, pluripotent cells express reduced levels of FLI-1. In contrast, when FLI-1 is overexpressed in these cells, the levels of erythroid markers are reduced. The ability of FLI-1 overexpressing cells to respond to erythroid-specific inducers such as hemin and Ara-C is also inhibited, and the uninduced cells show a reduced level of the erythroid-associated GATA-1 transcription factor mRNA. Furthermore, expression of a GATA-1 promoter-driven reporter construct in K562 cells is inhibited by co-transfection with a construct expressing FLI-1. Our results support the hypothesis that FLI-1 can act both positively and negatively in the regulation of hematopoietic cell differentiation, and that inhibition of GATA-1 expression may contribute to FLI-1-mediated inhibition of erythroid differentiation.
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- M Athanasiou
- Intramural Research Support Program, SAIC Frederick, MD, USA
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Barbeau B, Barat C, Bergeron D, Rassart E. The GATA-1 and Spi-1 transcriptional factors bind to a GATA/EBS dual element in the Fli-1 exon 1. Oncogene 1999; 18:5535-45. [PMID: 10523830 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1202913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Fli-1 is a proto-oncogene which is rearranged in tumors induced by three different retroviruses, Cas-Br-E, F-MuLV, and 10A1. This gene is a member of the Ets gene family, a class of transcription factors that recognize and bind to a DNA motif known as the Ets binding site (EBS). Our laboratory has previously cloned and characterized the promoter region of both human and mouse Fli-1 genes. We had then identified several regulatory elements conserved between the two species. Two of them, an exon 1 GATA/EBS dual element and an EBS element located in the 5' end of intron 1, were analysed in the present study. EMSA analysis performed with nuclear extracts from different cell lines showed that the EBS element in intron 1 (EBSi) was bound by one potential Ets-related ubiquitous factor. The GATA/EBS element was bound by several factors that seemed Ets-related, one of which was found to be specifically expressed in hematopoietic cells. the GATA/EBS dual element was thus chosen for further analysis. A human Fli-1-derived genomic fragment containing the GATA/EBS led to enhanced transcription when positioned upstream of the SV40 promoter in the erythroleukemic HEL cell line. In addition, an increasing number of GATA/EBS oligonucleotides upstream of this same promoter resulted in a copy number-dependent increase in luciferase activity which was greatly reduced when the EBS consensus sequence was mutated. One of the factors binding to the GATA/EBS region was identified to be Spi-1 by supershift analysis and was also shown to bind to the EBS element of the human Ets-2 gene. Supershift analysis also demonstrated the binding of the GATA-1 factor to the GATA/EBS dual element. Our results suggest that Spi-1 and GATA-1 might play a key role in the regulation of Fli-1.
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- B Barbeau
- Laboratoire de biologie moléculaire, Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Denicourt C, Edouard E, Rassart E. Oncogene activation in myeloid leukemias by Graffi murine leukemia virus proviral integration. J Virol 1999; 73:4439-42. [PMID: 10196342 PMCID: PMC104225 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.5.4439-4442.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The Graffi murine leukemia virus (MuLV) is a nondefective retrovirus that induces granulocytic leukemia in BALB/c and NFS mice. To identify genes involved in Graffi MuLV-induced granulocytic leukemia, tumor cell DNAs were examined for genetic alterations at loci described as common proviral integration sites in MuLV-induced myeloid, lymphoid, and erythroid leukemias. Southern blot analysis revealed rearrangements in c-myc, Fli-1, Pim-1, and Spi-1/PU.1 genes in 20, 10, 3.3, and 3.3% of the tumors tested, respectively. These results demonstrate for the first time the involvement of those genes in granulocytic leukemia.
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- C Denicourt
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire, Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3C 3P8, Canada
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Münk C, Thomsen S, Stocking C, Löhler J. Murine leukemia virus recombinants that use phosphate transporters for cell entry induce similar spongiform encephalomyelopathies in newborn mice. Virology 1998; 252:318-23. [PMID: 9878610 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Amphotropic Moloney-murine leukemia virus recombinants (Mo-AmphoV) induce a severe spongiform encephalomyelopathy in newborn mice. We show here that a coisogenic recombinant with a 10A1-MuLV host range (Mo-10A1V) also induces a neurodegenerative disease, clinically characterized by mild tremor and ataxia. Spongiform lesions are most severe in the metencephalon and mesencephalon but extend into the prosencephalon and spinal cord. Significantly, the quality of histopathology was indistinguishable between Mo-AmphoV and Mo-10A1V, probably reflecting a final common pathogenic pathway. Common receptor use thus may be an important determinant in the pathogenicity of these viruses. These results have implications for the clinical use of retroviral pseudotypes that use phosphate transporters for cell entry.
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- C Münk
- Department of Cell and Virus Genetics, Heinrich-Pette-Institut für experimentelle Virologie und Immunologie, Hamburg, D-20251, Germany
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Rynditch AV, Zoubak S, Tsyba L, Tryapitsina-Guley N, Bernardi G. The regional integration of retroviral sequences into the mosaic genomes of mammals. Gene 1998; 222:1-16. [PMID: 9813219 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(98)00451-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We have reviewed here three sets of data concerning the integration of retroviral sequences in the mammalian genome: (i) our experimental localization of a number of proviruses integrated in isochores characterized by different GC levels; (ii) results from other laboratories on the localization of retroviral sequences in open chromatin regions and/or next to CpG islands; and (iii) our compositional analysis of genes located in the neighborhood of integrated retroviral sequences. The three sets of data have provided a very consistent picture in that a compartmentalized, isopycnic integration of expressed proviruses appears to be the rule ('isopycnic' refers to the compositional match between viral and host sequences around the integration site). The results reviewed here suggest that: (i) integration of proviral sequences is targeted initially towards 'open chromatin regions'; while these exist in both GC-rich and GC-poor isochores, the 'open chromatin regions' of GC-rich isochores are the main targets for integration of retroviral sequences because of their much greater abundance; (ii) isopycnicity is associated with stability of integration; indeed, even non-expressed integrated retroviral sequences tend to show an isopycnic localization in the genome; (iii) transcription of integrated viral sequences (like transcription of host genes) appears to be associated, as a rule, with an isopycnic localization, as indicated by transcribed sequences that show an isopycnic integration and act in trans; (iv) selection plays a role in the choice of specific sites within an isopycnic region; in exceptional cases [such as mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) activating GC-rich oncogenes], selection may override isopycnicity.
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- A V Rynditch
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Institut Jacques Monod, 2 Place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
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von Laer D, Thomsen S, Vogt B, Donath M, Kruppa J, Rein A, Ostertag W, Stocking C. Entry of amphotropic and 10A1 pseudotyped murine retroviruses is restricted in hematopoietic stem cell lines. J Virol 1998; 72:1424-30. [PMID: 9445044 PMCID: PMC124622 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.2.1424-1430.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Although transduction with amphotropic murine leukemia virus (MLV) vectors has been optimized successfully for hematopoietic differentiated progenitors, gene transfer to early hematopoietic cells (stem cells) is still highly restricted. A similar restriction to gene transfer was observed in the mouse stem cell line FDC-Pmix compared with transfer in the more mature myeloid precursor cell line FDC-P1 and the human erythroleukemia cell line K562. Gene transfer was not improved when the vector was pseudotyped with gp70SU of the 10A1 strain of MLV, which uses the receptor of the gibbon ape leukemia virus (Pit1), in addition to the amphotropic receptor (Pit2). Although 10A1 and amphotropic gp70SU bound to FDC-P1, K562, and fibroblasts, no binding to FDC-Pmix cells was detected. This indicates that FDC-Pmix cells lack functional Pit2 and Pit1 receptors. Pseudotyping with the vesicular stomatitis virus G protein improved transduction efficiency in FDC-Pmix stem cells by 2 orders of magnitude, to fibroblast levels, confirming a block to retroviral infection at the receptor level.
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- D von Laer
- Heinrich-Pette-Institut für Experimentelle Virologie und Immunologie an der Universität Hamburg, Germany
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Melot T, Gruel N, Doubeikovski A, Sevenet N, Teillaud JL, Delattre O. Production and characterization of mouse monoclonal antibodies to wild-type and oncogenic FLI-1 proteins. Hybridoma (Larchmt) 1997; 16:457-64. [PMID: 9388029 DOI: 10.1089/hyb.1997.16.457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Mouse monoclonal antibodies were raised against the C-terminal domain of human FLI-1, a member of the ETS family of transcription factors which is involved in various murine and human malignancies. This FLI-1 specific domain is included in the fusion product EWS-FLI-1, an oncogenic variant of FLI-1 expressed in Ewing tumors. Antibodies were screened first by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay onto recombinant FLI-1-coated plates. Positive clones were then tested for their ability to immunoprecipitate over-expressed EWS-FLI-1 protein. Three monoclonal antibodies were selected and further characterized. One of them, termed 7.3 MoAb, was shown to react with FLI-1 and EWS-FLI-1 in immunoblotting, immunoprecipitation, and immunofluorescence experiments. With all three methods, this antibody not only enabled the detection of overexpressed proteins but also more interestingly, that of endogenously expressed proteins. Furthermore, the 7.3 MoAb can specifically inhibit the interaction of FLI-1 with its DNA-binding site as shown by electrophoretic mobility shift assay. The 7.3 MoAb appears to be specific for FLI-1 because it does not react with ERG, the ETS family member most closely related to FLI-1. This antibody should be a useful tool in the diagnostic evaluation of Ewing tumors and should permit biochemical analyses to study the function of the wild-type FLI-1 protein and of the EWS-FLI-1 fusion protein.
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- T Melot
- Laboratoire de Génétique des Tumeurs, INSERM U 434, Paris
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Barbeau B, Bergeron D, Beaulieu M, Nadjem Z, Rassart E. Characterization of the human and mouse Fli-1 promoter regions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1996; 1307:220-32. [PMID: 8679708 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4781(96)00060-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Overexpression of the Fli-1 gene has been shown to be involved in retrovirus-induced mouse tumors. Cloning of the 5' flanking sequence of the mouse and human Fli-1 exon 1 was performed. At least two major transcription initiation sites were localized respectively at 143 and 114 nucleotides upstream of the previously defined mouse Fli-1 cDNA 5' end. The sequences flanking the CAP sites show good conservation between human and mouse (94%). The promoter region contains a potential TATA box lying 30 bp from one of the major identified CAP sites. Several conserved elements, such as GATA, EBS, GC rich, AP-2, AP-3 elements and a repetition of GA were observed next to the two major CAP sites. Furthermore, this latter was shown to form a H-DNA structure in vitro by S1 nuclease sensitivity experiments. The highly conserved 5' non-translated region of exon 1 is predicted to form a very stable hairpin structure which could regulate the Fli-1 expression at the post-transcriptional level. In Cas-Br-E-induced tumors, all the proviruses are found clustered within 35 nucleotides directly upstream the Fli-1 ATG start codon, thus deleting the hairpin structure from the transcript. Promoter activity was tested using the CAT reporter gene transfected in mouse and human erythroid cell lines. No promoter activity could be detected with various mouse Fli-1 promoter-CAT constructs containing 600 bp of the 5' flanking region, the complete exon 1, the 5' end of intron 1 and/or retroviral LTR sequence. Constructions of the human homologue containing nearly 1.5 kbp of Fli-1 5' flanking region was also inactive in transfected cells. These results suggest that multiple levels of regulation might control the Fli-1 expression.
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- B Barbeau
- Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
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Jonkers J, Berns A. Retroviral insertional mutagenesis as a strategy to identify cancer genes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1996; 1287:29-57. [PMID: 8639705 DOI: 10.1016/0304-419x(95)00020-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- J Jonkers
- The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Division of Molecular Genetics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Rassart E, Houde J, Denicourt C, Ru M, Barat C, Edouard E, Poliquin L, Bergeron D. Molecular analysis and characterization of two myeloid leukemia inducing murine retroviruses. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1996; 211:201-10. [PMID: 8585951 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-85232-9_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- E Rassart
- Département des sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
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