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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Dysregulated hematopoiesis and a progressive neurological disorder induced by expression of an activated form of the human common β chain in transgenic mice |
Other Titles: | Dysregulated hematopoiesis and a progressive neurological disorder induced by expression of an activated form of the human common beta chain in transgenic mice |
Author: | D'Andrea, R. Harrison-Findik, D. Butcher, C. Finnie, J. Blumbergs, P. Bartley, P. McCormack, M. Jones, K. Rowland, R. Gonda, T. Vadas, M. |
Citation: | Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1998; 102(11):1951-1960 |
Publisher: | ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS |
Issue Date: | 1998 |
ISSN: | 0021-9738 1558-8238 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Richard J. D'Andrea, Duygu Harrison-Findik, Carolyn M. Butcher, John Finnie, Peter Blumbergs, Paul Bartley, Matthew McCormack, Karen Jones, Robert Rowland, Thomas J. Gonda and Mathew A. Vadas |
Abstract: | Previously we described activating mutations of hbetac, the common signaling subunit of the receptors for the hematopoietic and inflammatory cytokines, GM-CSF, IL-3, and IL-5. The activated mutant, hbetacFIDelta, is able to confer growth factor-independent proliferation on the murine myeloid cell line FDC-P1, and on primary committed myeloid progenitors. We have used this activating mutation to study the effects of chronic cytokine receptor stimulation. Transgenic mice were produced carrying the hbetacFIDelta cDNA linked to the constitutive promoter derived from the phosphoglycerate kinase gene, PGK-1. Transgene expression was demonstrated in several tissues and functional activity of the mutant receptor was confirmed in hematopoietic tissues by the presence of granulocyte macrophage and macrophage colony-forming cells (CFU-GM and CFU-M) in the absence of added cytokines. All transgenic mice display a myeloproliferative disorder characterized by splenomegaly, erythrocytosis, and granulocytic and megakaryocytic hyperplasia. This disorder resembles the human disease polycythemia vera, suggesting that activating mutations in hbetac may play a role in the pathogenesis of this myeloproliferative disorder. In addition, these transgenic mice develop a sporadic, progressive neurological disease and display bilateral, symmetrical foci of necrosis in the white matter of brain stem associated with an accumulation of macrophages. Thus, chronic hbetac activation has the potential to contribute to pathological events in the central nervous system. |
Keywords: | Brain Stem Cerebellum Macrophages Animals Mice, Inbred BALB C Mice, Inbred CBA Mice, Transgenic Humans Mice Neurodegenerative Diseases Myeloproliferative Disorders Polycythemia Vera Disease Models, Animal Disease Progression Necrosis Receptors, Cell Surface Recombinant Fusion Proteins Cytokines Hematopoiesis Gene Expression Regulation Oncogenes Transgenes Cytokine Receptor Common beta Subunit |
Rights: | Copyright © 1998, The American Society for Clinical Investigation. |
DOI: | 10.1172/JCI3729 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1172/jci3729 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Medicine publications |
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