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Kit-Shp2-Kit signaling acts to maintain a functional hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell pool
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Zhu, Helen He Ji, Kaihong Alderson, Nazilla He, Zhao Li, Shuangwei Liu, Wen Zhang, Dong-Er Li, Linheng Feng, Gen-Sheng |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | The stem cell factor (SCF)/Kit system has served as a classic model in deciphering molecular signaling events in the hematopoietic compartment, and Kit expression is a most critical marker for hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and progenitors. However, it remains to be elucidated how Kit expression is regulated in HSCs. Herein we report that a cytoplasmic tyrosine phosphatase Shp2, acting downstream of Kit and other RTKs, promotes Kit gene expression, constituting a Kit-Shp2-Kit signaling axis. Inducible ablation of PTPN11/Shp2 resulted in severe cytopenia in BM, spleen, and peripheral blood in mice. Shp2 removal suppressed the functional pool of HSCs/progenitors, and Shp2-deficient HSCs failed to reconstitute lethally irradiated recipients because of defects in homing, self-renewal, and survival. We show that Shp2 regulates coordinately multiple signals involving up-regulation of Kit expression via Gata2. Therefore, this study reveals a critical role of Shp2 in maintenance of a functional HSC/progenitor pool in adult mammals, at least in part through a kinase-phosphatase-kinase cascade. |
| Related Links | http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/bloodjournal/117/20/5350.full.pdf |
| Ending Page | 5361 |
| Page Count | 12 |
| Starting Page | 5350 |
| DOI | 10.1182/blood-2011-01-333476 |
| Journal | Blood |
| Issue Number | 20 |
| Volume Number | 117 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Society of Hematology |
| Publisher Date | 2011-05-19 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Research and Experimental Medicine Hematopoietic Functional Gene Expression Shp2 Kinase Kit Pool Stem Survival Adult Journal: Blood (Vol- 131, Issue- 20) |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |