In:
The Journal of Immunology, The American Association of Immunologists, Vol. 174, No. 5 ( 2005-03-01), p. 2507-2516
Abstract:
Polycomb group (PcG) proteins play a role in the maintenance of cellular identity throughout many rounds of cell division through the regulation of gene expression. In this report we demonstrate that the loss of the PcG gene mel-18 impairs the expansion of the most immature T progenitor cells at a stage before the rearrangement of the TCR β-chain gene in vivo and in vitro. This impairment of these T progenitors appears to be associated with increased susceptibility to cell death. We also show that the expression of Hes-1, one of the target genes of the Notch signaling pathway, is drastically down-regulated in early T progenitors isolated from mel-18−/− mice. In addition, mel-18−/− T precursors could not maintain the Hes-1 expression induced by Delta-like-1 in monolayer culture. Collectively, these data indicate that mel-18 contributes to the maintenance of the active state of the Hes-1 gene as a cellular memory system, thereby supporting the expansion of early T progenitors.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0022-1767
,
1550-6606
DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.174.5.2507
Language:
English
Publisher:
The American Association of Immunologists
Publication Date:
2005
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1475085-5
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