Absence of cytokine receptor-dependent specificity in red blood cell differentiation in vivo

AUTOR(ES)

Goldsmith, Mark A.

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

Erythropoietin (EPO) is required for red blood cell development, but whether EPO-specific signals directly instruct erythroid differentiation is unknown. We used a dominant system in which constitutively active variants of the EPO receptor were introduced into erythroid progenitors in mice. Chimeric receptors were constructed by replacing the cytoplasmic tail of constitutively active variants of the EPO receptor with tails of diverse cytokine receptors. Receptors linked to granulocyte or platelet production supported complete erythroid development in vitro and in vivo, as did the growth hormone receptor, a nonhematopoietic receptor. Therefore, EPOR-specific signals are not required for terminal differentiation of erythrocytes. Furthermore, we found that cellular context can influence cytokine receptor signaling.

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