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

作者：Goldsmith MA; Mikami A; You Y; Liu KD; Thomas L; Pharr P; Longmore GD^*

来源：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1998, 95(12): 7006-7011.

DOI：10.1073/pnas.95.12.7006

Erythropoietin (EPO) is required for red blood cell development, hut 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.

• 出版日期1998-6-9