PUBLICATION
Essential role of spi-1-like (spi-1l) in zebrafish myeloid cell differentiation
- Authors
- Bukrinsky, A., Griffin, K.J., Zhao, Y., Lin, S., and Banerjee, U.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-090112-17
- Date
- 2009
- Source
- Blood 113(9): 2038-2046 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Bukrinsky, Alex, Griffin, Kevin, Lin, Shuo, Zhao, Yan
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacology
- Phylogeny
- Morpholines/chemistry
- Morpholines/pharmacology
- PubMed
- 19131555 Full text @ Blood
Abstract
The ETS protein Spi-1/Pu.1 plays a pivotal and widespread role throughout hematopoiesis in many species. This study describes the identification, characterization and functional analysis of a new zebrafish spi transcription factor spi-1-like (spi-1l) that is expressed in primitive myeloid cells, erythro-myelo progenitor cells, and in the adult kidney. Spi-1l functions genetically downstream of etsrp, scl, and spi-1/pu.1 in myeloid differentiation. Spi-1l is co-expressed in a subset of spi-1/pu.1 cells and its function is necessary and sufficient for macrophage and granulocyte differentiation. These results establish a critical role for spi-1l in zebrafish myeloid cell differentiation.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping