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Neutrophil-specific granule deficiency results from a novel mutation with loss of function of the transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer binding protein epsilon.


ABSTRACT: Neutrophil-specific granule deficiency (SGD) is a rare disorder characterized by recurrent pyogenic infections, defective neutrophil chemotaxis and bactericidal activity, and lack of neutrophil secondary granule proteins. CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP)epsilon, a member of the leucine zipper family of transcription factors, is expressed primarily in myeloid cells, and its knockout mouse model possesses distinctive defects, including a lack of neutrophil secondary granule proteins. Sequence analysis of the genomic DNA of a patient with SGD revealed a five-basepair deletion in the second exon of the C/EBPepsilon locus. The predicted frame shift results in a truncation of the 32-kD major C/EBPepsilon isoform, with loss of the dimerization domain, DNA binding region, and transcriptional activity. The multiple functional defects observed in these early neutrophil progenitor cells, a consequence of C/EBPepsilon deficiency, define SGD as a defect in myelopoiesis and establish the requirement for C/EBPepsilon for the promyelocyte-myelocyte transition in myeloid differentiation.

SUBMITTER: Lekstrom-Himes JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2193089 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Neutrophil-specific granule deficiency results from a novel mutation with loss of function of the transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer binding protein epsilon.

Lekstrom-Himes J A JA   Dorman S E SE   Kopar P P   Holland S M SM   Gallin J I JI  

The Journal of experimental medicine 19990601 11


Neutrophil-specific granule deficiency (SGD) is a rare disorder characterized by recurrent pyogenic infections, defective neutrophil chemotaxis and bactericidal activity, and lack of neutrophil secondary granule proteins. CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP)epsilon, a member of the leucine zipper family of transcription factors, is expressed primarily in myeloid cells, and its knockout mouse model possesses distinctive defects, including a lack of neutrophil secondary granule proteins. Sequenc  ...[more]

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