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C/EBP? is required for survival of Ly6C- monocytes.

ABSTRACT: The transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein ? (C/EBP?) is highly expressed in monocytes/macrophages. However, its roles in monopoiesis are largely unknown. Here, we investigated the roles of C/EBP? in monopoiesis. Further subdivision of monocytes revealed that Cebpb messenger RNA was highly upregulated in Ly6C- monocytes in bone marrow. Accordingly, the number of Ly6C- monocytes was significantly reduced in Cebpb-/- mice. Bone marrow chimera experiments and Mx1-Cre-mediated deletion of Cebpb revealed a cell-intrinsic and monocyte-specific requirement for C/EBP? in monopoiesis. In Cebpb-/- mice, turnover of Ly6C- monocytes was highly accelerated and apoptosis of Ly6C- monocytes was increased. Expression of Csf1r, which encodes a receptor for macrophage colony-stimulating factor, was significantly reduced in Ly6C- monocytes of Cebpb-/- mice. C/EBP? bound to positive regulatory elements of Csf1r and promoted its transcription. Collectively, these results indicate that C/EBP? is a critical factor for Ly6C- monocyte survival, at least in part through upregulation of Csf1r.

SUBMITTER: Tamura A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5649551 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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C/EBPβ is required for survival of Ly6C- monocytes.

Tamura Akihiro A Hirai Hideyo H Yokota Asumi A Kamio Naoka N Sato Atsushi A Shoji Tsukimi T Kashiwagi Takahiro T Torikoshi Yusuke Y Miura Yasuo Y Tenen Daniel G DG Maekawa Taira T

Blood 20170814 16

The transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β (C/EBPβ) is highly expressed in monocytes/macrophages. However, its roles in monopoiesis are largely unknown. Here, we investigated the roles of C/EBPβ in monopoiesis. Further subdivision of monocytes revealed that Cebpb messenger RNA was highly upregulated in Ly6C- monocytes in bone marrow. Accordingly, the number of Ly6C- monocytes was significantly reduced in Cebpb-/- mice. Bone marrow chi ...[more]

PMID: 28807982

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