THOC5, a member of the mRNA export complex, is essential for hematopoiesis in vivo and is required for CSF-1 induced macrophage differentiation

ABSTRACT: THOC5, a member of the mRNA export complex, is essential for hematopoiesis in vivo and is required for CSF-1 induced macrophage differentiation, thereby playing a key role in the mRNA export of immediate early genes induced by CSF-1 stimulation. Hematopoiesis, growth, differentiation, and commitment to a restricted lineage are guided by a timely expressed set of cytokine receptors and their down-stream transcription factor genes. Transcriptional control mechanisms of gene expression during differentiation were mainly studied by focusing on the cis- and trans-element in promoters, however, the role of mRNA export machinery during differentiation have not been adequately examined. A member of the mRNA export complex, THOC5 which is a substrate for the macrophage-colony stimulating factor (CSF-1) receptor, ATM kinase, or protein kinase C, is an essential element in the maintenance of hematopoiesis in adult mice. Using tamoxifen inducible THOC5 knockout mice, we show here that the depletion of THOC5 impaired myeloid differentiation, but does not influence terminally differentiated organs. Furthermore, an in vitro study showed that the depletion of THOC5 in bone marrow cells results in abnormal CSF-1 induced macrophage differentiation. Transcriptome analysis using cytoplasmic RNA derived from macrophages reveals that only 99 genes were down-regulated 3 days after the depletion of THOC5, however, immediate early genes induced by CSF-1 stimulation, such as Ets family genes, and regulators of myeloid differentiation HoxA1, Id1, Id3 were THOC5 direct target mRNAs, suggesting that THOC5 plays a key role in myeloid differentiation.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE41170 | GEO | 2013/12/24

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA176023

REPOSITORIES: GEO