Disruption of erythroid nuclear opening and histone release in myelodysplastic syndromes

Abstract Mammalian terminal erythropoiesis involves several characteristic phenomena including chromatin condensation and enucleation. One of the newly identified features of terminal erythropoiesis in mouse is a dynamic nuclear opening and histone release process, which is required for chromatin co...

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Main Authors: Baobing Zhao, Hui Liu, Yang Mei, Yijie Liu, Xu Han, Jing Yang, Amittha Wickrema, Peng Ji
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Published: Wiley 2019-03-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1969
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author Baobing Zhao
Hui Liu
Yang Mei
Yijie Liu
Xu Han
Jing Yang
Amittha Wickrema
Peng Ji
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Hui Liu
Yang Mei
Yijie Liu
Xu Han
Jing Yang
Amittha Wickrema
Peng Ji
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description Abstract Mammalian terminal erythropoiesis involves several characteristic phenomena including chromatin condensation and enucleation. One of the newly identified features of terminal erythropoiesis in mouse is a dynamic nuclear opening and histone release process, which is required for chromatin condensation. However, it is unclear whether the same feature is present in human. Here, we use an in vitro human CD34‐positive hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell culture system and reveal that nuclear openings and histone release are also identified during human terminal erythropoiesis. In contrast to mouse in which each erythroblast contains a single opening, multiple nuclear openings are present in human erythroblast, particularly during the late‐stage differentiation. The nuclear opening and histone release process is mediated by caspase‐3. Inhibition of caspase‐3 blocks nuclear opening, histone release, chromatin condensation, and terminal differentiation. We confirm the finding of histone cytosolic release in paraffin‐embedded human bone marrow in vivo. Importantly, we find that patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) exhibit significant defects in histone release in the dysplastic erythroblasts. Our results reveal developmentally conserved nuclear envelop and histone dynamic changes in human terminal erythropoiesis and indicate that disruption of the histone release process plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of dyserythropoiesis in MDS.
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spelling doaj-art-09ec23ad0c4941faa8cd2cc73078a2132025-01-31T08:47:43ZengWileyCancer Medicine2045-76342019-03-01831169117410.1002/cam4.1969Disruption of erythroid nuclear opening and histone release in myelodysplastic syndromesBaobing Zhao0Hui Liu1Yang Mei2Yijie Liu3Xu Han4Jing Yang5Amittha Wickrema6Peng Ji7Department of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IllinoisSection of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine The University of Chicago Chicago IllinoisDepartment of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IllinoisDepartment of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IllinoisDepartment of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IllinoisDepartment of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IllinoisSection of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine The University of Chicago Chicago IllinoisDepartment of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IllinoisAbstract Mammalian terminal erythropoiesis involves several characteristic phenomena including chromatin condensation and enucleation. One of the newly identified features of terminal erythropoiesis in mouse is a dynamic nuclear opening and histone release process, which is required for chromatin condensation. However, it is unclear whether the same feature is present in human. Here, we use an in vitro human CD34‐positive hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell culture system and reveal that nuclear openings and histone release are also identified during human terminal erythropoiesis. In contrast to mouse in which each erythroblast contains a single opening, multiple nuclear openings are present in human erythroblast, particularly during the late‐stage differentiation. The nuclear opening and histone release process is mediated by caspase‐3. Inhibition of caspase‐3 blocks nuclear opening, histone release, chromatin condensation, and terminal differentiation. We confirm the finding of histone cytosolic release in paraffin‐embedded human bone marrow in vivo. Importantly, we find that patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) exhibit significant defects in histone release in the dysplastic erythroblasts. Our results reveal developmentally conserved nuclear envelop and histone dynamic changes in human terminal erythropoiesis and indicate that disruption of the histone release process plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of dyserythropoiesis in MDS.https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1969chromatin condensationenucleationerythropoiesismyelodysplastic syndromes
spellingShingle Baobing Zhao
Hui Liu
Yang Mei
Yijie Liu
Xu Han
Jing Yang
Amittha Wickrema
Peng Ji
Disruption of erythroid nuclear opening and histone release in myelodysplastic syndromes
Cancer Medicine
chromatin condensation
enucleation
erythropoiesis
myelodysplastic syndromes
title Disruption of erythroid nuclear opening and histone release in myelodysplastic syndromes
title_full Disruption of erythroid nuclear opening and histone release in myelodysplastic syndromes
title_fullStr Disruption of erythroid nuclear opening and histone release in myelodysplastic syndromes
title_full_unstemmed Disruption of erythroid nuclear opening and histone release in myelodysplastic syndromes
title_short Disruption of erythroid nuclear opening and histone release in myelodysplastic syndromes
title_sort disruption of erythroid nuclear opening and histone release in myelodysplastic syndromes
topic chromatin condensation
enucleation
erythropoiesis
myelodysplastic syndromes
url https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1969
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