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ArticleBlood2010

Vesicle trafficking plays a novel role in erythroblast enucleation.

Ganesan Keerthivasan, Sara Small, Hui Liu, Amittha Wickrema, John D Crispino

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Article in Blood, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.

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66citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ganesan KeerthivasanDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Northwestern University, 303 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Sara Small
Hui Liu
Amittha Wickrema
John D Crispino
Northwestern University · USUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

Tumor Environment and Metastasis (TEAM) Research ProgramP30CA060553 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Daniela E Matei · 1993 to 2026
$153.9M
CORE--VECTOR PRODUCTIONP30DK056465 · NIDDK · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI HEIMFELD, SHELLY · 1999 to 2014
$14.9M
Role of Survivin in Development of Megakaryocytes and Erythroid CellsR01DK074693 · NIDDK · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI CRISPINO, JOHN D · 2007 to 2011
$1.6M
Transcriptional Regulation of Myeloma Cell GrowthR01CA098550 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI WICKREMA, AMITTHA · 2004 to 2008
$1.2M
Mechanisms of erythroblast enucleationR56DK074693 · NIDDK · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI CRISPINO, JOHN D · 2012 to 2012
$139k
NCI NIH HHS CA98550NCI NIH HHS P30 CA060553NCI NIH HHS R01 CA098550NIDDK NIH HHS DK074693NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056465NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK074693NIDDK NIH HHS R56 DK074693
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enucleation of mammalian erythroblasts is a process whose mechanism is largely undefined. The prevailing model suggests that nuclear extrusion occurs via asymmetric cytokinesis. To test this hypothesis, we treated primary erythroblasts with inhibitors of cytokinesis, including blebbistatin, hesperadin, and nocodazole, and then assayed for enucleation. Although these agents inhibited cell-cycle progression and subsequent enucleation when added early in culture, they failed to block enucleation proper when added to postmitotic cells. These results suggest that contraction of the actomyosin ring is not essential for nuclear expulsion. Next, by ultrastructural examination of primary erythroblasts, we observed an accumulation of vacuoles in the cytoplasm proximal to the extruding nucleus. This finding led us to hypothesize that vesicle trafficking contributes to erythroblast enucleation. Here, we show that chemical inhibitors of vesicle trafficking block enucleation of primary erythroblasts without affecting differentiation, cell division, or apoptosis. Moreover, knock-down of clathrin inhibited the enucleation of late erythroblasts. In contrast, vacuolin-1, a small molecule that induces vacuole formation, increased the percentage of enucleated cells. Together, these results illustrate that vesicle trafficking, specifically the formation, movement, and subsequent coalescence of vacuoles at the junction of the nucleus and the cytoplasm, is a critical component of mammalian erythroblast enucleation.

Indexed as

ErythropoiesisAnimalsCells, CulturedClathrinCytokinesisEndocytosisErythroblastsGene Knockdown TechniquesHeterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More RingsHumansLiverMiceMonensinNocodazoleSpleenVacuolesblebbistatinClathrinHeterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More RingsMonensinNocodazolevacuolin-1

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PMID20644112
PMCPMC2995360
OpenAlexW2086068254

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