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ArticleNature medicine2014

Altered translation of GATA1 in Diamond-Blackfan anemia.

Leif S Ludwig, Hanna T Gazda, Jennifer C Eng, Stephen W Eichhorn, Prathapan Thiru, Roxanne Ghazvinian, Tracy I George, Jason R Gotlib, Alan H Beggs, Colin A Sieff and 3 more

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Article in Nature medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 204 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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204 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Leif S Ludwig1] Division of Hematology and Oncology, Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [4] Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [5] Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. [6] Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Hanna T Gazda1] Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Division of Genetics and Genomics, Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jennifer C Eng1] Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Stephen W Eichhorn1] Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Prathapan ThiruWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Roxanne GhazvinianDivision of Genetics and Genomics, Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Tracy I GeorgeDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
Jason R GotlibDivision of Hematology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
Alan H Beggs1] Division of Genetics and Genomics, Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000000188180568
Colin A Sieff1] Division of Hematology and Oncology, Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvey F Lodish1] Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Eric S Lander1] Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Vijay G Sankaran1] Division of Hematology and Oncology, Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [4] Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [5] Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research · USBroad Institute · USBoston Children's Hospital · USStanford University · USHarvard University Press · US

Funding

Large Scale Sequencing and Analysis of GenomesU54HG003067 · NHGRI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI GABRIEL, STACEY, LANDER, ERIC S · 2004 to 2015
$568.6M
PRE-DOCTORAL TRAINING IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCEST32GM007287 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI BELL, STEPHEN P., KEATING, AMY E · 1985 to 2019
$40.8M
TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA-1 IN TERMINAL ERYTHROID DEVELOPMENTP01HL032262 · NHLBI · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI YIEN, YVETTE Y · 1985 to 2021
$38.9M
Systematic Genetic Dissection of Human ErythropoiesisR01DK103794 · NIDDK · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Vijay Ganesh Sankaran · 2014 to 2026
$5.9M
Identifying Genome-wide Association Study-Nominated Regulators of ErythropoiesisR33HL120791 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI SANKARAN, VIJAY GANESH · 2016 to 2018
$1.7M
New gene discoveries and biology of ribosomes in Diamond-Blackfan anemia.R01HL107558 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI GAZDA, HANNA TERESA · 2011 to 2014
$1.6M
New Gene Discoveries and Biology of Ribosomes in Diamond-Blackfan AnemiaK02HL111156 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI GAZDA, HANNA TERESA · 2012 to 2016
$568k
Identifying Genome-wide Association Study-Nominated Regulators of ErythropoiesisR21HL120791 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI SANKARAN, VIJAY GANESH · 2014 to 2015
$477k
NHGRI NIH HHS U54 HG003067NHGRI NIH HHS U54 HG003067-09NHLBI NIH HHS K02 HL111156NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL032262NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL32262NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL107558NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL120791-01NHLBI NIH HHS R21 HL120791NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK103794NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007287
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ribosomal protein haploinsufficiency occurs in diverse human diseases including Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA), congenital asplenia and T cell leukemia. Yet, how mutations in genes encoding ubiquitously expressed proteins such as these result in cell-type- and tissue-specific defects remains unknown. Here, we identify mutations in GATA1, encoding the critical hematopoietic transcription factor GATA-binding protein-1, that reduce levels of full-length GATA1 protein and cause DBA in rare instances. We show that ribosomal protein haploinsufficiency, the more common cause of DBA, can lead to decreased GATA1 mRNA translation, possibly resulting from a higher threshold for initiation of translation of this mRNA in comparison with other mRNAs. In primary hematopoietic cells from patients with mutations in RPS19, encoding ribosomal protein S19, the amplitude of a transcriptional signature of GATA1 target genes was globally and specifically reduced, indicating that the activity, but not the mRNA level, of GATA1 is decreased in patients with DBA associated with mutations affecting ribosomal proteins. Moreover, the defective hematopoiesis observed in patients with DBA associated with ribosomal protein haploinsufficiency could be partially overcome by increasing GATA1 protein levels. Our results provide a paradigm by which selective defects in translation due to mutations affecting ubiquitous ribosomal proteins can result in human disease.

Indexed as

Protein BiosynthesisAnemia, Diamond-BlackfanGATA1 Transcription FactorHumansMutationRibosomal ProteinsRNA, MessengerGATA1 protein, humanGATA1 Transcription FactorRibosomal Proteinsribosomal protein S19RNA, Messenger

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