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ArticleDevelopmental cell2016

Nuclear Condensation during Mouse Erythropoiesis Requires Caspase-3-Mediated Nuclear Opening.

Baobing Zhao, Yang Mei, Matthew J Schipma, Eric Wayne Roth, Reiner Bleher, Joshua Z Rappoport, Amittha Wickrema, Jing Yang, Peng Ji

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Article in Developmental cell, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.

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64citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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64 citing papers in PubMed, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Baobing ZhaoDepartment of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Ward 3-210, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Yang MeiDepartment of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Ward 3-210, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Matthew J SchipmaCenter for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Eric Wayne RothDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Reiner BleherDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Joshua Z RappoportCenter for Advanced Microscopy, Nikon Imaging Center at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Amittha WickremaSection of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Jing YangDepartment of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Ward 3-210, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Peng JiDepartment of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Ward 3-210, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: ji.peng@northwestern.edu.
Northwestern University · USImaging Center · 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
TRANS-NETWORK PROJECTSU54CA143869 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI O'HALLORAN, THOMAS V · 2009 to 2013
$12.8M
The roles of pleckstrin-2 as a functional node in erythropoiesisR01DK102718 · NIDDK · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI JI, PENG · 2015 to 2019
$1.7M
Analysis of mDia formins in hematopoietic stem cell engraftment and migrationR00HL102154 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI JI, PENG · 2012 to 2014
$720k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA060553NCI NIH HHS U54 CA143869NCI NIH HHS U54CA143869NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL102154NHLBI NIH HHS R00HL102154NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK102718
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammalian erythropoiesis involves chromatin condensation that is initiated in the early stage of terminal differentiation. The mechanisms of chromatin condensation during erythropoiesis are unclear. Here, we show that the mouse erythroblast forms large, transient, and recurrent nuclear openings that coincide with the condensation process. The opening lacks nuclear lamina, nuclear pore complexes, and nuclear membrane, but it is distinct from nuclear envelope changes that occur during apoptosis and mitosis. A fraction of the major histones are released from the nuclear opening and degraded in the cytoplasm. We demonstrate that caspase-3 is required for the nuclear opening formation throughout terminal erythropoiesis. Loss of caspase-3 or ectopic expression of a caspase-3 non-cleavable lamin B mutant blocks nuclear opening formation, histone release, chromatin condensation, and terminal erythroid differentiation. We conclude that caspase-3-mediated nuclear opening formation accompanied by histone release from the opening is a critical step toward chromatin condensation during erythropoiesis in mice.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisCaspase 3Cell DifferentiationCell NucleusChromatinErythroblastsErythropoiesisHistonesMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMitosisNuclear ProteinsCasp3 protein, mouseCaspase 3ChromatinHistonesNuclear Proteins

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PMID26954545
PMCPMC4785602
OpenAlexW2295579317

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