
Hematopoiesis is fully dependent on hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that possess the capacity to self-renew and differentiate into all blood cell lineages. WASH, Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) and SCAR homologue (WASH) is involved in endosomal sorting as an actin-nucleating protein. Here, we show that conditional WASH deletion in the hematopoietic system causes defective blood production of the host, leading to severe cytopenia and rapid anemia. WASH deficiency causes the accumulation of long-term (LT)-HSCs in bone marrow and perturbs their differentiation potential to mature blood lineages. Importantly, WASH is located in the nucleus of LT-HSCs and associates with the nucleosome remodeling factor (NURF) complex. WASH assists the NURF complex to the promoter of c-Myc gene through its VCA domain-dependent nuclear actin nucleation. WASH deletion suppresses the transcriptional activation of c-Myc gene and impairs the differentiation of LT-HSCs. WASH acts as an upstream regulator to modulate c-Myc transcription for hematopoietic regulation.
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Article, Cell Line, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc, Mice, Animals, Immunoprecipitation, DNA Primers, Mice, Knockout, Microscopy, Confocal, Gene Expression Profiling, Microfilament Proteins, Cell Differentiation, Flow Cytometry, Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Microarray Analysis, Hematopoiesis, Gene Expression Regulation, RNA Interference, Mi-2 Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase Complex
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Article, Cell Line, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc, Mice, Animals, Immunoprecipitation, DNA Primers, Mice, Knockout, Microscopy, Confocal, Gene Expression Profiling, Microfilament Proteins, Cell Differentiation, Flow Cytometry, Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Microarray Analysis, Hematopoiesis, Gene Expression Regulation, RNA Interference, Mi-2 Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase Complex
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