TRIB2 regulates normal and stress-induced thymocyte proliferation.

ABSTRACT: TRIB2, a serine/threonine pseudokinase identified as an oncogene, is expressed at high levels in the T-cell compartment of hematopoiesis. The proliferation of developing thymocytes is tightly controlled to prevent leukemic transformation of T cells. Here we examine Trib2 loss in murine hematopoiesis under steady state and proliferative stress conditions, including genotoxic and oncogenic stress. Trib2 (-/-) developing thymocytes show increased proliferation, and Trib2 (-/-) mice have significantly higher thymic cellularity at steady state. During stress hematopoiesis, Trib2 (-/-) developing thymocytes undergo accelerated proliferation and demonstrate hypersensitivity to 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-induced cell death. Despite the increased cell death post 5-FU-induced proliferative stress, Trib2

SUBMITTER: Liang KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4860960 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature