Calcineurin/NFAT signalling inhibits myeloid haematopoiesis

Nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) comprises a family of transcription factors that regulate T cell development, activation and differentiation. NFAT signalling can also mediate granulocyte and dendritic cell (DC) activation, but it is unknown whether NFAT influences their development fro...

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Main Authors: Fric, Jan, Hofmann, Benjamin, Chen, Jinmiao, Tay, Hock Soon, Siti Aminah Mohammad Isa, Mortellaro, Alessandra, Ruedl, Christiane, Ricciardi-Castagnoli, Paola, Lim, Clarice X. F., Koh, Esther G. L.
Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98079
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/13277
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author Fric, Jan
Hofmann, Benjamin
Chen, Jinmiao
Tay, Hock Soon
Siti Aminah Mohammad Isa
Mortellaro, Alessandra
Ruedl, Christiane
Ricciardi-Castagnoli, Paola
Lim, Clarice X. F.
Koh, Esther G. L.
author2 School of Biological Sciences
author_facet School of Biological Sciences
Fric, Jan
Hofmann, Benjamin
Chen, Jinmiao
Tay, Hock Soon
Siti Aminah Mohammad Isa
Mortellaro, Alessandra
Ruedl, Christiane
Ricciardi-Castagnoli, Paola
Lim, Clarice X. F.
Koh, Esther G. L.
author_sort Fric, Jan
collection NTU
description Nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) comprises a family of transcription factors that regulate T cell development, activation and differentiation. NFAT signalling can also mediate granulocyte and dendritic cell (DC) activation, but it is unknown whether NFAT influences their development from progenitors. Here, we report a novel role for calcineurin/NFAT signalling as a negative regulator of myeloid haematopoiesis. Reconstituting lethally irradiated mice with haematopoietic stem cells expressing an NFAT-inhibitory peptide resulted in enhanced development of the myeloid compartment. Culturing bone marrow cells in media supplemented with Flt3-L in the presence of the calcineurin/NFAT inhibitor Cyclosporin A increased numbers of differentiated DC. Global gene expression analysis of untreated DC and NFAT-inhibited DC revealed differential expression of transcripts that regulate cell cycle and apoptosis. In conclusion, these results provide evidence that calcineurin/NFAT signalling negatively regulates myeloid lineage development. The finding that inhibition of NFAT enhances myeloid development provides a novel insight into understanding how the treatment with drugs targeting calcineurin/NFAT signalling influence the homeostasis of the innate immune system.
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spelling ntu-10356/980792022-02-16T16:27:54Z Calcineurin/NFAT signalling inhibits myeloid haematopoiesis Fric, Jan Hofmann, Benjamin Chen, Jinmiao Tay, Hock Soon Siti Aminah Mohammad Isa Mortellaro, Alessandra Ruedl, Christiane Ricciardi-Castagnoli, Paola Lim, Clarice X. F. Koh, Esther G. L. School of Biological Sciences DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences Nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) comprises a family of transcription factors that regulate T cell development, activation and differentiation. NFAT signalling can also mediate granulocyte and dendritic cell (DC) activation, but it is unknown whether NFAT influences their development from progenitors. Here, we report a novel role for calcineurin/NFAT signalling as a negative regulator of myeloid haematopoiesis. Reconstituting lethally irradiated mice with haematopoietic stem cells expressing an NFAT-inhibitory peptide resulted in enhanced development of the myeloid compartment. Culturing bone marrow cells in media supplemented with Flt3-L in the presence of the calcineurin/NFAT inhibitor Cyclosporin A increased numbers of differentiated DC. Global gene expression analysis of untreated DC and NFAT-inhibited DC revealed differential expression of transcripts that regulate cell cycle and apoptosis. In conclusion, these results provide evidence that calcineurin/NFAT signalling negatively regulates myeloid lineage development. The finding that inhibition of NFAT enhances myeloid development provides a novel insight into understanding how the treatment with drugs targeting calcineurin/NFAT signalling influence the homeostasis of the innate immune system. 2013-08-29T08:33:24Z 2019-12-06T19:50:20Z 2013-08-29T08:33:24Z 2019-12-06T19:50:20Z 2012 2012 Journal Article Fric, J., Lim, C. X. F., Koh, E. G. L., Hofmann, B., Chen, J., Tay, H. S., Siti, A. M. I., Mortellaro, A., Ruedl, C.,& Ricciardi-Castagnoli, P. (2012). Calcineurin/NFAT signalling inhibits myeloid haematopoiesis. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 4(4), 269-282. 1757-4676 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98079 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/13277 10.1002/emmm.201100207 22311511 en EMBO molecular medicine
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Fric, Jan
Hofmann, Benjamin
Chen, Jinmiao
Tay, Hock Soon
Siti Aminah Mohammad Isa
Mortellaro, Alessandra
Ruedl, Christiane
Ricciardi-Castagnoli, Paola
Lim, Clarice X. F.
Koh, Esther G. L.
Calcineurin/NFAT signalling inhibits myeloid haematopoiesis
title Calcineurin/NFAT signalling inhibits myeloid haematopoiesis
title_full Calcineurin/NFAT signalling inhibits myeloid haematopoiesis
title_fullStr Calcineurin/NFAT signalling inhibits myeloid haematopoiesis
title_full_unstemmed Calcineurin/NFAT signalling inhibits myeloid haematopoiesis
title_short Calcineurin/NFAT signalling inhibits myeloid haematopoiesis
title_sort calcineurin nfat signalling inhibits myeloid haematopoiesis
topic DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98079
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/13277
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