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 Blood, 14 May 2009, Vol. 113, No. 20, pp. 4866-4874.
Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on March 5, 2009; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-04-152017.

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HEMATOPOIESIS AND STEM CELLS

The histone acetyl transferase activity of monocytic leukemia zinc finger is critical for the proliferation of hematopoietic precursors

Flor M. Perez-Campo1, Julian Borrow2, Valerie Kouskoff3, and Georges Lacaud1

1 Cancer Research UK Stem Cell Biology Group, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Manchester, Manchester; 2 West Midlands Regional Genetics Laboratory, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham; and 3 Cancer Research UK Stem Cell Haematopoiesis Group, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

The monocytic leukemia zinc finger (MOZ) gene encodes a large multidomain protein that contains, besides other domains, 2 coactivation domains for the transcription factor Runx1/acute myeloid leukemia 1 and a histone acetyl transferase (HAT) catalytic domain. Recent studies have demonstrated the critical requirement for the complete MOZ protein in hematopoietic stem cell development and maintenance. However, the specific function of the HAT activity of MOZ remains unknown, as it has been shown that MOZ HAT activity is not required either for its role as Runx1 coactivator or for the leukemic transformation induced by MOZ transcriptional intermediary factor 2 (TIF2). To assess the specific requirement for this HAT activity during hematopoietic development, we have generated embryonic stem cells and mouse lines carrying a point mutation that renders the protein catalytically inactive. We report in this study that mice exclusively lacking the HAT activity of MOZ exhibit significant defects in the number of hematopoietic stem cells and hematopoietic committed precursors as well as a defect in B-cell development. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the failure to maintain a normal number of hematopoietic precursors is caused by the inability of HAT–/– cells to expand. These results indicate a specific role of MOZ-driven acetylation in controlling a desirable balance between proliferation and differentiation during hematopoiesis.


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