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    Loss of Bak enhances lymphocytosis but does not ameliorate thrombocytopaenia in BCL-2 transgenic mice

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    Vandenberg, CJ; Josefsson, EC; Campbell, KJ; James, C; Lawlor, KE; Kile, BT; Cory, S
    Date
    2014-05-01
    Source Title
    Cell Death and Differentiation
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    NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Cory, Suzanne; Lawlor, Kathryn; Josefsson, Emma; Kile, Benjamin; Vandenberg, Cassandra; CAMPBELL, KIRSTEN
    Affiliation
    Medical Biology (W.E.H.I.)
    School of BioSciences
    School of Mathematics and Statistics
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    Vandenberg, C. J., Josefsson, E. C., Campbell, K. J., James, C., Lawlor, K. E., Kile, B. T. & Cory, S. (2014). Loss of Bak enhances lymphocytosis but does not ameliorate thrombocytopaenia in BCL-2 transgenic mice. CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION, 21 (5), pp.676-684. https://doi.org/10.1038/cdd.2013.201.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/265664
    DOI
    10.1038/cdd.2013.201
    NHMRC Grant code
    NHMRC/461221
    Abstract
    Bax and Bak are critical effectors of apoptosis. Although both are widely expressed and usually functionally redundant, recent studies suggest that Bak has particular importance in certain cell types. Genetic and biochemical studies indicate that Bak activation is prevented primarily by Mcl-1 and Bcl-xL, whereas Bax is held in check by all pro-survival Bcl-2 homologues, including Bcl-2 itself. In this study, we have investigated whether loss of Bak or elevated Mcl-1 modulates haemopoietic abnormalities provoked by overexpression of Bcl-2. The Mcl-1 transgene had little impact, probably because the expression level was insufficient to effectively reduce Bak activation. However, loss of Bak enhanced lymphocytosis in vavP-BCL-2 transgenic mice and increased resistance of their thymocytes to some cytotoxic agents, implying that Bak-specific signals can be triggered in certain lymphoid populations. Nevertheless, lack of Bak had no significant impact on thymic abnormalities in vavP-BCL-2tg mice, which kinetic analysis suggested was due to accumulation of self-reactive thymocytes that resist deletion. Intriguingly, although Bak(-/-) mice have elevated platelet counts, Bak(-/-)vavP-BCL-2 mice, like vavP-BCL-2 littermates, were thrombocytopaenic. To clarify why, the vavP-BCL-2 platelet phenotype was scrutinised more closely. Platelet life span was found to be elevated in vavP-BCL-2 mice, which should have provoked thrombocytosis, as in Bak(-/-) mice. Analysis of bone marrow chimaeric mice suggested the low platelet phenotype was due principally to extrinsic factors. Following splenectomy, blood platelets remained lower in vavP-BCL-2 than wild-type mice. However, in Rag1(-/-) BCL-2tg mice, platelet levels were normal, implying that elevated lymphocytes are primarily responsible for BCL-2tg-induced thrombocytopaenia.

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