GPNMB promotes proliferation of developing eosinophils
- Authors
- Hwang, Sae Mi; Kang, Jin Hyun; Kim, Bo Kyum; Uhm, Tae Gi; Kim, Hye Jeong; Lee, Hyune-Hwan; Binas, Bert; Chung, Il Yup
- Issue Date
- Aug-2017
- Publisher
- Nihon Seikagakkai/Japanese Biochemical Society
- Keywords
- cord blood; eosinophils; GPNMB; MBP; proliferation
- Citation
- Journal of Biochemistry, v.162, no.2, pp.85 - 91
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- Journal Title
- Journal of Biochemistry
- Volume
- 162
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 85
- End Page
- 91
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/erica/handle/2021.sw.erica/9105
- DOI
- 10.1093/jb/mvx002
- ISSN
- 0021-924X
- Abstract
- Glycoprotein non-metastatic melanoma protein B (GPNMB) is a type I transmembrane protein that is expressed in a wide variety of cell types, including haematopoietic lineages. We previously demonstrated that GPNMB is one of the most highly expressed genes at an early and intermediate stage of eosinophil development. We herein examined GPNMB expression and its possible functional effect using cord blood (CB) CD34(+) haematopoietic stem cells differentiating toward eosinophils during a 24-day culture period. Western blot and confocal microscopy analyses showed that GPNMB reached its highest levels at day 12 with most GPNMB-positive cells also expressing major basic protein 1 (MBP1), an eosinophil granule protein. GPNMB declined thereafter, but was still present at an appreciable level at day 24, the time when CB eosinophils most abundantly expressed MBP1 and were thus considered fully differentiated. When the developing CB cells were cultured in the presence of a blocking anti-GPNMB antibody, cell proliferation was significantly reduced. In agreement, ectopic expression of GPNMB in heterologous cells resulted in a significant increase in cell proliferation, while small interfering RNA of GPNMB inhibited the GPNMB-mediated proliferation. Thus, GPNMB is expressed in a temporal manner during eosinophil development and delivers a proliferative signal upon activation.
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