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Department of Pathology, Committees on Immunology, Cancer Biology, and Developmental Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
The E-protein transcription factors E2A, HEB, and E2-2 play an essential role in the differentiation, proliferation, and survival of B lymphocyte progenitors (BLPs). In this study, we show that the E-protein antagonist Id3 induces apoptosis of both primary and transformed BLPs through a caspase-2-dependent mechanism that does not require p53 and is not inhibited by bcl-2. Id3 expressing B lineage cells show reduced expression of known E-protein target genes as well as multiple genes involved in cell proliferation. We hypothesize that Id3 induces activation of caspase-2 as a consequence of severe or "catastrophic" growth arrest. In support of this hypothesis, we show that chemical-induced growth arrest is sufficient to activate caspase-2 and induce apoptosis in BLPs. Our data suggest that E-proteins function in the control of differentiation and proliferation and that diminished E-protein activity results in apoptosis as a consequence of growth arrest.
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