TY - JOUR A1 - Thalheimer, Frederic Bastian A1 - Wingert, Susanne A1 - Giacomo, Pangrazio de A1 - Hätscher, Nadine A1 - Rehage, Maike A1 - Brill, Boris A1 - Theis, Fabian J. A1 - Hennighausen, Lothar A1 - Schroeder, Timm A1 - Rieger, Michael A. T1 - Cytokine-regulated GADD45G induces differentiation and lineage selection in hematopoietic stem cells T2 - Stemm cell report N2 - The balance of self-renewal and differentiation in long-term repopulating hematopoietic stem cells (LT-HSC) must be strictly controlled to maintain blood homeostasis and to prevent leukemogenesis. Hematopoietic cytokines can induce differentiation in LT-HSCs; however, the molecular mechanism orchestrating this delicate balance requires further elucidation. We identified the tumor suppressor GADD45G as an instructor of LT-HSC differentiation under the control of differentiation-promoting cytokine receptor signaling. GADD45G immediately induces and accelerates differentiation in LT-HSCs and overrides the self-renewal program by specifically activating MAP3K4-mediated MAPK p38. Conversely, the absence of GADD45G enhances the self-renewal potential of LT-HSCs. Videomicroscopy-based tracking of single LT-HSCs revealed that, once GADD45G is expressed, the development of LT-HSCs into lineage-committed progeny occurred within 36 hr and uncovered a selective lineage choice with a severe reduction in megakaryocytic-erythroid cells. Here, we report an unrecognized role of GADD45G as a central molecular linker of extrinsic cytokine differentiation and lineage choice control in hematopoiesis. Y1 - 2014 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/34373 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-343738 SN - 2213-6711 N1 - This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). VL - 3 IS - 1 SP - 34 EP - 43 PB - Cell Press CY - Maryland Heights, MO ER -