PMID- 8622955 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19960618 LR - 20190501 IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 1091-6490 (Electronic) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 93 IP - 8 DP - 1996 Apr 16 TI - Disruption of the Cbfa2 gene causes necrosis and hemorrhaging in the central nervous system and blocks definitive hematopoiesis. PG - 3444-9 AB - The CBFA2 (AML1) gene encodes a DNA-binding subunit of the heterodimeric core-binding factor. The CBFA2 gene is disrupted by the (8;21), (3;21), and (12;21) chromosomal translocations associated with leukemias and myelodysplasias in humans. Mice lacking a CBF alpha 2 protein capable of binding DNA die between embryonic days 11.5 and 12.5 due to hemorrhaging in the central nervous system (CNS), at the nerve/CNS interfaces of cranial and spinal nerves, and in somitic/intersomitic regions along the presumptive spinal cord. Hemorrhaging is preceded by symmetric, bilateral necrosis in these regions. Definitive erythropoiesis and myelopoiesis do not occur in Cbfa2-deficient embryos, and disruption of one copy of the Cbfa2 gene significantly reduces the number of progenitors for erythroid and myeloid cells. FAU - Wang, Q AU - Wang Q AD - Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA. FAU - Stacy, T AU - Stacy T FAU - Binder, M AU - Binder M FAU - Marin-Padilla, M AU - Marin-Padilla M FAU - Sharpe, A H AU - Sharpe AH FAU - Speck, N A AU - Speck NA LA - eng GR - CA58343/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - IPO30AR42689/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - NS-22897/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 0 (Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit) RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (DNA, Complementary) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 0 (RUNX1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Runx1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - Central Nervous System Diseases/*genetics/pathology MH - Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit MH - DNA Primers/genetics MH - DNA, Complementary/genetics MH - *DNA-Binding Proteins MH - Erythropoiesis/genetics MH - Female MH - Fetal Death/genetics MH - Gene Targeting MH - Hematopoiesis/*genetics MH - Hemorrhage/genetics MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Mutation MH - Necrosis MH - Neoplasm Proteins/*genetics MH - Pregnancy MH - *Proto-Oncogene Proteins MH - *Proto-Oncogenes MH - Transcription Factors/*genetics PMC - PMC39628 EDAT- 1996/04/16 00:00 MHDA- 1996/04/16 00:01 PMCR- 1996/10/16 CRDT- 1996/04/16 00:00 PHST- 1996/04/16 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1996/04/16 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1996/04/16 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 1996/10/16 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1073/pnas.93.8.3444 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Apr 16;93(8):3444-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.93.8.3444.