Heme induced the expression of Ho1 and Blvrb as well as Slc40a1, which encodes the mammalian iron exporter (Figure 5A), in agreement with previous reports (Delaby et al., 2008).
Heme-induced Spic expression was confirmed by reverse transcription PCR and was dose-dependent (Figure 2C).
In addition, Spic was induced as expected, as was Treml4, which can be used as a marker for RPM (Figure 5A).
Heme has been suggested to induce polyubiquitination and proteasome-dependent degradation of BACH1 (Zenke-Kawasaki et al., 2007; Tan et al., 2013).
Here we showed that Bach1 was a transcriptional repressor of Spic and that heme-induced proteasome-dependent degradation of BACH1 protein in monocytes led to Spic expression and promoted RPM and BMM development (Figure 7F).
CD169 expression was significantly decreased in Spic−/− BM indicating loss of these macrophages (Figure 1E).
Notably, heme mediated induction of SPIC-EGFP+ BMDM was significantly reduced with Bach1 overexpression suggesting that Bach1 may inhibit Spic expression (Figure 5C).
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