Km. Ardeshna et al., The retinoblastoma family member, p107, is active in non-dividing monocyte-derived dendritic cells, BR J HAEM, 112(3), 2001, pp. 655-657
A member of the retinoblastoma family of cell cycle regulatory proteins, p1
07, is not normally expressed in non-cycling cells. We demonstrate here tha
t p107 is expressed in monocytes as they differentiate into dendritic cells
under the influence of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor an
d interleukin 4, a process shown not to involve cellular proliferation. We
show that p107 is localized to the nucleus of these cells and is active, in
that it binds an E2F-DNA binding site, together with E2F transcription fac
tors, These findings suggest a hitherto unknown role for p107 in non-prolif
erating dendritic cells that warrants further investigation.