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These patients present with a range of symptoms, including the persistence of nucleated red blood cells (RBCs) in the peripheral blood which reflects the known role for KLF1 within the erythroid cell lineage. The final stages of RBCs maturation and enucleation take place within the erythroblastic island (EBI) niche in close association with EBI macrophages. It is not known whether the detrimental effects of the E325K mutation in KLF1 are restricted to the erythroid lineage or whether deficiencies in macrophages associated with their niche also contribute to the disease pathology.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold>\n                    To address this question, we generated an\n                    <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>\n                    model of the human EBI niche using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from one CDA type IV patient as well as two iPSC lines genetically modified to express an KLF1-E325K-ER\n                    <jats:sup>T2<\/jats:sup>\n                    protein that could be activated with 4OH-tamoxifen. The one patient iPSC line was compared to control lines from two healthy donors and the KLF1-E325K-ER\n                    <jats:sup>T2<\/jats:sup>\n                    iPSC line to one inducible KLF1-ER\n                    <jats:sup>T2<\/jats:sup>\n                    line generated from the same parental iPSCS.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    The CDA patient-derived iPSCs and iPSCs expressing the activated KLF1-E325K-ER\n                    <jats:sup>T2<\/jats:sup>\n                    protein showed significant deficiencies in the production of erythroid cells with associated disruption of some known KLF1 target genes. Macrophages could be generated from all iPSC lines but when the E325K-ER\n                    <jats:sup>T2<\/jats:sup>\n                    fusion protein was activated, we noted the generation of a slightly less mature macrophage population marked by CD93. A subtle trend in their reduced ability to support RBC enucleation was also associated with macrophages carrying the E325K-ER\n                    <jats:sup>T2<\/jats:sup>\n                    transgene.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Discussion:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Taken together these data support the notion that the clinically significant effects of the KLF1-E325K mutation are primarily associated with deficiencies in the erythroid lineage but it is possible that deficiencies in the niche might have the potential to exacerbate the condition. The strategy we describe provides a powerful approach to assess the effects of other mutations in KLF1 as well as other factors associated with the EBI niche.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fcell.2023.1148013","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,11]],"date-time":"2023-04-11T04:55:55Z","timestamp":1681188955000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Modelling the erythroblastic island niche of dyserythropoietic anaemia type IV patients using induced pluripotent stem cells"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Alisha","family":"May","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Telma","family":"Ventura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Antonella","family":"Fidanza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Helena","family":"Volmer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Helen","family":"Taylor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nicola","family":"Roman\u00f2","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sunita L.","family":"D\u2019Souza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"James J.","family":"Bieker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lesley M.","family":"Forrester","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"721","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajhg.2010.10.010","article-title":"A dominant mutation in the gene encoding the erythroid transcription factor KLF1 causes a congenital dyserythropoietic anemia","volume":"87","author":"Arnaud","year":"2010","journal-title":"Am. 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