Impact of gene dosage, loss of wild-type allele, and FLT3 ligand on Flt3-ITD-induced myeloproliferation

Shabnam Kharazi, Adam J. Mead, Anna Mansour, Anne Hultquist, Charlotta Böiers, Sidinh Luc, Natalija Buza-Vidas, Zhi Ma, Helen Ferry, Debbie Atkinson, Kristian Reckzeh, Kristina Masson, Jörg Cammenga, Lars Rönnstrand, Fumio Arai, Toshio Suda, Claus Nerlov, Ewa Sitnicka Quinn, Sten Eirik W Jacobsen

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Abstract

Acquisition of homozygous activating growth factor receptor mutations might accelerate cancer progression through a simple gene-dosage effect. Internal tandem duplications (ITDs) of FLT3 occur in approximately 25% cases of acute myeloid leukemia and induce ligand-independent constitutive signaling. Homozygous FLT3-ITDs confer an adverse prognosis and are frequently detected at relapse. Using a mouse knockin model of Flt3-internal tandem duplication (Flt3-ITD)-induced myeloproliferation, we herein demonstrate that the enhanced myeloid phenotype and expansion of granulocyte-monocyte and primitive Lin(-)Sca1(+)c-Kit(+) progenitors in Flt3-ITD homozygous mice can in part be mediated through the loss of the second wild-type allele. Further, whereas autocrine FLT3 ligand production has been implicated in FLT3-ITD myeloid malignancies and resistance to FLT3 inhibitors, we demonstrate here that the mouse Flt3(ITD/ITD) myeloid phenotype is FLT3 ligand-independent. (Blood. 2011; 118(13):3613-3621)
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3613-3621
JournalBlood
Volume118
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.
The record was previously connected to the following departments: Stem Cell Center (013041110), Hematology/Transplantation (013022014), Experimental Clinical Chemistry (013016010)

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  • Hematology

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