NUP98–HOXA9 expression in hemopoietic stem cells induces chronic and acute myeloid leukemias in mice

AUTOR(ES)

Kroon, Evert

FONTE

Oxford University Press

RESUMO

Here we describe hemopoietic chimeras serving as a mouse model for NUP98–HOXA9-induced leukemia, which reproduced several of the phenotypes observed in human disease. Mice transplanted with bone marrow cells expressing NUP98–HOXA9 through retroviral transduction acquire a myeloproliferative disease (MPD) and eventually succumb to acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The NUP98 portion of the fusion protein was shown to be responsible for transforming a clinically silent pre-leukemic phase observed for Hoxa9 into a chronic, stem cell-derived MPD. The co-expression of NUP98–HOXA9 and Meis1 accelerated the transformation of MPD to AML, identifying a genetic interaction previously observed for Hoxa9 and Meis1. Our findings demonstrate the presence of overlapping yet distinct molecular mechanisms for MPD versus AML, illustrating the complexity of leukemic transformation.

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