| First Author | Li L | Year | 2011 |
| Journal | Blood | Volume | 118 |
| Issue | 18 | Pages | 4935-45 |
| PubMed ID | 21908433 | Mgi Jnum | J:178792 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:5300134 | Doi | 10.1182/blood-2011-01-328096 |
| Citation | Li L, et al. (2011) Loss of the wild-type allele contributes to myeloid expansion and disease aggressiveness in FLT3/ITD knockin mice. Blood 118(18):4935-45 |
| abstractText | Clinical evidence has shown that FLT3 internal tandem duplication (ITD) mutation confers poor prognosis in acute myeloid leukemia. Loss of the FLT3 wild-type (WT) allele is associated with even worse prognosis. We have previously reported that heterozygous FLT3(wt/ITD) "knockin" mice develop a slowly fatal myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN). To study the roles of the WT FLT3 and ITD alleles in the development of MPNs, we generated FLT3/ITD homozygous (FLT3(ITD/ITD)) and hemizygous (FLT3(-/ITD)) mice. FLT3(-/ITD) mice, with the loss of WT allele, display a more severe MPN, as evidenced by even larger spleen, higher white blood cell counts, and shorter survival, compared with FLT3(wt/ITD) mice. Reintroduction of the WT FLT3 allele into FLT3(-/ITD) BM slowed the progression of MPN in recipient mice. FLT3(ITD/ITD) mice had an even severe MPN compared with the FLT3(-/ITD) and FLT3(wt/ITD) mice. Spontaneous leukemia developed in a small fraction of the FLT3(ITD/ITD) mice but was never observed in the FLT3(-/ITD) and FLT3(wt/ITD) mice. Our results suggest that loss of the WT allele contributes to the development of a more severe phenotype. Thus, the WT FLT3 allele seemingly functions as a tumor suppressor, attenuating the function of the FLT3/ITD allele in leukemia harboring FLT3/ITD mutations. |
