Mutated NPM1 in combination with overexpression of Meis1 or Hoxa9 is not sufficient to induce acute myeloid leukemia

• Background: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) carrying nucleophosmin 1 (NPM1) mutations (NPMc(+)) is regarded as a separate entity of myeloid neoplasms due to its distinct biological and clinical features. However, NPMc(+) alone displays low leukemogenic activity and cooperating events appear crucial for AML to develop. Dysregulation of homeobox genes, such as HOXA9 and MEIS1, is a common transcriptional signature of NPMc(+) AML. Furthermore, the pathogenic role for NPMc(+) in AML remains incompletely understood. Aim: To elucidate if NPMc(+) collaborates with Meis1 or Hoxa9 in the evolvement of AML. Methods: Murine bone marrow cells were genetically engineered to express mutated NPM1 variant A in combination with overexpression of Meis1 or Hoxa9. The capacity of the transduced cells to transform in vitro and to cause leukemia in vivo was then assessed. Findings and conclusion: There was no synergy between NPMc(+) and Meis1 or Hoxa9 in causing leukemogenic transformation of murine bone marrow cells, or in inducing AML in a transplantation model. Hence, overexpression of Meis1 or Hoxa9 in combination with NPMc(+) expression was not sufficient to generate an NPMc(+) AML mouse model.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Hematologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Hematology (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Cell- och molekylärbiologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Basic Medicine -- Cell and Molecular Biology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Acute myeloid leukemia

NPM1

Meis1

Hoxa9

NUCLEOPHOSMIN NPMC(+) AML

GENE-EXPRESSION PROFILE

CYTOPLASMIC

NUCLEOPHOSMIN

MUTANT NUCLEOPHOSMIN

MUTATIONS

DISTINCT

HOXA9/MEIS1

PROGRESSION

PATHWAYS

MOUSE

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