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N-Ras(G12D) induces features of stepwise transformation in preleukemic human umbilical cord blood cultures expressing the AML1-ETO fusion gene.


ABSTRACT: AML1-ETO (AE) is a fusion product of t(8;21) observed in 40% French-American-British M2 type of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Clinical data suggest that Ras mutation is a frequent cooperating event in t(8;21) AML. Whether constitutively active Ras promotes leukemogenesis on the t(8;21) background has not been demonstrated experimentally. Here, we retrovirally expressed N-Ras(G12D) in AE-expressing human hematopoietic cells to investigate cooperativity. The AE/N-Ras(G12D) cultures were cytokine-independent, enriched for CD34 positivity, and possessed increased colony-forming and replating abilities. N-Ras(G12D) expression led to Bcl-2 up-regulation and reduced apoptosis. Ectopic Bcl-2 expression also resulted in enhanced colony-forming and replating abilities but was insufficient to sustain cytokine independence. AE/N-Ras(G12D) cells were more sensitive to Bcl-2 inhibition with ABT-737 than parent AE cells. Enhanced engraftment of AE/N-Ras(G12D) cells was observed on intrafemoral injection into immunodeficient mice, presumably because of improved survival in the bone marrow microenvironment. N-Ras(G12D) promotes progression toward transformation in AE-expressing cells, partially through up-regulating Bcl-2.

SUBMITTER: Chou FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3062331 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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N-Ras(G12D) induces features of stepwise transformation in preleukemic human umbilical cord blood cultures expressing the AML1-ETO fusion gene.

Chou Fu-Sheng FS   Wunderlich Mark M   Griesinger Andrea A   Mulloy James C JC  

Blood 20110103 7


AML1-ETO (AE) is a fusion product of t(8;21) observed in 40% French-American-British M2 type of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Clinical data suggest that Ras mutation is a frequent cooperating event in t(8;21) AML. Whether constitutively active Ras promotes leukemogenesis on the t(8;21) background has not been demonstrated experimentally. Here, we retrovirally expressed N-Ras(G12D) in AE-expressing human hematopoietic cells to investigate cooperativity. The AE/N-Ras(G12D) cultures were cytokine-i  ...[more]

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