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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Stem cell factor and chronic myeloid leukemia CD34+ cells |
Author: | Moore, S. McDiarmid, L. Hughes, T. |
Citation: | Leukemia and Lymphoma, 2000; 38(3-4):211-220 |
Publisher: | Harwood Acad Publ GMBH |
Issue Date: | 2000 |
ISSN: | 1042-8194 1029-2403 |
Abstract: | Normal hematopoiesis is a tightly regulated process involving a balance between signals that stimulate and those that inhibit the proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic progenitors. In chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) there is a perturbation of these controlling elements, resulting in overgrowth of leukemic cells in the bone marrow and spleen. In part, the proliferation of CML CD34+ cells may result from an abnormal response to the cytokine Stem Cell Factor (SCF). SCF induced proliferation and adhesion to the extracellular matrix via fibronectin are not coupled in CML as they are in normal cells and this may contribute to the accumulation of leukemic progenitors. We have previously shown that CD34+ CML cells and the more primitive CD34+ CD38- CML cells do not require the addition of synergistic cytokines to cultures, but are capable of proliferation in SCF alone, and that leukemic CFU-GM are selectively supported in these cultures. In the presence of other cytokines the response of CML cells to SCF is no greater than that of cells from normal donors, suggesting that the leukemic cells are not more sensitive to SCF, but that accessory pathways are already activated in these cells. Cells from patients with myeloproliferative disorders show variable proliferative response to SCF as the sole mitogenic stimulus, suggesting that expression of bcr-abl is essential for proliferation in this cytokine. Further studies to identify the key determinants of the abnormal response to SCF in CML may lead to a better understanding of the proliferative abnormality that underlies CML. |
Keywords: | Hematopoietic Stem Cells Tumor Cells, Cultured Extracellular Matrix Humans Fibronectins Neoplasm Proteins Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl Recombinant Fusion Proteins Stem Cell Factor Ligands Transfection Cell Adhesion Autocrine Communication Cell Division Apoptosis Protein Processing, Post-Translational Phosphorylation Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit Neoplastic Stem Cells Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive |
DOI: | 10.3109/10428190009087013 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10428190009087013 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Ecology, Evolution and Landscape Science publications |
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