Nf1 and Gmcsf interact in myeloid leukemogenesis
Nf1 and Gmcsf interact in myeloid leukemogenesis
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DOI:
10.1016/s1097-2765(00)80415-3
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发表时间:
2000-01-01
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16
通讯作者:
Shannon, KM
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作者:
Birnbaum, RA;O'Marcaigh, A;Shannon, KM
The NF1 tumor suppressor gene encodes neurofibromin, a GTPase-activating protein (GAP) for p21(ras) (Ras). Children with NF1 are predisposed to juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML). Some heterozygous Nf1 mutant mice develop a similar myeloproliferative disorder (MPD), and adoptive transfer of Nf1-deficient fetal liver cells consistently induces this MPD. Human JMML and murine Nf1-deficient cells are hypersensitive to granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in methylcellulose cultures. We generated hematopoietic cells deficient in both Nf1 and Gmcsf to test whether GM-CSF is required to drive excessive proliferation of Nf1(-/-) cells in vivo. Here we show that GM-CSF plays a central role in establishing and maintaining the MPD and that recipients engrafted with Nf1(-/-) Gmcsf(-/-) hematopoietic cells are hypersensitive to exogenous GM-CSF.