title: Coexpression of erythroid and megakaryocytic genes in acute erythroblastic (FAB M6) and megakaryoblastic (FAB M7) leukaemias.
abstract: There is evidence to suggest a close relationship between the erythroid and megakaryocytic lineages. Using RT-PCR, we evaluated the coexpression of erythroid and megakaryocytic genes in blasts from 25 acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) cases (FAB M1-M7) and three unclassifiable leukaemias with trilineage dysplasia (trilineal AML). All FAB M6 and M7 and trilineal leukaemias expressed mRNAs for alpha-globin, glycoprotein IIb (GpIIb), erythropoietin receptor (Epo-R) and thrombopoietin receptor (c-mpl), but not for myeloperoxidase (MPO) which in contrast was expressed in the other FAB-subtype leukaemias. These data support the hypothesis that blasts from M7 and M6 leukaemias may derive from (or represent) a common progenitor cell with resident bipotentiality towards the megakaryocytic and erythrocytic lineages.
authors.affiliation: Division of Haematology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Linari
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Vannucchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ciolli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leoni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caporale
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grossi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pagliai
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Santini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paoletti
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Ferrini
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D015672:Erythroid Precursor Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007947:Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine; D053628:Receptors, Thrombopoietin; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013926:Thrombopoietin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine; D053628:Receptors, Thrombopoietin; C082218:MPL protein, human; D013926:Thrombopoietin