title: Differential NOD/SCID mouse engraftment of peripheral blood CD34+ cells and JAK2V617F clones from patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms.
abstract: We evaluated the NOD/SCID engraftment of CD34(+) cells from polycythemia vera (PV) and secondary polycythemia patients (SP) and the JAK2V617F clone before and after transplantation. Peripheral blood CD34(+) cells were transplanted intra-femorally. In the injected BM, successful engraftment (>0.1%) occurred in 8/26 mice transplanted with CD34+ cells from 5/13 PV patients (median: 4.26%, range: 0.3-5.56%), in contrast to 0/14 mice from 9 SP patients (P=0.017). The engrafting PV cells were of multi-lineage. JAK2V617F/total JAK2 ratios decreased after transplantation (initial: 65.9% versus 6-week: 13.0%, P=0.001). Essential thrombocythemia (ET) BM cells also exhibited a similar decrease in JAK2V617F clone. The results suggested that events in addition to JAK2V617F are involved in the pathogenesis of PV and ET.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Tsz-Kan
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Fung
authors.forename: Alice M S
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Yok-Lam
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Kwong
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Anskar Y H
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Leung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D053614:Janus Kinase 2 / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D016688:Mice, Inbred NOD; D016513:Mice, SCID; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D055728:Primary Myelofibrosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D013920:Thrombocythemia, Essential / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34; C507924:JAK2 protein, human; D053614:Janus Kinase 2