Lineage-specific requirement of c-abl function in normal hematopoiesis |
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Authors: | D Caracciolo M Valtieri D Venturelli C Peschle A M Gewirtz B Calabretta |
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Institution: | Istituto di Medicina ed Oncologia Sperimentale, Sezione di Ematologia, Torino, Italy. |
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Abstract: | Structural abnormalities of the c-abl proto-oncogene are found in hematopoietic cells of more than 90 percent of individuals with chronic myelogenous leukemia. Therefore c-abl may be important in normal as well as malignant hematopoiesis. Normal human hematopoietic progenitor cells were exposed to three different c-abl sense or antisense oligodeoxynucleotides, and the effects on myeloid and erythroid colony formation were examined. The c-abl antisense oligodeoxynucleotides inhibited myeloid, but not erythroid, colony formation. The c-abl sense oligodeoxynucleotides and bcr sense and antisense oligodeoxynucleotides were not inhibitory in this assay. These data show that c-abl is critical in normal myelopoiesis and may explain the relatively selective expansion of leukocytes in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia. |
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