Characterization of disease-propagating stem cells responsible for myeloproliferative neoplasm–blast phase

Xiaoli Wang, Raajit K. Rampal, Cing Siang Hu, Joseph Tripodi, Noushin Farnoud, Bruce Petersen, Michael R. Rossi, Minal Patel, Erin McGovern, Vesna Najfeld, Camelia Iancu-Rubin, Min Lu, Andrew Davis, Marina Kremyanskaya, Rona Singer Weinberg, John Mascarenhas, Ronald Hoffman

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Abstract

Chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) frequently evolve to a blast phase (BP) that is almost uniformly resistant to induction chemotherapy or hypomethylating agents. We explored the functional properties, genomic architecture, and cell of origin of MPN-BP initiating cells (IC) using a serial NSG mouse xenograft transplantation model. Transplantation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (MNC) from 7 of 18 patients resulted in a high degree of leukemic cell chimerism and recreated clinical characteristics of human MPN-BP. The function of MPN-BP ICs was not dependent on the presence of JAK2V617F, a driver mutation associated with the initial underlying MPN. By contrast, multiple MPN-BP IC subclones coexisted within MPN-BP MNCs characterized by different myeloid malignancy gene mutations and cytogenetic abnormalities. MPN-BP ICs in 4 patients exhibited extensive proliferative and self-renewal capacity, as demonstrated by their ability to recapitulate human MPN-BP in serial recipients. These MPN-BP IC subclones underwent extensive continuous clonal competition within individual xenografts and across multiple generations, and their subclonal dynamics were consistent with functional evolution of MPN-BP IC. Finally, we show that MPN-BP ICs originate from not only phenotypically identified hematopoietic stem cells, but also lymphoid-myeloid progenitor cells, which were each characterized by differences in MPN-BP initiating activity and self-renewal capacity.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere156534
JournalJCI insight
Volume7
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Apr 2022

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