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GPR56 identifies primary human acute myeloid leukemia cells with high repopulating potential in vivo.

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a genetically heterogeneous hematologic malignancy, which is initiated and driven by a rare fraction of leukemia stem cells (LSCs). Despite the difficulties of identifying a common LSC phenotype, there is increasing evidence that high expression of stem cell gene signatures is associated with poor clinical outcome. Identification of functionally distinct subpopulations in this disease is therefore crucial to dissecting the molecular machinery underlying LSC self-renewal. Here, we combined next-generation sequencing technology with in vivo assessment of LSC frequencies and identified the adhesion G protein-coupled receptor 56 (GPR56) as a novel and stable marker for human LSCs for the majority of AML samples. High GPR56 expression was significantly associated with high-risk genetic subgroups and poor outcome. Analysis of GPR56 in combination with CD34 expression revealed engraftment potential of GPR56(+)cells in both the CD34(-)and CD34(+)fractions, thus defining a novel LSC compartment independent of the CD34(+)CD38(-)LSC phenotype.

Date de publication
21 avril 2016
Chercheur(euse)s
Pabst C, Bergeron A, Lavallée VP, Yeh J, Gendron P, Norddahl GL, Krosl J, Boivin I, Deneault E, Simard J, Imren S, Boucher G, Eppert K, Herold T, Bohlander SK, Humphries K, Lemieux S, Hébert J, Sauvageau G, Barabé F
Référence PubMed
Blood 2016;127(16):2018-27
ID PubMed
26834243
Affiliation
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Stem Cells, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Internal Medicine IV, Hematology and Oncology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany;