Target cell of leukemic transformation in acute megakaryoblastic leukemia
Tadashi KoikeM UrushiyamaMiwako NaritaHiroshi SaitohFumihiro IshidaShinsaku ImashukuYoshihito MoriokaJ UtsumiToshie IshizukaToshihisa TsurutaYutaka TakeuchiM KashimuraAkira Shibata
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Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMkL) is a newly defined acute leukemia in which the differentiation of proliferating blasts is arrested at the megakaryocytic precursor stage. In order to clarify whether a target cell of leukemic transformation in AMkL is a cell committed to megakaryocytic lineage, or a multipotential stem cell, we examined AMkL patients with regard to: a) the presence of myelodyplastic features in residual erythroid and granulocytic cells, b) coexistence of myeloperoxidase (MPO)-positive blasts with megakaryoblasts, and c) the presence of the same chromosomal abnormality in erythroid and granuloid colony-forming cells as seen in megakaryoblasts. Regarding the former two items, results were compared with those from megakaryoblastic crisis of chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML-MkBC) and transient myeloproliferative disorder in Down syndrome (DS-TMD), which are thought to be multipotential stem cell disorders. Among 18 patients with AMkL, three, all complicating myelofibrosis, had marked myelodysplastic changes of erythroid series and/or granulocytic series. In 4 out of 7 patients with CML-MkBC, 5 out of 8 patients with DS-TMD, and 7 out of 18 patients with AMkL, MPO-positive blasts, even though rare, were observed in addition to PPO-positive blasts. All except one of these patients with AMkL also showed complicating myelofibrosis. In one case of AMkL with myelofibrosis, chromosomal analysis of cultured cells of individual colonies revealed that all the analysable metaphases from both CFU-GM and BFU-E had the same chromosomal abnormality as megakaryoblasts. This study has clarified that a considerable proportion of AMkL cases, particularly those with complicating myelofibrosis or showing acute myelofibrosis, arise against the background of a multipotential stem cell disorder, even if blasts are exclusively megakaryocytic in phenotype.Keywords:
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Background. Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL) has two peaks in distribution of incidence (in adults and children 1 to 2 years of age) and is frequently seen in children with Down syndrome. The current study was undertaken to disclose whether there were any differences between these groups. Methods. Electron microscopic and ultrastructural cytochemical features of 49 children and adults with a AMKL or chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in megakaryoblastic crisis were compared. Results. Blast cells from children with AMKL, including those with and without Down syndrome, had immature features lacking typical alpha granules and a demarcation membrane system (DMS). However, blast cells from patients with AMKL with Down syndrome had more theta, electron-lucent, and basophil-like granules, suggesting that the blast cells had more potential to differentiate into other cell lines than megakaryocytes. The AMKL blast cells of adult patients showed a higher percentage of platelet peroxidase (PPO) positivity than other subgroups, and they occasionally contained typical alpha granules and DMS. This indicated that the blast cells of adults with AMKL were more mature than those of children and CML in megakaryoblastic crisis. Conclusions. By electron microscopic analysis, leu-kemic megakaryoblasts differed between children with AMKL with and without Down syndrome, adults with AMKL, and patients with CML in megakaryoblastic crisis. Cancer 1992; 70:451–458.
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Children with Down syndrome (DS) have a marked increase in susceptibility to Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukaemia (DS-AMKL) and the closely linked neonatal preleukaemic syndrome, Transient Myeloproliferative Disorder (DS-TMD). The distinct stages of DS-TMD and DS-AMKL provide an excellent tractable model to study leukaemogenesis. This review focuses on recent studies describing clinical, haematological and biological features of DS-AMKL and DS-TMD. The findings from these studies suggest that mutations in the key haemopoietic regulator GATA1 (GATA binding protein 1) in DS-AMKL and DS-TMD may be useful in diagnosis and assessing minimal residual disease. These findings raise the possibility of population-based screening strategies for DS-TMD and the development of treatment to eliminate the preleukaemic TMD clone to prevent DS-AMKL. Advances in our understanding of perturbed haemopoiesis in DS, the role of GATA1 and of cooperating mutations are also discussed. These findings have implications for leukaemia biology more broadly given the frequency of acquired trisomy in other human leukaemias.
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Children with Down syndrome (DS) have a 10- to 20-fold increased risk of developing acute leukemia. An estimated 10% of newborns with DS develop Transient Myeloproliferative Disease (TMD) or Transient Leukemia (TL), a clonal accumulation of megakaryoblasts that resolves spontaneously within months. Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL) develops in approximately 20% of cases of TMD/TL by 4 years of age. Both the blasts of AMKL and TMD/TL in DS harbor somatic mutations of GATA1, an essential transcriptional regulator of megakaryocytic differentiation. The distinct phenotypes of megakaryoblastic leukemia in DS are a unique biological model of the incremental process of leukemic transformation. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2007;49:1066–1069. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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Abstract Transient myeloproliferative disorder (TMD) and subsequent acute myeloid leukemia (AML) occur with increased frequency in infants and children with Down syndrome. TMD can also occur in phenotypically normal newborns. We describe the second case of a non‐Down syndrome child with TMD who subsequently developed AML. Trisomy 21 karyotype was restricted to hematopoietic cells in the blood and bone marrow. No other karyotypic abnormalities were found. Leukemic blasts showed megakaryoblastic features with immunophenotyping. This case shows that TMD in a child without Down syndrome may not be entirely benign. Close follow‐up is warranted. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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