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- Title
Abnormal WT1 expression in the CD34-negative compartment in myelodysplastic bone marrow.
- Authors
van Dijk, Jeroen P.; Knops, Gertrudis H. J. N.; van de Locht, Louis T. F.; Menke, Aswin L.; Jansen, Joop H.; Mensink, Ewald J. B. M.; Raymakers, Reinier A. P.; de Witte, Theo
- Abstract
Summary. In normal bone marrow, WT1 expression is restricted to CD34+ cells. We assessed WT1 mRNA expression levels with quantitative, real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in normal, myelodysplastic (MDS) and secondary acute myeloid leukaemia (sAML) bone marrow subfractions, based on differentiation status. The highest WT1 expression was observed in the primitive CD34+ rhodamine-123 (rho) dull cells, both in healthy donors and MDS or sAML patients. In contrast to normal CD34-negative bone marrow cells, WT1 was present in CD34-negative bone marrow cells in 12 out of 13 MDS patients and two sAML samples. Further analysis of this aberrant WT1 expression was performed in the CD34-negative subfractions of three MDS patients. In one of these, WT1 expression was found exclusively in the erythroid cells. This patient was completely transfusion dependent and showed morphological dyserythropoiesis. In another MDS patient, WT1 expression was found in a non-erythroid compartment. We conclude that abnormal WT1 expression may contribute to the disturbed differentiation of haematopoietic cells in MDS patients.
- Subjects
MESSENGER RNA; GENE expression
- Publication
British Journal of Haematology, 2002, Vol 118, Issue 4, p1027
- ISSN
0007-1048
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03728.x