Table 1.

Characteristics of murine leukemias initiated by PML-RARA or PML-RARA and cooperating mutations



Cooperating mutations
Parameter
None
BCL2
FLT3
IL3R
IL3
Leukemia, %   64   100   70   100   100  
Median latency, d   257   127   105   49   14-21  
Disease   AML   AML   AML   AML   AML* 
Leukocytosis   No   No   Yes   Yes   Yes  
Anemia   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes  
Thrombocytopenia   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes  
Disseminated disease   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes  
Transplantable   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   No  
ATRA response   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes  
SKY analysis       
    No. cases   11   8   7   9   6  
    Abnormal (%)   10 (91)   8 (100)   7 (100)   7 (78)   1 (17) 
Karyotype complexity   Intermediate   Complex   Simple   Simple   Normal  
Numeric abnormality (%)   10 (91)   8 (100)   7 (100)   7 (78)   0  
Structural Abnormality (%)   2 (18)   1 (13)   0   0   1 (17) 
Recurring abnormalities (%)       
    +4   1 (9)   7 (88)   0   0   0  
    +6   1 (9)   4 (50)   0   0   0  
    +7   1 (9)   7 (88)   0   0   0  
    +8   5 (45)   5 (63)   2 (29)   7 (78)   0  
    +10   3 (27)   6 (75)   3 (43)   1 (11)   0  
    +14   3 (27)   5 (63)   0   0   0  
    +15   7 (64)   8 (100)   3 (43)   2 (22)   0  
    +16   4 (36)   3 (38)   0   0   0  
    -X/-Y
 
6 (55)
 
6 (75)
 
6 (86)
 
4 (44)
 
0
 


Cooperating mutations
Parameter
None
BCL2
FLT3
IL3R
IL3
Leukemia, %   64   100   70   100   100  
Median latency, d   257   127   105   49   14-21  
Disease   AML   AML   AML   AML   AML* 
Leukocytosis   No   No   Yes   Yes   Yes  
Anemia   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes  
Thrombocytopenia   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes  
Disseminated disease   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes  
Transplantable   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   No  
ATRA response   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes  
SKY analysis       
    No. cases   11   8   7   9   6  
    Abnormal (%)   10 (91)   8 (100)   7 (100)   7 (78)   1 (17) 
Karyotype complexity   Intermediate   Complex   Simple   Simple   Normal  
Numeric abnormality (%)   10 (91)   8 (100)   7 (100)   7 (78)   0  
Structural Abnormality (%)   2 (18)   1 (13)   0   0   1 (17) 
Recurring abnormalities (%)       
    +4   1 (9)   7 (88)   0   0   0  
    +6   1 (9)   4 (50)   0   0   0  
    +7   1 (9)   7 (88)   0   0   0  
    +8   5 (45)   5 (63)   2 (29)   7 (78)   0  
    +10   3 (27)   6 (75)   3 (43)   1 (11)   0  
    +14   3 (27)   5 (63)   0   0   0  
    +15   7 (64)   8 (100)   3 (43)   2 (22)   0  
    +16   4 (36)   3 (38)   0   0   0  
    -X/-Y
 
6 (55)
 
6 (75)
 
6 (86)
 
4 (44)
 
0
 

ATRA indicates all-trans-retinoic acid

*

Diseased animals show pathologic features of AML

Robertsonian translocation (centric fusion) noted in 2 cells has no known phenotypic consequences

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