TY - JOUR AB - Functional differences between healthy progenitor and cancer initiating cells may provide unique opportunities for targeted therapy approaches. Hematopoietic stem cells are tightly controlled by a network of CDK inhibitors that govern proliferation and prevent stem cell exhaustion. Loss of Inca1 led to an increased number of short-term hematopoietic stem cells in older mice, but Inca1 seems largely dispensable for normal hematopoiesis. On the other hand, Inca1-deficiency enhanced cell cycling upon cytotoxic stress and accelerated bone marrow exhaustion. Moreover, AML1-ETO9a-induced proliferation was not sustained in Inca1-deficient cells in vivo. As a consequence, leukemia induction and leukemia maintenance were severely impaired in Inca1−/− bone marrow cells. The re-initiation of leukemia was also significantly inhibited in absence of Inca1−/− in MLL—AF9- and c-myc/BCL2-positive leukemia mouse models. These findings indicate distinct functional properties of Inca1 in normal hematopoietic cells compared to leukemia initiating cells. Such functional differences might be used to design specific therapy approaches in leukemia. AU - Bäumer, Nicole AU - Baumer, Nicole AU - Bäumer, Sebastian Andreas AU - Berkenfeld, Frank AU - Stehling, Martin AU - Köhler, Gabriele AU - Berdel, Wolfgang E. AU - Berdel, Wolfgang AU - Berdel, W. E. AU - Müller-Tidow, Carsten AU - Tschanter, Petra Margret DA - 2014-12-19 DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0115578 LA - eng N1 - PLoS ONE 9 (2014) 12, e115578, 1-21 N1 - Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2015/2016 der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU Münster). PY - 2014-12-19 SN - 1932-6203 TI - Maintenance of Leukemia-Initiating Cells Is Regulated by the CDK Inhibitor Inca1 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-19239487121 Y2 - 2024-11-23T12:31:02 ER -