Journal
BIOMOLECULES
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biom12020234
Keywords
myelofibrosis; GATA1; proinflammatory cytokines; TGF-beta 1; interleukin 8; megakaryocytes; local microinflammatory states; systemic microinflammatory states
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- National Cancer Institute [P01-CA108671]
- Heart, Lung and Blood Institute [1R01-HL134684]
- Associazione Italiana Ricerca Cancro [AIRC IG23525]
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Inflammatory cytokine levels in bone marrow, rather than blood levels, are closely related to myelofibrosis in Gata1(low) mice, possibly through reshaping the HSC niche.
Serum levels of inflammatory cytokines are currently investigated as prognosis markers in myelofibrosis, the most severe Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasm. We tested this hypothesis in the Gata1(low) model of myelofibrosis. Gata1(low) mice, and age-matched wild-type littermates, were analyzed before and after disease onset. We assessed cytokine serum levels by Luminex-bead-assay and ELISA, frequency and cytokine content of stromal cells by flow cytometry, and immunohistochemistry and bone marrow (BM) localization of GFP-tagged hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) by confocal microscopy. Differences in serum levels of 32 inflammatory-cytokines between prefibrotic and fibrotic Gata1(low) mice and their wild-type littermates were modest. However, BM from fibrotic Gata1(low) mice contained higher levels of lipocalin-2, CXCL1, and TGF-beta 1 than wild-type BM. Although frequencies of endothelial cells, mesenchymal cells, osteoblasts, and megakaryocytes were higher than normal in Gata1(low) BM, the cells which expressed these cytokines the most were malignant megakaryocytes. This increased bioavailability of proinflammatory cytokines was associated with altered HSC localization: Gata1(low) HSC were localized in the femur diaphysis in areas surrounded by microvessels, neo-bones, and megakaryocytes, while wild-type HSC were localized in the femur epiphysis around adipocytes. In conclusion, bioavailability of inflammatory cytokines in BM, rather than blood levels, possibly by reshaping the HSC niche, correlates with myelofibrosis in Gata1(low) mice.
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