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CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 66, Issue 14, Pages 7158-7166Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-0085
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Despite very similar gene expression profiles, the clinical course of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) is heterogeneous. Immunoglobulin VH (IgVH) mutational status and expression of B-cell receptor (BCR) signaling mediators have been associated with disease progression. However, the consequences of BCR engagement on cell survival and evolution of the disease remain unclear. We show here that B-CLL cell survival is dependent on the threshold of BCR stimulation induced by immobilized antibody, in contrast to soluble anti-mu F(ab)'2 antibody, which leads to apoptosis. Measurement of metabolic activity and apoptotic response discriminated two subgroups. Nonresponders showed low metabolic activity and unmodified apoptotic response upon BCR stimulation. In contrast, responders exhibited increased metabolic activity and inhibition of spontaneous apoptosis. This survival advantage was associated to a BCR-dependent activation profile leading to induction of cyclin D2/cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (cdk4) expression and G(1) cell cycle progression. The ability to respond to BCR ligation correlated with an unfavorable clinical course and allowed to define an additional group of patients among IgVH-mutated cases exhibiting a risk of progression. Remarkably, we show that Zap70 expression was neither mandatory nor sufficient to generate downstream survival signals and cyclin D2/cdk4 up-regulation. In conclusion, BCR engagement has a significant effect on B-CLL cell survival, activation, and G, progression. Furthermore, our results provide new insights in the physiopathology of progressive IgVH-mutated cases.
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