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HAEMATOLOGICA-THE HEMATOLOGY JOURNAL
Volume 95, Issue 3, Pages 398-405Publisher
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DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2009.012773
Keywords
myelodysplastic syndrome; 5q-syndrome; erythroid differentiation; enucleation
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- Association Combattre La Leucemie (CLL)
- Etablissement Francais du Sang (EFS)
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Background Anemia is a characteristic of myelodysplastic syndromes, such as the rare 5q- syndrome, but its mechanism remains unclear. In particular, data are lacking on the terminal phase of differentiation of erythroid cells (enucleation) in myelodysplastic syndromes. Design and Methods We used a previously published culture model to generate mature red blood cells in vitro from human hematopoietic progenitor cells in order to study the pathophysiology of the 5q- syndrome. Our model enables analysis of cell proliferation and differentiation at a single cell level and determination of the enucleation capacity of erythroid precursors. Results The erythroid commitment of 5q(del) clones was not altered and their terminal differentiation capacity was preserved since they achieved final erythroid maturation (enucleation stage). The drop in red blood cell production was secondary to the decrease in the erythroid progenitor cell pool and to impaired proliferative capacity. RPS14 gene haploinsufficiency was related to defective erythroid proliferation but not to differentiation capacity. Conclusions The 5q- syndrome should be considered a quantitative rather than qualitative bone marrow defect. This observation might open the way to new therapeutic concepts.
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