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LEUKEMIA
卷 20, 期 11, 页码 1937-1942出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404385
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apoptosis; programmed cell death; megakaryocytes; platelets; ITP; MDS
Platelet production requires compartmentalized caspase activation within megakaryocytes. This eventually results in platelet release in conjunction with apoptosis of the remaining megakaryocyte. Recent studies have indicated that in low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), premature cell death of megakaryocytes may contribute to thrombocytopenia. Different cell death patterns have been identified in megakaryocytes in these disorders. Growing evidence suggests that, besides apoptosis, necrosis and autophagic cell death, may also be programmed. Therefore, programmed cell death (PCD) can be classified in apoptosis, a caspase-dependent process, apoptosis-like, autophagic and necrosis-like PCD, which are predominantly caspase-independent processes. In MDS, megakaryocytes show features of necrosis-like PCD, whereas ITP megakaryocytes demonstrate predominantly characteristics of apoptosis-like PCD ( para-apoptosis). Triggers for these death pathways are largely unknown. In MDS, the interaction of Fas/Fas-ligand might be of importance, whereas in ITP antiplatelet autoantibodies recognizing common antigens on megakaryocytes and platelets might be involved. These findings illustrate that cellular death pathways in megakaryocytes are recruited in both physiological and pathological settings, and that different forms of cell death can occur in the same cell depending on the stimulus and the cellular context. Elucidation of the underlying mechanisms might lead to novel therapeutic interventions.
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