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Blood, 15 April 2005, Vol. 105, No. 8, pp. 3117-3126.
Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on December 23, 2004; DOI 10.1182/blood-2004-04-1440.
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Flt3 ligand and the Flt3 receptor regulate hematopoietic cell migration by modulating the SDF-1 (CXCL12)/CXCR4 axis
Seiji Fukuda,
Hal E. Broxmeyer, and
Louis M. Pelus
From the Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Walther Oncology Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; and the Walther Cancer Institute, Indianapolis, IN.
Flt3 ligand (FL) enhances hematopoietic cell proliferation and facilitates hematopoietic stem cell mobilization in vivo, while the stromal-derived factor 1 (SDF-1 , CXC ligand 12 [CXCL12])/CXC receptor 4 (CXCR4) axis is critical for their homing and trafficking. We investigated if FL and its receptor, Flt3, functionally interact with CXCL12/CXCR4 to regulate hematopoietic cell migration. FL stimulated chemokinetic activity when used alone, but synergistically enhanced short-term migration of CD34+ cells, Ba/F3 cells expressing human Flt3 (Ba/F3-Flt3), and human RS4;11 acute leukemia cells, induced by CXCL12. Moreover, overexpression of constitutively activated internal tandem duplication (ITD)Flt3 mutants in Ba/F3 cells dramatically enhanced migration toward CXCL12. In Ba/F3-Flt3 cells, synergistic cell migration to FL plus CXCL12 was associated with enhanced phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase p42/p44 (MAPKp42/p44), cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element binding protein (CREB), and Akt, and was partially inhibited by pretreatment of cells with selective inhibitors for MAPKp42/p44, protein kinase A (PKA), or phosphatidylinositol 3kinase (PI3-kinase), implicating these pathways in migration to FL plus CXCL12. In contrast, prolonged exposure of CD34+ or Ba/F3-Flt3 cells to FL down-regulated CXCR4 expression, inhibited CXCL12-mediated phosphorylation of MAPKp42/p44, CREB, and Akt, and impaired migration toward CXCL12. These findings suggest that FL/Flt3 may facilitate hematopoietic cell migration/homing and mobilization by enhancing or inhibiting CXCL12/CXCR4 signaling pathways and that the FL/Flt3 axis participates in trafficking of normal and transformed hematopoietic cells.

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