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 Blood, 1 May 2005, Vol. 105, No. 9, pp. 3480-3487.
Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on January 21, 2005; DOI 10.1182/blood-2004-12-4806.

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Anomalous megakaryocytopoiesis in mice with mutations in the c-Myb gene

Donald Metcalf, Marina R. Carpinelli, Craig Hyland, Sandra Mifsud, Ladina DiRago, Nicos A. Nicola, Douglas J. Hilton, and Warren S. Alexander

From the Division of Cancer and Hematology, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Australia.

Mpl-/- mice bearing the Plt3 or Plt4 mutations in the c-Myb gene exhibit thrombopoietin (TPO)–independent supraphysiological platelet production accompanied by excessive megakaryocytopoiesis and defective erythroid and lymphoid cell production. To better define the cellular basis for the thrombocytosis in these mice, we analyzed the production and characteristics of megakaryocytes and their progenitors. Consistent with thrombocytosis arising from hyperactive production, the high platelet counts in mice carrying the c-MybPlt4 allele were not accompanied by any significant alteration in platelet half-life. Megakaryocytes in c-Myb mutant mice displayed reduced modal DNA ploidy and, among the excessive numbers of megakaryocyte progenitor cells, more mature precursors were particularly evident. Megakaryocyte progenitor cells carrying the Plt3 or Plt4 c-Myb mutations, but not granulocyte-macrophage progenitors, exhibited 200-fold enhanced responsiveness to granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), suggesting that altered responses to cytokines may contribute to expanded megakaryocytopoiesis. Mutant preprogenitor (blast colony-forming) cells appeared to have little capacity to form megakaryocyte progenitor cells. In contrast, the spleens of irradiated mice 12 days after transplantation with mutant bone marrow contained abundant megakaryocyte progenitor cells, suggesting that altered c-Myb activity skews differentiation commitment in spleen colony-forming units (CFU-S) in favor of excess megakaryocytopoiesis.


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