Flt3-ITD mutations in a mouse model

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LETTERTOTHEEDITORFlt3-ITDmutationsinamousemodelofradiation-induced

acutemyeloidleukaemia

Leukemiaadvanceonlinepublication,6January2012;doi:10.1038/leu.2011.377Acutemyeloidleukaemia(AML)isoneofthemostcommonmalignanciesseentooccurinhumanpopulationsexposedtoionisingradiation.1Mousemodelshavebeenwidelyusedforquantitativeandmechanisticstudiesofradiationleukaemogen-esis;further,thereisasimilarityinthehistopathologicalchangesfoundinhumanAMLandmouseAML.Themajorityofmouseradiation-inducedAMLs(rAMLs)carrydeletionsofchromosome2,andtheSfpi1/PU.1haematopoietictranscriptionfactorislocatedwithinthecommonlydeletedchromosome2region.2InmostrAMLsandrAMLcelllines(70%),Sfpi1/PU.1suffershemizygouslossaccompaniedbypointmutationsintheregionencodingtheETSDNA-bindingdomain,leadingtobasesubstitutionsattheR235residueoftheprotein.2-4Sfpi1/PU.1mutationshavebeenidentifiedinhumanAML,butthesearerare;incontrast,themostcommonmutationsinhumanAMLinvolvetheFlt3receptortyrosinekinase.Mostofthesemutationsareinternaltandemduplication(Flt3-ITD)of3--400bp5thatresultinligand-dependentdimerisationandreceptorphosphorylation.ThepresenceofaFlt3-ITDappearstoconferamoreseverephenotypeandapoorprognosisforAMLsufferers.Themajorityoftheremainingnon-ITDmutationsinFlt3occurinthesecondtyrosinekinasedomain,beingmostlypointmutationswithincodon835orthedeletionof836.6Inthisstudy,forthefirsttime,weidentifyFlt3mutationsinamurinemodelofrAML,providingadirectmechanisticlinkbetweenthemouseandhumanAML.Inall,30mouserAMLcaseswerescreenedforFlt3-ITDusingPCR,20onanF1CBA/HxC57BL/Liabackgroundand10onaninbredCBA/Hbackground.AllbutnineoftheCBA/HandrAMLshavebeendescribedpreviously,2,4thenewAMLsamplesweregeneratedfrommiceirradiatedwith3GyX-raysatMRCHarwell,Oxfordshire,UK.AnimalswerebredandmaintainedinaccordancewiththeUKAnimals(ScientificProcedures)Act1986.ForeachAML,DNAwasextractedfromleukaemicspleentissueusingaMagNApurecompactinstrument(RocheDiagnosticsGmbH,Mannheim,Germany).Flt3-ITDmutationsweredetectedusingPCRwithprimersdesignedtoamplifytheregioncoveringexons14and15,syntenictotheregioncontainingITDinhumanFLT3(F:50-GCAATTTAGGTACGAGAGTCAGC-30,R:50-CTTTTAGCATCTTCACCGCCACC-30;Sigma-Aldrich,Poole,UK).ThepresenceofFlt3-ITDwasindicatedbyanincreaseinampliconsizeandthenconfirmedbysequencing.Figure1aprovidesarepresentativeexampleof

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Flt3-ITD:del2:nt 703:_333bpgagtacttctacgttgacttcaggaactatgaatatgaccttaagtgggagttcccgagagagaacttagagttt.....gccacggcctatggcattagtaaaacgggagtctcaattcaggtggcggtgaagatgctaaaagaEYFYVDFRDYEYDLKWEFPRENLEFGKVLGSGAFGVMNATAYGISKYGVSIQVAVKMLKAMLB, nt 2022acttctacgttgacttcagggactatg

acttctacgttgacttcaggaactatgaatatgaccAMLC, nt 2031

gtgaagatgctaaaagaaAML A, nt 2267AML B aa.598DFYVDFKDY

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Figure1.(a)RepresentativeFlt3-ITDPCRanalysisofapanelofmurinerAMLsrunona2%agarosegel.Thenormalampliconsizeis333bp.PresenceofFlt3-ITDisindicatedbyanadditionallargerbandonthegel.Thegelisloadedasindicatedabovetheimage.‘CBA’and‘C57’refertonormalspleenDNAfromCBA/HandC57BL/Lia,respectively;‘Brain’referstobraintissuefromtheanimalinwhichAMLAdevelopedandrepresentsanormaltissuecontrol;andAMLsA--FrefertoindependentAMLsamples.ThegeneticalterationsidentifiedintheAMLsaresummarisedbeloweachsample(Flt3-ITD:þ,presenceandÀ,absence;del2:þ,presenceandÀ,absence;nucleotide703baseatnucleotide703ofSfpi1/PU.1.CiswildtypeandTismutant(theTalleleleadingtoarginine235beingconvertedtocysteineinSfpi1/PU.1protein).(b)CBAFlt3Exon14and15sequenceillustratingthethreeinsertionsitesandsequenceofFlt3ITDinAMLsA--C.ITDlengthsforeachare18,27and36bp,respectively.(c)PredictedFlt3protein

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ofAMLsA--Cshowinginsertedaminoacids.Leukemia(2012)1-2&2012MacmillanPublishersLimitedAllrightsreserved0887-6924/12www.nature.com/leuanalysisofevents(Flt3-ITD)inmouserAML.Flt3-ITDs,ranginginsizefromapproximately10to30bp,wereidentifiedinthreecases.Ofthese,twoAMLswereheterozygousforthemutationandonehomozygous.DNAsequencingofPCRproductsconfirmedthepresenceofITDsinthesethreeAMLs:A,BandCof18,27and36bpinlength,respectively,atindependentinsertionsites(Figure1b).TheseITDswerepredictedbyBLASTtoleadto6--12novelaminoacidsbeinginsertedinframe(Figure1c).ThemajorityofrAMLsinthisstudy(23/30,77%)carrychromosome2deletionsasidentifiedbyloss-of-heterozygosityorinsituhybridisationmethods.2,7Ofthese,most(19/23,82%)carrySfpi1/PU.1mutationsaffectingR235(Table1).However,allFlt3-ITDoccurredinrAMLsinwhichnoSfpi1/PU.1involvementwasidentified,eitheraschromosome2deletionsorasSfpi1/PU.1exon5mutations.OutofsevenrAMLswithoutSfpi1/PU.1alterations,threehavepresentedwithFlt3-ITDs(B43%).TocheckforthepresenceofsmallFlt3-ITDmutationsinthoseAMLsthatwereassessedasnegativefortheITDmutationsusingPCRandgel-basedassays,Flt3exon14/15PCRproductsfromasampleof11AMLs(9fromCBA/Hanimalsand2fromCBAxC57BL/6Liaanimals;8withchromosome2deletionsand3withoutchromo-some2deletions)weresequenced.Noneofthesewasfoundtohaveanyexon14/15Flt3DNAsequencealterations.Therefore,noITDswerefoundinanyoftheserAMLswithchromosome2deletions(withorwithoutSfpi1/PU.1exon5mutations).StatisticalanalysisusingFisher’sexacttesttocompareFlt3-ITDandchromosome2deletionstatusindicatedthattheabsenceofAMLswithbothFlt3-ITDandchromosome2deletionswasstatisticallysignificant(P¼0.0086).ThesefindingssuggestthattheinvolvementofFlt3-ITDandSfpi1/PU.1ismutuallyexclusiveinthismodel.NophenotypicdifferencesbetweenAMLswiththeinvolvementofFlt3-ITDandSfpi1/PU.1havebeenobserved.ToruleoutthepossibilityofpointmutationswithinthesecondtyrosinekinasedomainofFlt3,wescreenedsamplesthatshowednoSfpi1/PU.1involvementusingPCRwithprimerscoveringexon20syntenictothemutatedregioninhumanAML(F:50-AGAAGAGGCTGGCAGAAGAA-30,R:50-CCGTAGGACCAGACGTCACT-30).Fragmentsweresequencedalongwithcorrespondingmatchedbrains(negativecontrols).NocasesofpointmutationswereidentifiedinanyoftherAMLs,indicatingthatFlt3-ITDistheonlyFlt3mutationpresentintheserAMLs.ThisstudyhasthereforeidentifiedFlt3-ITDmutationsinapproximately10%ofmouserAMLsforthefirsttime,butonlyincaseswithoutSfpi1/PU.1involvement.TheFlt3-ITDsareinthesizerangeidentifiedinhumans6andalthoughrareinoursamples,showgreaterparallelstohumanAML.Thethreeinsertionsarepredictedtoleadto6--12novelaminoacidsbeinginsertedinframeinFlt3withtwooftheseinsertionsinthetyrosine-richjuxtamembranedomain;theseITDsarethereforesimilartothoseseeninhumanAMLcases.8ThefindingsalsosuggestthatradiationcancauseFlt3-ITDmutationsdirectly.TherearethereforetwoidentifiedpathwaysleadingtorAMLinthemouse,themostcommoninvolvingloss/mutationofSfpi1/PU.1andtheotherinvolvingmutationofFlt3.FutureworkwillhelpestablishthemechanisticrelationshipbetweenthemouserAMLsandthehumandisease.TheFlt3-ITD-carryingAMLs,althoughrare,maybeofvalueinthepreclinicalevaluationofFLT3inhibitorsastherapeuticagentsformyeloidleukaemia.