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Mutant calreticulin knockin mice develop thrombocytosis and myelofibrosis without a stem cell self-renewal advantage.

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Authors

Li, Juan 
Prins, Daniel 
Park, Hyun Jung 
Grinfeld, Jacob 
Gonzalez-Arias, Carlos 

Abstract

Somatic mutations in the endoplasmic reticulum chaperone calreticulin (CALR) are detected in approximately 40% of patients with essential thrombocythemia (ET) and primary myelofibrosis (PMF). Multiple different mutations have been reported, but all result in a +1-bp frameshift and generate a novel protein C terminus. In this study, we generated a conditional mouse knockin model of the most common CALR mutation, a 52-bp deletion. The mutant novel human C-terminal sequence is integrated into the otherwise intact mouse CALR gene and results in mutant CALR expression under the control of the endogenous mouse locus. CALRdel/+ mice develop a transplantable ET-like disease with marked thrombocytosis, which is associated with increased and morphologically abnormal megakaryocytes and increased numbers of phenotypically defined hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Homozygous CALRdel/del mice developed extreme thrombocytosis accompanied by features of MF, including leukocytosis, reduced hematocrit, splenomegaly, and increased bone marrow reticulin. CALRdel/+ HSCs were more proliferative in vitro, but neither CALRdel/+ nor CALRdel/del displayed a competitive transplantation advantage in primary or secondary recipient mice. These results demonstrate the consequences of heterozygous and homozygous CALR mutations and provide a powerful model for dissecting the pathogenesis of CALR-mutant ET and PMF.

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Keywords

Animals, Calreticulin, Cell Self Renewal, Cells, Cultured, Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Homozygote, Leukocytosis, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Mutation, Missense, Primary Myelofibrosis, Splenomegaly, Thrombocythemia, Essential, Thrombocytosis

Journal Title

Blood

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Journal ISSN

0006-4971
1528-0020

Volume Title

131

Publisher

American Society of Hematology
Sponsorship
Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund (KKL952)
Medical Research Council (MC_PC_12009)
Cancer Research Uk (None)
Cancer Research Uk (None)
Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research (13003)
Cancer Research UK (21762)
British Heart Foundation (None)
Bloodwise (15008)
European Research Council (715371)