Hoxa9 / meis1 -transgenic zebrafish develops acute myeloid leukaemia-like disease with rapid onset and high penetrance

and are co-expressed in over 50% of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and play essential roles in leukaemogenesis, but the mechanisms involved are poorly understood. Diverse animal models offer valuable tools to recapitulate different aspects of AML and link studies to clinical trials. We generated a do...

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Veröffentlicht in:Open biology 2022-10, Vol.12 (10), p.220172
Hauptverfasser: Wang, Wei, Li, Hongji, Huang, Mengling, Wang, Xue, Li, Wei, Qian, Xiaoqing, Jing, Lili
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Zusammenfassung:and are co-expressed in over 50% of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and play essential roles in leukaemogenesis, but the mechanisms involved are poorly understood. Diverse animal models offer valuable tools to recapitulate different aspects of AML and link studies to clinical trials. We generated a double transgenic zebrafish that enables overexpression in blood cells under the draculin ( ) regulatory element and an inducible expression of through a heat shock promoter. After induction, Tg( : ; : ) embryos developed a preleukaemic state with reduced myeloid and erythroid differentiation coupled with the poor production of haematopoietic stem cells and myeloid progenitors. Importantly, most adult Tg( : ; : ) fish at 3 months old showed abundant accumulations of immature myeloid precursors, interrupted differentiation and anaemia in the kidney marrow, and infiltration of myeloid precursors in peripheral blood, resembling human AML. Genome-wide transcriptional analysis also confirmed AML transformation by the transgene. Moreover, the dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) inhibitor that reduces leukaemogenesis in mammals effectively restored haematopoiesis in Tg( : ; : ) embryos and improved their late survival. Thus, Tg( : ; : ) zebrafish is a rapid-onset high-penetrance AML-like disease model, which provides a novel tool to harness the unique advantages of zebrafish for mechanistic studies and drug screening against / overexpressed high-risk AML.
ISSN:2046-2441
2046-2441
DOI:10.1098/rsob.220172