Nature Communications (May 2018)

De novo activating mutations drive clonal evolution and enhance clonal fitness in KMT2A-rearranged leukemia

  • Axel Hyrenius-Wittsten,
  • Mattias Pilheden,
  • Helena Sturesson,
  • Jenny Hansson,
  • Michael P. Walsh,
  • Guangchun Song,
  • Julhash U. Kazi,
  • Jian Liu,
  • Ramprasad Ramakrishan,
  • Cristian Garcia-Ruiz,
  • Stephanie Nance,
  • Pankaj Gupta,
  • Jinghui Zhang,
  • Lars Rönnstrand,
  • Anne Hultquist,
  • James R. Downing,
  • Karin Lindkvist-Petersson,
  • Kajsa Paulsson,
  • Marcus Järås,
  • Tanja A. Gruber,
  • Jing Ma,
  • Anna K. Hagström-Andersson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04180-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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In acute leukemia with KMT2A rearrangements (KMT2A-R), activating signaling mutations are common. Here, the authors use a retroviral acute myeloid mouse leukemia model to show that subclonal de novo activating mutations drive clonal evolution in acute leukemia with KMT2A-R and enhance clonal fitness.