Nat Commun: The biological and therapeutic significance of the unique subtype of acute myeloid leukemia with NPM1 mutation

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a genetic and biologically heterogeneous disease characterized by impaired clonal expansion and differentiation of mutant hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells.
The molecular heterogeneity between patients poses a major challenge to the prognosis and treatment of AML.

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a genetic and biologically heterogeneous disease characterized by impaired clonal expansion and differentiation of mutant hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells.
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a genetic and biologically heterogeneous disease characterized by impaired clonal expansion and differentiation of mutant hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells.
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In the revised World Health Organization (WHO) classification of myeloid leukemia, NPM1 mutation is one of the unique genetic entities of leukemia, and it plays a vital role in the patient's prognosis and treatment decisions.

NPM1 mutations are usually associated with the beneficial effects on patient survival after induction and consolidation chemotherapy.

However, most studies of NPM1 mutant AML have focused on the co-occurrence of other mutations, and the heterogeneity of gene expression levels in patients with NPM1 mutations and its biological significance have not yet been fully studied.

Patients with NPM1 mutant AML can be divided into two different molecular subtypes

In this study, the researchers reported on two different subtypes of AML patients with NPM1 mutations, which were marked as primitive and committed based on the presence or absence of stem cell markers.

Using gene expression (RNA-seq), epigenome (ATAC-seq) and immunophenotype (CyToF) analysis, researchers correlate each subtype with specific molecular characteristics, disease differentiation status, and patient survival.

Researchers report two different subtypes of AML patients with NPM1 mutations, which are marked as primitive and committed based on the presence or absence of stem cell markers.

Two subtypes are associated with patient survival

All in all, the results of the study emphasize the heterogeneity between NPM1 mutant AML patient samples based on stem cell characteristics, and show that the addition of kinase inhibitors to the original, FLT3-ITD missing cases may have therapeutic benefits.

The results of the study emphasized the heterogeneity between samples of NPM1 mutant AML patients based on stem cell characteristics, and indicated that the addition of kinase inhibitors to cases of primitive type and FLT3-ITD deletion may have therapeutic benefits.
The results of the study emphasized the heterogeneity between samples of NPM1 mutant AML patients based on stem cell characteristics, and indicated that the addition of kinase inhibitors to cases of primitive type and FLT3-ITD deletion may have therapeutic benefits.

Original source:

Mer, AS, Heath, EM, Madani Tonekaboni, SA et al.

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1038/s41467-021-21233-0">Biological and therapeutic implications of a unique subtype of NPM1 mutated AML .

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