Is FLT3 internal tandem duplication significant indicator for allogeneic transplantation in acute myeloid leukemia? An analysis of patients from the Czech Acute Leukemia Clinical Register (ALERT).
Evaluate the impact of BAALC (brain and acute leukemia, cytoplasmic), a gene whose expression has been associated with adverse outcome in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with normal cytogenetics, and FLT3 internal tandem duplication (ITD) mutations as independent prognostic factors in a larger study.
An improved understanding of how FLT-3 interacts with its ligand, as well as how FLT-3 activating mutations are able to trigger downstream intracellular signaling pathways, will provide greater insight to how small molecule inhibitors may best be utilized and combined with established chemotherapeutic drugs for the management of patients with high-risk acute leukemia.
That deregulated PTK are also involved in the pathogenesis of acute leukemia is underlined by the frequent occurrence of mutations leading to constitutive activation of the FLT3.
FLT3/ITD and D835 mutations were analyzed in 194 Chinese patients with acute leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
Transformation by FLT3-ITD can readily be observed in murine models, and FLT3 cooperates with other types of oncogenes to create a fully transformed acute leukemia.
FLT3 RNA was found to be expressed at a higher level than in normal BM controls in 33 of 33 B-lineage acute leukemias, 11 of 12 acute myeloid leukemias (AMLs), and 3 of 11 T-cell acute leukemias (T-ALLs).
FLT3 is a receptor tyrosine kinase of 130-55 kDa expressed on normal bone marrow stem and early progenitor cells and on leukemic blasts from patients with acute leukemias.