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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
A small percentage of cases of Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM) present with biclonality, defined here as the rearrangement of two distinct VDJ gene segments. Here we investigated the expansion of two clones from a patient with WM expressing molecularly detectable clonotypic gene rearrangements, one V(H)3 and one V(H)4. Biclonality was determined in blood and bone marrow mononuclear cells using real-time quantitative PCR (RQ-PCR). V(H)4 expressing cells but not V(H)3 expressing cells underwent clonal expansion in 3-D culture of reconstructed WM bone marrow. After 3-D culture, secondary culture in a colony forming unit assay, and RQ-PCR, only the V(H)4 clone was shown to harbor a subpopulation with characteristics of cancer stem cells, including proliferative quiescence, self-regeneration, and the ability to generate clonotypic progeny, suggesting that the V(H)4, but not the V(H)3, clone is clinically significant. Enrichment of potential WM stem cells in 3-D cultures holds promise for monitoring their response to treatment and for testing new therapies.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1029-2403
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
52
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
285-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21133724-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21133724-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:21133724-Cell Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:21133724-Cell Lineage, pubmed-meshheading:21133724-Clone Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21133724-Colony-Forming Units Assay, pubmed-meshheading:21133724-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21133724-Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy Chain, pubmed-meshheading:21133724-Genes, Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain, pubmed-meshheading:21133724-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21133724-Immunoglobulin M, pubmed-meshheading:21133724-Neoplastic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21133724-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:21133724-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:21133724-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:21133724-Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
In a patient with biclonal Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia only one clone expands in three-dimensional culture and includes putative cancer stem cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oncology, University of Alberta and Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't