Defective c‐Mpl signaling in the syndrome of thrombocytopenia with absent radii

Thrombocytopenia with absent radii (TAR) syndrome is a rare congenital defect with severe hypomegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia and bilateral radial aplasia. To elucidate a possible relationship between thrombocytopenia in TAR and defects in the thrombopoietin (TPO)/c‐Mpl system, we examined TPO activ...

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Published in:Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) Ohio), 1998, Vol.16 (S1), p.177-184
Main Authors: Ballmaier, Matthias, Schulze, Harald, Cremer, Malte, Strauss, Gabriele, Welte, Karl, Folman, Claudia C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blood Platelets - drug effects
Blood Platelets - metabolism
Child
Child, Preschool
c‐Mpl
Female
Humans
IL‐11
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Interleukin-11 - blood
Jak2
Janus Kinase 2
Male
Neoplasm Proteins
Phosphorylation
Protein-Tyrosine Kinases - drug effects
Protein-Tyrosine Kinases - metabolism
Proto-Oncogene Proteins - metabolism
Radius - abnormalities
Receptors, Cytokine
Receptors, Thrombopoietin
Signal transduction
Signal Transduction - genetics
TAR syndrome
Thrombocytopenia
Thrombocytopenia - blood
Thrombocytopenia - genetics
Thrombocytopenia - physiopathology
Thrombopoietin - blood
Thrombopoietin - pharmacology
Thromobopoietin
Tyrosine - drug effects
Tyrosine - metabolism
Tyrosine phosphorylation
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Summary:Thrombocytopenia with absent radii (TAR) syndrome is a rare congenital defect with severe hypomegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia and bilateral radial aplasia. To elucidate a possible relationship between thrombocytopenia in TAR and defects in the thrombopoietin (TPO)/c‐Mpl system, we examined TPO activity in sera from six patients and in vitro reactivity of the patients' platelets to recombinant human TPO. We found elevated TPO serum levels in all patients, excluding a TPO production defect as a pathomechanism for the thrombocytopenia. In contrast to healthy controls, however, platelets of TAR patients failed to respond to recombinant TPO as measured by testing TPO synergism to suboptimal concentration of platelet activators. Most interestingly, TPO‐induced tyrosine phosphorylation of platelet proteins was completely absent (four out of five) or markedly decreased (one out of five). More detailed investigations of the signal cascades of c‐Mpl demonstrated the absence of Jak2 phosphorylation after TPO stimulation in a TAR patient's platelets. A defect in the early events of c‐Mpl signal transduction might be the reason for impaired megakaryocytopoiesis in TAR syndrome.
ISSN:1066-5099
1549-4918
DOI:10.1002/stem.5530160720