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Jing Chen, Nathan R. Wall, Kerry Kocher, Nicole Duclos, Doriano Fabbro, Donna Neuberg, James D. Griffin, Yang Shi, D. Gary Gilliland
Published in Volume 113, Issue 12
J Clin Invest. 2004; 113(12):1784–1791 doi:10.1172/JCI20673
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Stable siRNA expression inhibits TEL-PDGFβR in vitro and in vivo. (A) Test for IL-3 independence of various TEL-PDGFβR Ba/F3-derivative stable cell lines. G418-resistant Ba/F3 cells were treated with IL-3 withdrawal and counted daily. Ba/F3 cells transduced with empty retroviral vector were included as a control. (B) Autophosphorylation of TEL-PDGFβR in Ba/F3 cells. TEL-PDGFβR fusion was immunoprecipitated and probed with 4G10 anti-phosphotyrosine antibody. Ba/F3 cells transduced with empty retroviral vector were included as a control. The bottom panel shows TEL-PDGFβR expression. P-Tyr, phosphor-tyrosine; P-T/P, phosphorylated-T/P. (C_F) Activation of STAT5, PI3K p85, STAT3 and PLCγ by TEL-PDGFβR was assessed with phospho-tyrosine_specific antibodies as described in Methods. (G and H) Expression of TPsiRNA increases survival in murine models of leukemia mediated by TEL-PDGFβR_transformed Ba/F3 cells. Nude mice (G) or Balb/C mice (H) were injected with Ba/F3 cells stably transduced with empty vector control or TEL-PDGFβR, or TEL-PDGFβR Ba/F3 cells coexpressing TPsiRNA. Kaplan-Meier survival plots are shown.